If You Have Complaints about Wisconsin Health Care

Information about Division of Quality Assurance (DQA)

DQA Web Pages

DQA Facility Directories

DQA Provider Training

DQA Numbered Memos

DHS Forms

WI Nurse Aide Training and Registry Info

Caregiver Program/ Background Checks

WI Adult Programs Caregiver Misconduct Registry

WI Medicaid Provider Information

Nursing Homes - Provider Information

Introduction | Rules_&_Regulations | Forms | Providers | Contacts | What's_Happening | Publications | Related Sites

Nursing Home Federal Information (includes CMS S&C Letters and MDS material)

Division of Quality Assurance Information

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: INITIAL SURVEYS FOR MEDICARE PARTICIPATION:   S&C Memo 08-03: Initial Surveys for New
                                            Medicare Providers (PDF, 103 KB)

• Survey Guide for Long Term Care Facilities (PDF, 82 KB)

• Chapter HFS 132 Waivers for Nursing Homes

• Nursing Home Medication Aides

• Feeding Assistant Information

• RAI/MDS Information

  • RAI/MDS Resource Guide (PDF, 163 KB)
    (Print back-to-back and fold right-side then the left-side to make a tri-fold)

  •  RAI Manual and MDS Forms (exit DHS) to download

  • QTSO MDS Download Site (exit DHS)

• Wisconsin Licensing Information for Nursing Homes (exit DHS)

• Facilities Seeking to Perform Laboratory Testing - Information

• Reporting Client / Patient Death Attributable to Suicide, Restraint, or Psychotropic Medication

• Filing a Complaint Resource Sheet (consumer information)

• Resident/Client Relocation Planning and Procedure Manual

• Construction/Remodeling of Health Care Facilities
  Plan Review Requirements

• Wisconsin Nursing Homes (consumer information)

• Medication Errors

Other Wisconsin Information:

• Medicare Part D and its Effect on Long Term Care and Nursing Home Residents (exit DHS; PDF, 94 KB) - Press Release from the Board on Aging and Long Term Care

• Wisconsin Medicaid Information for Providers:

  • Nursing Homes - M.R. Facilities

  • Nursing Homes - Nursing Facilities

• Wisconsin Nursing Homes and Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled - Provider and Patient Data

• The Diabetes Prevention & Control Program in Wisconsin - includes links to Care Guidelines and Strategic Plan 2004-2009

• WI Facilities with Dedicated Units for the Care of Ventilator-Dependent Persons

• WI Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Programs

• List of Wisconsin Health Care Organizations

Other Resources:

• Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute (exit DHS)

• American Health Care Associations (exit DHS) - Congress and Long Term Care

• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (exit DHS)

Last Updated: July 28, 2008