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January 27, 2022

UW System Renews Student Health Care Worker Initiative for 2022!

The UW System has renewed its very successful Student Health Care Worker initiative through February 28, 2022. During the winter of 2020 -2021, over 2000 students worked in Wisconsin’s health care facilities. Nursing facilities, assisted living centers and residences for folks living with disabilities, as well as other clinical and health care settings, are eligible to employ the students.
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Registration for Spring Conference Now Open! Register TODAY to be Entered to Win $500!

Registration for WHCA/WiCAL's Annual Spring Conference & Expo is now open! Spring Conference will be a fun, engaging, and in-person experience for attendees with opportunities to network with long-term care professionals held at the Hyatt Regency & KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin from April 6-8, 2022. Register before Friday, February 18 to be entered into a $500 CASH prize drawing. Winner will be announced during the Expo on Thursday, April 7.
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Member Action Needed! 2022 Workforce Shortage Survey

In 2016, 2018, and 2020, WHCA/WiCAL, along with a coalition of LTC provider associations, joined together to gather data on direct care staffing vacancies in assisted living and nursing homes. As you know, the previous three reports proved to be extremely effective in our advocacy efforts over the last three biennial budgets and helped secure rate increases for SNFs and a continuation of the Direct Care Workforce Funding for assisted living facilities. Wisconsin’s LTC provider associations are now conducting the survey again in an effort to keep our workforce crisis front and center for state legislators.
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Gov Evers Announces Plan for Spending Projected State Surplus

Gov. Tony Evers today called for using $1.7 billion of the state’s projected surplus to provide relief to Wisconsinites. The governor's call comes after a new projection that the state will finish the 2021-23 biennium with a $3.8 billion surplus. That is $2.8 billion more than was expected just a few months ago.
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Upcoming Nursing Home Quarterly Regional Office/Provider Forums

The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA), Bureau of Nursing Home Resident Care (BNHRC) has announced the dates of the upcoming Nursing Home Quarterly Regional Office Provider Forums. BNHRC representatives will answer your questions and provide updates on citing statistics, COVID-19, and other areas of interest to nursing home providers.
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Upcoming WiCAL Learning Session! ISP: Tool for Success

Writing an ISP is more than regulatory paper compliance. Join us for a WiCAL Learning Session to learn tips on how to develop your Individualized Service Plan to be useful AND functional while giving your staff clear directions, supporting quality care, and promoting quality for life for your residents.
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Welcome New Business Partner: Pharmscript

PharmScript provides superior pharmacy services in support of long-term and post-acute care facilities. We improve the accuracy, timeliness, accessibility, and efficiency of pharmacy services, consistently providing exemplary client service.
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EMResource Tracking System: Reporting Strongly Recommended for Providers

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is strongly encouraging nursing homes to report the number of skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds available in their location each day to EMResource as part of a bed tracking system. With the daily reports from nursing homes, DHS hopes the “SNF bed tracker” will provide a real time picture of bed availability across the state, which hospitals can use as they work to identify potential post-acute care placements for their patients.
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