CMS issues Emergency Declaration 1135 Blanket Waivers to Expand Hospitals’ Abilities to Offer Long-Term Care Services, Swing Beds

Attn: Wisconsin Hospitals The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to release 1135 Blanket Waivers for the healthcare community that provide the flexibilities needed to [...]

COVID-19 Webinar for Health Care Providers – “Remdesivir for COVID-19” – Friday, May 15, 7:00-8:00 am

Join us this Friday, May 15, at 7 a.m. for a webinar for health care providers on the current COVID-19 situation. Click here to join the webinar. Or dial:  312 626 6799 or  646 558 8656 Webinar [...]

Thursday Long-Term Care Webinars – COVID-19 Testing for all residents and staff in Wisconsin’s nursing homes

Attn: Nursing Home Providers Nursing Home providers and stakeholders are invited to attend a weekly webinar hosted by the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA). During this time, the DQA will [...]

Opportunity to Test Nursing Home Residents and Staff

Attn: All Wisconsin Nursing Homes In appreciation and support of the challenging work you do every day to protect some of our most vulnerable individuals, Wisconsin is moving forward with a plan [...]

DQA Quarterly Information Update – April 2020

Please visit the link below to view DQA Quarterly Information Update – April https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/newsletters/dqa-update-2020-04.pdf. Prior DQA Quarterly Information Updates are posted [...]

Live Walk-Through of New NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module

Wisconsin NHSN Users-LTC Wednesday, May 13, 1:00–2:00 p.m. Please join DHS Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevention Program (HAI Program) staff for a live walk-through of the new National [...]

COVID-19 Updates for Wisconsin – Evolving testing priorities for asymptomatic people; new CDC recommendations for discontinuation of isolation.

Bureau of Communicable Diseases, May 8, 2020 Summary Wisconsin DHS and CDC now prioritize COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic people in a wider range of scenarios to support the public health [...]

Health Care Workers and First Responders: Save and Send Your N95 Respirators for Decontamination

Wisconsin’s new Battelle Memorial Institute Critical Care Decontamination System™ (CCDS) is now ready and available for use by the state’s health care workers and first responders for [...]

Gov. Evers Continues to Expand Community Testing Programs, Announces New Online Tool

MADISON —​Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has launched a new online resource that makes it easier for the public to access testing sites [...]

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Laboratory Guidance during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates Attn: All Wisconsin Providers Performing COVID-19 Laboratory Testing The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued [...]