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Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Division of Quality Assurance
(608) 266-8481

DQA Web Pages Information

Choosing WI Residential Options

If You Have Complaints about Health/ Residential Care Providers

Directories

Assisted Living Facilities (CBRFs, adult family homes, etc.)

Nursing Homes

Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities

Health Care Facilities (hospitals, laboratories, etc.)

Home Health Agencies

Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse and Mental Health

WI Adult Programs Caregiver Misconduct Registry

Wisconsin Home Health Agencies

Please review "Choosing Wisconsin Residential Options" for information on a county-by-county basis about other possibilities for providing health or residential care.

HOME HEALTH AGENCY: An organization that provides part-time and intermittent skilled nursing and other therapeutic services on a visiting basis to persons in their homes.

The home health agency shall directly provide or arrange for at least part-time or intermittent nursing services and provide or arrange for home health aide services.

Complaints

For complaints concerning home health agencies or hospices in Wisconsin:

Wisconsin Information

Quarterly statistics for Home Health Agencies including citations issued:

Home Health Agency - Quarterly/Statistics Data

List of Health Care Facility Directories (current addresses, licenses, counties served and services provided) - Includes hospice and home health agencies

Home Health Directories & Reports - via Wisconsin Health Statistics (latest information from 2002)

Rights of Home Health Agency Patients (F-62601) (PDF, 14 KB)
Unofficial summary of agency patient rights in Wisconsin regulations

Your Rights to Direct Your Future Health Needs (Advance Directives) - PDE-2025

Information for home health agency management and staff - regulations, training, data entry (OASIS), etc.

Wisconsin Health Care Organizations:

Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care

Federal Information

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Information about Home Health Agency Participation (exit DHS)

CMS Home Health Compare (exit DHS) - This site gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies.

Seasonal Resources

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Last Updated: February 09, 2012