During the month of April, the legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held a series of public hearings across the state to receive public input on how the legislature should prioritize spending within the 2023-25 biennial state budget.
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On May 1, CMS released a new regulatory memo
QSO-23-13-ALL entitled “Guidance for Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023.” The memo outlines each waiver CMS put into place during COVID-19 and how the end of the PHE will affect those waivers. Additionally, the memo outlined timelines for certain regulatory requirements issued through the PHE.
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Every year, outstanding students, preceptors, and friends of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Health Care Administration (HCAD) Program are recognized at the annual spring banquet hosted by the UW-Eau Claire Center for Health Care Administration and Aging Services Excellence (CHAASE). WHCA/WiCAL is a proud sponsor of the CHAASE program and provided $10,000 in scholarships to students in the HCAD program, which were awarded during the 2023 CHAASE Banquet.
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The event you know and love has a new name: The MacKenzie Classic. The annual golf outing raises money for the George F. MacKenzie Scholarship Fund. Learn how you can support the future of long term care by hitting the links with us on July 17.
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As announced last week at the WHCA/WiCAL Spring Conference, we have worked with our colleagues at the Wisconsin Assisted Living Association (WALA) on a great WiCAL member tuition discount on WALA’s Chapter 83 CBRF Administrator Training Course.
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We are grateful to have hosted Pat McBride RN, BSN, MSN, VP of Clinical Compliance and Nathalie Knopp BA, RN, BSN, Director of Clinical Staff Development for the
final round of mentorship webinars! Read More
We are pleased to report that Shellie Sonnentag, DNP, AGPCNP, CD, NHA, RAC-CTA, WCC, QCP, was recently honored with the Impact Award at the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) Annual Conference.
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In case you missed it, last week in its May Visa Bulletin, the State Department indicated a green card freeze impacting international nurses, at a time when the long term care profession desperately needs more nurses.
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This 8-hour ICRA Awareness training course, presented by the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, will help infection preventionists better understand protection methods and safe work practices for various trades and health care personnel working in occupied health care facilities.
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Jim Orheim accepted the role of President/CEO with LeadingAge Wisconsin and officially joined their team on May 1st.
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