Consumer Information about Wisconsin Health and Residential Care Providers

The information on this website is provided by the Division of Quality Assurance, which licenses, certifies, registers and regulates 45 types of health and community care entities.

The links on the left sidebar go to consumer-oriented pages.

Consumer-oriented Information:

• Filing Complaints regarding Health Care

• Residential Care Options - Definitions of provider types

• Choosing Wisconsin Residential Options - looking up and evaluating facilities and in-home options such as assisted living, nursing homes, home health, hospice, facilities for people with developmental disabilities

• DQA Facility Directories - all entities regulated by DQA

• Assisted Living (Adult Day Care, Adult Family Homes, Community Based Residential Facilities, Residential Care Apartment Complexes) 

  • Assisted Living Facility Profiles (compliance history)

  • Assisted Living Facility Check List (PDF, 57 KB)

• Facilities serving People with Developmental Disabilities (FDDs - also known as Intermediate Care Facilities serving people with Mental Retardation)

  • Consumer Information Reports (facility compliance history and staffing information)

• Home Health Agencies

• Nursing Homes

  • Consumer Information Reports (facility compliance history and staffing information)

  • Nursing Home State Citations

• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Programs

• Units for Ventilator-Dependent Persons

• Wisconsin Health Care Organizations (provider and consumer associations)

• Wisconsin Law Library - Health Care related topics (exit DHS)

The left border for all these pages also contain links to:

• Directories - for all provider types regulated by DQA

• Non-Long-Term Health Care providers (hospitals, hospice, ambulatory surgery centers, end-stage renal dialysis centers, laboratories, rural health clinics, etc.)

• Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Treatment Programs (also known as Community Substance Abuse Services programs, CSAS)

• WI Adult Programs Caregiver Misconduct Registry (caregivers with findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation)

Please keep the following in mind when viewing material made available through the DHS sites:

• Provider lists/directories made available on the Internet: The providers listed met the appropriate standards (state or federal) for licensure, certification, registration, or similar regulatory activity at the time they were listed.

• DHS does not endorse or recommend providers.

Information for Health Care Provider Staff and Management

Available via the Wisconsin Licensing, Certification & Registration page.

If you have any questions about this material, E-mail the Division of Quality Assurance or call (608) 266-8481.

Last Updated: March 22, 2012