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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
21-02 2021 Federal Poverty Level Changes for ForwardHealth Programs
21-01 Wisconsin Shares Child Care Case Comments Policy Changes
21-J1 Update to Coverage for Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment
20-29 Annual Update to Income Thresholds for Determining Whether a Child or Tax Dependent is Expected to Be Required to File a Tax Return
20-28 2021 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Medicaid for the Elderly, Blind, or Disabled
20-27 Private Pay Nursing Home and Group B Plus Waivers Rates
20-26 Providing the Child Support Good Cause Notice for Wisconsin Shares Child Care
20-25 Child Care Provider Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19
20-24 Suspension of Health Care Coverage During Incarceration
20-23 Wisconsin Shares Child Support Cooperation Requirements for Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers
20-J3 Changes to Wisconsin Residency
20-22 Telephonic Six-Month Report Form
20-21 Update to FoodShare Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Work Requirement Exemptions
20-20 FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments
20-19 Counting the Lump Sum Reimbursement of Cost Share or Patient Liability Payments as an Asset for Elderly, Blind, or Disabled Medicaid Eligibility
20-14 Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy for the 2020-2021 School Year
20-18 Policy Changes for Counting Income and Allowing Deductions in Determining BadgerCare Plus Eligibility
20-13 New Supplemental Security Income-Related Categorically Needy Income Limits for Medicaid for the Elderly, Blind or Disabled
20-17 Changes to Overpayments for Long-Term Care and Enhancements to the Total Benefits Paid by Medicaid Report
20-J2 Enhancements to State Wage Information Collection Agency Discrepancy Policies
20-12 Changes to the Medicaid Purchase Plan
20-16 Changes to Health Care Deductibles
20-15 Transition from Wisconsin Shares Child Care COVID-19 Temporary Policies and Processes
20-08 FoodShare Interviews Can No Longer Be Postponed for Expedited Issuance
20-09 Five Percent Cost Share Limit for Health Care Premiums and Copays
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Last revised December 29, 2025