Wisconsin Department of Health Services Hearing

press release: The Department of Health Services (DHS) is hosting a limited number of public hearings on what the new Wisconsin managed long term care system should look like. Three more hearings have been added to the schedule:

    September 21, 9:00 - 12:00 pm

    Northcentral Technical College, Rooms: E101/E102

    1000 W. Campus Dr., Wausau, WI 54401

   September 23, 9:00 am - 12:00 Noon

    Goodman Community Center, Evjue Community Room D

    149 Waubesa Street, Madison, WI 53704

    September 28, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

    LaCrosse Public Library Auditorium, 800 Main St., LaCrosse, WI 54601

Additional hearings in Hayward, Milwaukee, and tribal hearing will be scheduled with locations to be determined.

If you cannot attend the hearing, e-mail your Family Care and IRIS 2.0 comments to DHSFCWebmail@wisconsin.gov or mail to Department of Health Services, Division of Long Term Care, Family Care and IRIS 2.0, P.O. Box 7851, Room 550, Madison, WI 53707-7851.

The Wisconsin Long Term Care Coalition has put together a set of principles that must be the foundation of Wisconsin’s future Long Term Care system to help participants develop written testimony. If possible, bring a written copy of your testimony. People will be given 3 minutes to speak.

You are an expert in the daily services you and your family need to live in and be a part of the community. Now is the time to tell DHS what good things about the current system should stay the same, whether there are some things that should change, and what you do not want to see when the current system is replaced.

The 2015-17 state budget directs DHS to replace the existing long term care system (Family Care/IRIS) with an unknown and untested model.