Activation of the Health Alert Network for Urgent Updates about COVID-19 from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services

DHS Health Alert Network COVID-19 Health Alert # 1: Bureau of Communicable Diseases, March 17, 2020 Wisconsin medical providers, public health officials and preparedness personnel are encouraged [...]

Recommendations for Active Symptom Monitoring for Employees in Health Care Settings where Community Transmission of COVID-19 is Occurring

DHS Health Alert Network COVID-19 Health Alert # 2: Bureau of Communicable Diseases, March 20, 2020 DHS recommends that all health care providers, including inpatient, outpatient, and residential [...]

March 20, 2020, BOALTC Memo re: COVID-19, Visitation and Long-Term Care Communities

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates Attn: Nursing Home and Assisted Living Providers On March 20, 2020, the Board on Aging and Long-Term Care (BOALTC) issued a memo on [...]

1135 Waiver Requests

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates Attn: Medicare Fee-For-Service Providers The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued blanket waivers of some Federal [...]

Expanding Capacity and Tracking Additional Beds in Rural Communities

Attn: Critical Access Hospital Administrators Thank you for the long hours and hard work that you have put in to make sure that the communities that you serve will have the health care they need [...]

Correction: Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Laboratory Guidance during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates Attn: All Wisconsin Providers Performing Laboratory Testing CMS has issued this memorandum to provide important guidance for CLIA [...]

Connecting Essential Workforce Families to Child Care

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) has launched two new tools to help connect essential workforce families to local, safe child care. Healthcare workers and essential employees are now [...]

Plan Review and Inspection Update

Division of Quality Assurance: Plan Review and Inspections Attn: DQA Office of Plan Review and Inspection Customers At this time, the Division of Quality Assurance, Office of Plan Review and [...]

Correction: Plan Review and Inspection Update

Division of Quality Assurance: Plan Review and Inspections Attn: DQA Office of Plan Review and Inspection Customers At this time, the Division of Quality Assurance, Office of Plan Review and [...]

Announcing the Resilient Wisconsin Initiative

Today, Governor Evers and DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm announced the Resilient Wisconsin initiative. With the stressors and health challenges inherent in the COVID-19 pandemic, the time is [...]