When choosing an assisted living community, it is important to understand Michigan state regulations for assisted living facilities and know how to look up assisted living license information. But public access to assisted living records varies greatly by state.
We developed a system to rate each state on how easy – or difficult – it is to find important assisted living records and reports, and compiled tips to help you in your search.
States with the most transparent records allow you to look up important information about each assisted living facility online, including inspections, complaints, survey results, violations, capacity, and whether the facility accepts Medicaid.
Access to Michigan assisted living records: Exceptional
Public access to assisted living records and reports for the state of Michigan is exceptional. Key findings that informed this rating include:
Michigan has information about assisted living violations dating back two years. Records older than two years must be requested through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Assisted living records in Michigan are highly transparent, having met all but one of the transparency criteria.
State provides exceptional access to assisted living records and licensing
How to look up Michigan assisted living licenses and records
You can narrow your search, or leave all fields blank to generate a list of all providers.
From the search results, a provider’s name can be clicked to access a page with detailed information about the community and recent inspections or enforcement actions.
How we arrived at our Michigan rating
We developed a standard methodology for state data collection and evaluation, and based our rating primarily on the objective, state-specific accessibility criteria outlined in these questions:
Are licensed assisted living communities listed online in any form? Yes
If Yes to #1, is the information updated frequently? Yes
If Yes to #1, is the list of licensed communities searchable? Yes
Does the state post inspections, complaints, survey results, or violations online? Yes
If Yes to #4, is the information updated frequently? [within 90 days] Yes
If Yes to #2 and #4, is the enforcement information included in the same place as licensed communities? Yes
If Yes to #4 and No to #6, are violations / inspections searchable at all? Yes or N/A
Is information about special licensing for care shown? Yes
Capacity shown? Yes
Payment types shown, [e.g. Medicaid, private pay]? No
Administrator / Contact name shown? No
State may fine facility? Yes
Frequency of inspections? Every 24 months
Website includes pricing of facility? No
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