Program Operations

Quick Links:
Family Care Expansion
Family Care Partnership Program
Wisconsin Council on Long-Term Care
Other Links

The links below offer access to communications intended for Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and key information and tools used most often.

Request for Information (RFI)

This RFI is intended to explore the potential for establishing a common system infrastructure that can support an array of Family Care, Family Care Partnership, PACE, and IRIS business and program operations in an integrated manner. Responses Due: October 16, 2009 at 1:00 PM CDT

Entities interested in responding to this RFP must register for VendorNet (exit DHS) and follow the instructions there for responding to the Official Sealed Bid, Agency Bid Number #1682-RFI-PM.

• RFI for LTC Managed Care Infrastructure Project (PDF, 283 KB)
  • Appendix E (Excel, 64 KB)
  • Appendix F (PDF, 19 KB)

General Information

• Contracts 

• Capitation Rates 

• Updated enrollment data 
• Being a Full Partner booklet 

• Resource Allocation Decision Method (RAD)

• MCO Contact Information (PDF, 24 KB)

Memos

Training and Technical Assistance for Care Managers

• Guidelines for Registered Nurse Delegation to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (Exit DHS; PDF, 208 KB)
  
  

• Alcohol and Other Drug Drug Abuse (AODA)

  • Self-Study Manual and Best Practice Guidelines (PDF, 861 KB)

  • Supplement to Training ( PDF, 835 KB)
    
    

• Webcast - Cost-Effective Care Planning: Using the RAD Method (help)
  April 2008 Long Term Care Conference, La Crosse, WI; Presenter: Deb Rathermel, Division of Long Term Care; 1 hour, 17 minutes
  This webcast is critical for Family Care and Partnership interdisciplinary care management teams to understand the most effective services and supports to help members achieve their own personal outcomes. 

  • PowerPoint Slides (PDF, 163 KB)

  • Resource Allocation Decision Method (RAD)
    
    

• Webcast - The Importance of Early Detection: Alzheimer's and Dementia (help) Recorded 11/20/07; 50 minutes 
  This webcast, a component of the 2008 Family Care pay-for-performance project, provides care managers with information related to identifying and supporting members with dementia. The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute (Exit DHFS) provides an overview of dementia and its causes, as well as specifics about the 60-second Animal Naming Screening Tool.

Resources

• Encounter Reporting:

  • Reference Materials (User guide, data dictionaries, content edits, etc.)

  • Encounter Reporting Application 

• ForwardHealth Portal 

• Listserv signup pages: 

  • Division of Long Term Care 

  • Managed long-term care expansion 

  • Functional Screen 

• Self-study guide to using the CARES Worker Web to query CARES information (Exit DHFS) Note: Go to the "Instructional Resources" page and select "CWW for Query Users"

• Medicare DME Supplier Manual Updates (Exit DHS; Updates are published every 2-3 months by the regional DME carrier, Adminastar.)

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Last Revised: November 17, 2009