No. Home Help's individual provider enrollment doesn't require a CNA license, nursing degree, or any formal caregiving certification.
What's actually required
EVV applies unless an exemption is approved. Live-in and certain other arrangements may be exempt. Individual caregivers must also continue ESV or PSV service verification. Check current MDHHS EVV instructions.
What the program is (and isn't) designed for
Home Help covers personal care and light homemaking — bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, transferring, toileting, plus light housekeeping and meal prep. It's not designed to cover skilled nursing tasks like wound care or medication administration requiring a license; those situations typically need a different kind of provider.
If your loved one's needs are more medical
If the situation involves genuine skilled-nursing needs beyond personal care, it's worth discussing with MDHHS or your loved one's physician whether a different Medicaid benefit or home health service is a better fit alongside — or instead of — Home Help.
For everything else, our self-direction guide covers exactly what's expected of a family caregiver day to day.
