Category: Medicaid/Medicare
Supreme Court keeps in place COVID-19 vaccination requirements for nursing homes
Wisconsin nursing homes and many other healthcare facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid will have to ensure their employees receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine or meet medical or religious exemptions by Jan. 27.
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Medicaid Director Olson lays out priorities
Medicaid will focus on equity, tribal partnerships, long-term care services and an anticipated end to Medicaid’s continuous enrollment policy this year, the program’s new director said Wednesday.
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Medicaid projected to end biennium in the black
The Department of Health Services is projecting a budget surplus of $184.9 million in state money for the Medicaid program through the current biennium, according to a report to lawmakers released Monday.
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Committee backs removing sunset of state law for hospital-at-home Medicare model
Legislation unanimously passed by the Assembly Committee on Health Wednesday would remove a sunset date for a state law allowing health systems to participate in a Medicare program that lets them offer hospital care at patients' home.
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Bill would repeal expansion of Medicaid estate recovery program
Wisconsin would scale back the assets it attempts to recover for the cost of care for Medicaid-funded long-term care programs after someone dies, under a bill introduced by two Milwaukee Democrats Wednesday.
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Medicare penalizes more hospitals for readmissions, but majority see less or no penalties
Medicare will penalize more Wisconsin hospitals than it did last year for excessive patient readmissions, but a majority in the readmissions reduction program will see either a decrease in penalties or no penalty at all.
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Nursing homes wary of COVID-19 vaccine mandate
The federal mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccination for workers at healthcare facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid could further strain nursing homes since it doesn't apply to assisted living facilities, long-term care associations warn.
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