Category: DHS

Sanfelippo wants another look at revolving loan fund regulations

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 7, 2017 | DHS, Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The chair of the Assembly health committee pulled a bill from a vote Tuesday after a group representing sober-living housing raised concerns about the proposal. The bill, which was developed as part of the committee’s effort to cut “burdensome regulation” through a “Red Tape Review,” would eliminate an administrative code chapter at Department of Health […]

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JFC approves funding to procure Medicaid Management Information System, fight fraud

by Sean Kirkby | May 15, 2017 | DHS, Legislature, State budget, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Legislature's budget-writing committee approved Gov. Scott Walker's plans to fund a new Medicaid Management Information System and added more money to the state's next budget to fight welfare fraud.

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Analysis: Wisconsin Medicaid waiver has components never approved by feds

by Sean Kirkby | May 15, 2017 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin's plan to drug screen childless adults in Medicaid, require them to work and cap the amount of time they can receive benefits have never been approved by the federal government, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released last week.

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Advocates, providers say proposed BadgerCare changes could undermine coverage gains

by Sean Kirkby | May 2, 2017 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Advocates and providers told state health officials Monday that the changes they want to make to BadgerCare may undermine Gov. Scott Walker's goals of increasing access to health coverage.

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Audit: DHS owes federal government on drug reimbursement

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 5, 2017 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services didn't meet Medicaid requirements for more than $3 million in reimbursement between the beginning of 2012 and the end of 2014, according to a federal audit released last month.

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Seemeyer won’t guarantee future of SeniorCare

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 30, 2017 | DHS, Prescription Drugs, State budget, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services secretary wouldn't guarantee Wednesday that SeniorCare will continue past the next budget or if the federal government changes how it funds Medicaid.

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DHS: Feds should reward state for Medicaid program

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 30, 2017 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, State budget, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The head of the Department of Health Services said the state should be rewarded for not taking federal funds to expand its Medicaid program and predicted that the fight over healthcare reform isn't "over by a long shot."

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On the Record with Linda Seemeyer, Department of Health Services Secretary

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 24, 2017 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, State budget, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Department of Health Services Secretary Linda Seemeyer discussed possible reforms to Medicaid, drug testing public assistance recipients and the state's budget during a Wisconsin Health News event Tuesday.

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DHS administrators update LTC Advisory Council

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 15, 2017 | DHS, Long Term Care, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services plans to re-release a request for proposal for organizations to oversee Family Care in Dane County as part of the statewide expansion of the long-term care program.

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DHS budget director attributes federal changes to ambulatory surgical center change

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 15, 2017 | DHS, State budget, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services' budget director cites federal reimbursement changes as the reason why Gov. Scott Walker's budget ends an assessment on ambulatory surgical centers.

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Senate committee hears testimony on opioid treatment bill

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 14, 2017 | DHS, Legislature, Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Image: Patrick Cork, administrator of the DHS Division of Care and Treatment Services, (left) and Jon Hoelter, DHS legislative liaison, (right) testify. A proposal supported by the Department of Health Services would provide an additional $2 million over the next biennium to establish two to three new opioid treatment programs in the state. The bill, […]

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New reimbursement system goes into effect for FQHCs

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 7, 2017 | DHS, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

A new system for the state to reimburse federally qualified health centers in the Medicaid program went into effect last week.

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