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DMS Operations Memos

The Division of Medicaid Services (DMS) issues Operations Memos to the consortia about public assistance policies and procedures and how they should be operationalized.

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Memo number Title Issue date Discontinued date Attachments Edit
24-35 Annual Update to Income Thresholds for Determining Whether a Child or Tax Dependent is Expected to Be Required to File a Tax Return
24-34 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Medicaid
24-33 Update to Good Cause Policy for Not Meeting FoodShare Work Requirement
24-32 Private Pay Nursing Home and Group B Plus Waivers Rates
24-31 Health Care and FoodShare Eligibility Policy for New Categories of Immigrants
24-30 FoodShare Eligibility for Citizens of Compacts of Free Association (COFA) Countries
24-29 No Longer Counting Potential Cash Benefits as Available Income
24-28 Wisconsin Shares Copayment Changes
24-27 Virtual School Authorizations for Wisconsin Shares
24-25 Electronic and Telephonic Food Benefits Replacement Requests
24-26 36-Month Certification Periods for Certain Eligible FoodShare Households and New Option to Budget One-Time Medical Expenses
24-24 Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid Eligibility Begin Date and Late Renewal Processing
24-21 Changes to Support Individual-Level Health Care Eligibility Determinations Amended - 10/11/2024
24-22 FoodShare Application Time Frame
24-23 Changes to Family Maintenance Allowance for Long-Term Care Cases
24-20 FoodShare Work Requirement Time Limit Suspension for High Unemployment Areas for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
24-18 FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments
24-19 Continued Fiscal Responsibility Act Update to the FoodShare Work Requirement
24-17 Wisconsin Shares Safe at Home Participant Authorization Card
24-16 Medicaid Treatment of Tribal General Welfare Assistance
24-15 Wisconsin Shares Authorization Assessment and Schedule Changes
24-14 BadgerCare Plus, Medicaid, and FoodShare Eligibility Change for Certain Ukrainians
24-13 Institutional Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance Increase
24-12 Initial Income Eligibility and Copayment Changes for Wisconsin Shares
24-11 New Requirement for the Oral Explanation of FoodShare Work Requirements
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Last revised December 29, 2025