Health Care
Health Care
- CheckPoint (WI Hospital Association)
Reports on quality and error prevention standards of Wisconsin hospitals - Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reform (USA.gov)
- 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.
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."
- Ombudsman 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.
- Nursing
Homes: Introduction (WI Dept. of Health Services)
- WI Office of Health Care Reform
- Administration on Aging: Elders & Families
- A Gift to Your Family (State Bar of Wisconsin)
Information about power of attorney, living wills, do not resuscitate, health care agents, organ/tissue donation, and other long term care issues. - 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
- 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 & faciities. Includes risks & benefits of long-term care insurance. - Long-Term Care Insurance - Should I or Shouldn't I? (Coalition of WI Aging Groups)
- 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
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
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