Long Term Care Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Plan to boost transparency for assisted living referral agencies sparks outcry

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 9, 2025 | Legislature, Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

Long-term care providers and advocates for older Wisconsinites are pushing for a bill that they say would boost transparency for referral agencies for assisted living facilities. The agencies oppose the plan, with some saying that it could force them to close.

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Lakeland Care seeks affiliation with CareSource

by Sean Kirkby | May 5, 2025 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Lakeland Care, a Fond du Lac-based managed care organization serving a Medicaid long-term care program, is seeking to affiliate with CareSource, an Ohio-based nonprofit insurance company.

Sheboygan County dementia village set to break ground soon

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 28, 2025 | Long Term Care, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

An organization seeking to build a dementia village in Sheboygan County expects to break ground this spring.

Steil seeks to help long-term care facilities offer child care

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 25, 2025 | Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, is proposing a grant program to help long-term care facilities run or contract with child care programs.

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Atrium, former CEO plead guilty to healthcare fraud, tax conspiracy

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 28, 2025 | Law, Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

A company that ran a chain of long-term care facilities in Wisconsin pleaded guilty, along with its former CEO, to healthcare fraud and tax conspiracy.

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Family Care, Family Care Partnership renewed

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 11, 2024 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services recently renewed two state long-term care Medicaid programs — Family Care and Family Care Partnership — for five more years.

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Ensign Group, Pennant Group expand long-term care presence in Wisconsin

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 5, 2024 | Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

The Ensign Group, the California-based parent company of a group of organizations that invest in skilled nursing, senior living and healthcare services, expanded its long-term care presence in Wisconsin, effective Nov. 1.

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North Shore Healthcare changes name

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 2, 2024 | Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

The largest skilled nursing and assisted living center provider in the state is changing its name.

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State needs 33,000 more long-term care beds by 2030, says report

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 30, 2024 | Long Term Care, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin needs to add about 33,000 beds in nursing homes and assisted living facilities by 2030 to meet demand.

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Community Care to affiliate with Ohio Medicaid health plan

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 18, 2024 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Brookfield-based Community Care, one of the managed care organizations serving some of the state’s Medicaid long-term programs, is seeking to become an affiliate of CareSource, a Dayton, Ohio-based insurer that runs one of the largest Medicaid health plans in the country.

Medicaid Director Hanna talks long-term care, housing

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 16, 2024 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services wants to expand a Medicaid program that manages both members’ healthcare and long-term care needs statewide, Medicaid Director Bill Hanna said during a Wisconsin Health News event this week in Madison.

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South-central Wisconsin Family Care members will have more options next year

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 8, 2024 | Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Members of Medicaid long-term care programs in south-central Wisconsin will soon have more options when choosing which organizations manage their care.

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