Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Prevention Program / Ways to Prepare Your Long-Term Care Facility

Facility Self-Assessments Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities should prepare now to care for residents with COVID-19. A facility self-assessment tool is available to evaluate [...]

DQA Memo 20-001 / State Licensure Application for Temporary Expansion Locations during Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates Attn: All Wisconsin Hospitals Please visit the following link to view DQA Memo 20-001 / State Licensure Application for Temporary [...]

DCF Connecting Essential Workforce Families to Child Care

The Department of Children and Families is connecting essential workforce families with available child care. To request child care, essential workforce families should fill out this form. [...]

Changes to COVID-19 Reporting Requirements for Wisconsin Hospitals and Health Departments

COVID-19 remains a Category I Reportable Condition in Wisconsin, which means health care providers and/or laboratories must report confirmed or suspected cases to the Department of Health [...]

Thursday Long-Term Care Webinars – Nursing Home Response to COVID-19

Attn: Nursing Home Providers Nursing Home providers and stakeholders are invited to attend a weekly webinar hosted by the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA). During this time, the DQA will [...]

COVID-19 Updates for Wisconsin Health Care Providers:  New Reporting Requirements and Revised Testing Priorities

Bureau of Communicable Diseases, April 7, 2020 The Department of Health Services (DHS) has issued a new memo making COVID-19 related hospitalizations and deaths reportable. The memo reiterates [...]

DQA Memo 20-002 / CMS 1135 Waiver Provisions – Wisconsin Hospitals

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates Please visit the following link to view DQA Memo 20-002 / CMS 1135 Waiver Provisions – Wisconsin Hospitals: [...]

Action Requested: Strategic National Stockpile Order Process

Action Requested: Strategic National Stockpile Order Process This email was sent to long-term care facilities, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS).   The [...]