Category: Medicaid/Medicare

The Department of Health Services submitted an emergency Medicaid waiver to the federal government Thursday morning, a DHS spokeswoman said.

As Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders argue over a COVID-19 relief package, hundreds of millions of dollars in enhanced Medicaid funding for Wisconsin could be at risk.

Wisconsin’s Medicaid program is notifying members at high risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19.

Wisconsin’s Medicaid spending is set to “significantly increase” over the biennium as the state fights the spread of COVID-19, Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm told lawmakers Tuesday.

Wisconsin’s Legislature will have to act on a plan waiving Medicaid regulations that aims to support the state’s healthcare system’s response to COVID-19.