WHCA/WiCAL is standing alongside AHCA/NCAL to advocate against Medicaid cuts and push for essential regulatory reforms. As we continue our efforts to secure funding in the 2025-27 state budget, we encourage members to engage with legislators and showcase the vital work being done in long-term care facilities across Wisconsin.
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Last week the American Healthcare Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released the preliminary framework of their 2025 federal Policy Agenda, focusing on
four key priority areas to address efficiency, efficacy and quality for long term care in the U.S.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released
QSO-25-14-NH earlier today, March 7. The memo updates previously released guidance from November 18, 2024, and January 15, 2025 which included significant updates to surveyor guidance across several regulatory areas.
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The Wisconsin HAI Prevention Program has recently restructured the infection preventionist (IP) team, increasing the number of infection preventionists providing direct, regional, infection prevention and control (IPC) support to health care facilities and local and Tribal health departments (LTHDs) across Wisconsin.
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The Wisconsin Tuberculosis (TB) Program, in partnership with the Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis (MCCT), is excited to offer a pre-conference training event to the annual Tuberculosis Summit hosted by Public Health Madison and Dane County. The event is titled “Latent Tuberculosis Infection: What you Need to Know” and the intended audience is Wisconsin public health staff and other clinicians who work with clients diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).
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