I. Executive Summary The 1999 Wisconsin Act 9 authorized the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS)1 to operate the Family Care program. DHFS is able to offer long-term care services utilizing a capitated payment system after applying for both 1915(b) and a 1915(c) waivers and receiving approval for the waivers from the Centers for […]
A Pig in a Poke
In the fall of 2015 the Department of Health Services (DHS) held public hearings regarding the redesign of Medicaid long-term care programs, Family Care and IRIS (self-directed care). At the Milwaukee hearing on October 6, 2015 Tom Lutzow, CEO of ICare testified that he had received an email regarding an upcoming meeting of national insurance […]