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Health Care

Health Care

• CheckPoint (WI Hospital Association)
  Reports on quality and error prevention standards of Wisconsin hospitals
• Health Care Reform
  • Health Reform (Kaiser Family Foundation)
    Includes law summary and implementation timeline
  • Health Care.gov
  • H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • H.R. 4872 Reconciliation Act of 2010
• Hospital Compare (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
  Compare the quality of care hospitals provide to adult patients with certain medical conditions.
• State Legislation on Comprehensive Health Care (Library of Congress)
• Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care (WI Dept. of Health Services)
  Guide to help Wisconsin residents make health care choices.
  • Finding a doctor, dentist, hospital or nursing home;
  • Paying for Care;
  • Dealing With Special Situations
  • Becoming an Informed Health Care Consumer

Long Term Health Care

• Agencies / Organizations
  • Administration on Aging: Elders & Families
    Information for the consumer on nursing homes including directories, cost & payment fact sheets, nursing home quality, state & national resources, federal government reports/hearings, etc.
  • Medicare.gov
    Provides explanation of long-term care, steps for choosing care, types of care available & options for paying for it. Includes links to other helpful websites & publications.
  • WI Board on Aging & Long Term Care
    • Ombudsman Program
      "An advocate for long term care consumers who are aged 60 and over who reside in nursing homes, group homes or are participating in the Community Options Program."
  • WI Dept. of Health Services
    Information about long-term care services such as assisted living, facilities for developmentally disabled, home health care, Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia resources, nursing homes, etc.
    • Nursing Homes: Introduction (WI Dept. of Health Services)
      Access nursing home rules & regulations, forms contacts, publications and links to related websites.
• Aging Parents: Resources for Caregivers (WI Legislative Reference Bureau, 2003)
  Resources for caregiving and coping with an elderly parent.
• Choosing Long-Term Care (Lawyers.com)
• Consumer Information About Long Term Care (American Health Care Association)
  Information on planning, preparing, and paying for long term care.
• Complaints
  • Consumer Complaints: Health (WI State Law Library)
  • WI Division of Quality Assurance
• Directories
  • State Ombudsman Offices
• Divestment of Assets (WI State Law Library)
• Forms
  • Nursing Homes: Forms (WI Dept. of Health Services)
• Long Term Care & Medicare (Nolo.com)
  Discusses long term care options & facilities. Includes risks & benefits of long-term care insurance.
• Long-Term Care Insurance (Coalition of WI Aging Groups)
• National Clearinghouse for Long Term Care Information (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
• Nursing Home Compare (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
  Information about the performance of every Medicare & Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
• Spousal Impoverishment (WI State Law Library)
• Wisconsin Nursing Homes (WI Dept. of Health Services)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 16.009 "Board on Aging and Long-Term Care"
• WI Statutes: ch. 49 "Public Assistance"
• WI Statutes: ch. 50, sub. ch. 1 "Care and Service Residential Facilities"
• WI Statutes: ch. 456 "Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board"
• WI Admin. Code: DHS 10 "Family Care"
• WI Admin. Code: DHS 13 "Reporting and Investigation of Caregiver Misconduct"
• WI Admin. Code: DHS 82 "Certified Adult Family Homes"
• WI Admin. Code: DHS 83 "Community-Based Residential Facilities"
• WI Admin. Code: DHS 88 "Licensed Adult Family Homes"
• Federal
  • H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • H.R. 4872 Reconciliation Act of 2010
  • U.S. Code: 42 USC 1396r "Requirements for Nursing Facilities"

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Last Updated: May 20, 2013 | Up to Top