DHS Announces Medicaid Nursing Home Rate Increase to Support Health Care Workforce

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announces that Medicaid cost coverage for nursing homes will increase from 77% for fiscal year 2022 to 91% for fiscal year 2023. The increase implements one of the key recommendations fromGovernor ’s Task Force on Caregiving, tying a significant amount of the increase to direct care nursing and supporting the health care workforce in both wages and benefits. “The people who work in and lead Wisconsin’s nursing...(see release)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Source Type: news