Category: DHS

DHS funds work with populations disproportionately impacted by opioids

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 14, 2023 | DHS, Top Stories | 0 |

Through a new grant program, the Department of Health Services has awarded funding to four organizations working to prevent opioid use among populations disproportionately impacted by the state’s opioid epidemic, according to a Wednesday statement.

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Lawmakers release mental health crisis response bill

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 12, 2023 | DHS, Jobs, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Four Republican lawmakers released a bill Monday that would establish a framework for regional mental health crisis urgent care and observation centers.

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DHS, feds examine whether automated Medicaid renewals working correctly

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 5, 2023 | DHS, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has been working to ensure that its automated system for Medicaid eligibility doesn’t result in people who qualify for coverage losing it because a member of their family is no longer eligible for Medicaid.

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DHS funds more public health vending machines

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 1, 2023 | DHS, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has provided money to 15 more local government, nonprofit and tribal agencies to stock vending machines with free fentanyl test strips and Narcan, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, according to a Thursday statement.

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DHS awards grants to support substance use prevention

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 30, 2023 | DHS, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services said Tuesday it’s awarding grants to three organizations to support the Alliance for Wisconsin Youth, which helps 100-plus substance use prevention coalitions.

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Inclusa works to address corrective action plan

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 24, 2023 | DHS, Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

Inclusa, one of the managed care organizations that administers Family Care, a state Medicaid long-term care program, anticipated completing the initial steps of a corrective action plan on Wednesday.

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COVID-19 rising, but not at levels seen in 2021, 2022

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 24, 2023 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, DHS, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin is experiencing an uptick in COVID-19, similar to what’s being seen nationally, but a state epidemiologist told reporters Wednesday that disease levels are not at a “concerning or high level of increase by the standards” of the last two years.

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DHS plan to decommission ventilators bought during pandemic by next June

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 23, 2023 | COVID-19 Update, DHS, Health Tech, Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services is developing a plan to decommission more than 1,500 ventilators the state purchased in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Philanthropic effort to fight opioid epidemic underway in Wisconsin

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 22, 2023 | DHS, Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

A national philanthropic effort to fight the opioid crisis on Monday released more details on its work in Wisconsin.

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DHS awards second round of long-term care innovation grants

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 14, 2023 | DHS, Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services said Thursday it’s awarded $12.5 million to 90 organizations through a second round of long-term care innovation grants.

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DHS awards more grants to make behavioral healthcare more inclusive

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 11, 2023 | Behavioral Health, DHS, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has awarded additional grants to behavioral healthcare providers to improve health equity and access.

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Medicaid finishes biennium with projected surplus

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 10, 2023 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Medicaid finished the biennium on June 30 with a projected $875.5 million surplus in state dollars, according to a recent report from the Department of Health Services.

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