Consumer Guide: Ventilator Care Units
The Division of Medicaid Services approves certain ventilator units at medical facilities in Wisconsin. Approved units are certified to care for people who need a ventilator to breathe. Here, we list approved ventilator units and other resources.
Approved ventilator units
Approved ventilator units are listed by city. If you have questions, reach out to the contact for that unit.
For questions or updates, email Elizabeth Laubenstein at Elizabeth.Laubenstein@dhs.wisconsin.gov.
Chippewa Falls
Address: Dove Healthcare
Dove Healthcare - Regional Vent Center
2815 County Highway I
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care, weaning
Capacity: 31 private rooms
Contact: Paula Hinrichs
715-726-3850
Green Bay
Address: Green Bay Health Services
1640 Shawano Ave.
Green Bay, WI 54303
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care, weaning
Capacity: 10 private rooms
Contact: Administrator
920-499-5177, ext. 2020
Manitowoc
Address: The Bay at North Ridge Health and Rehabilitation
1445 North 7th St.
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care, weaning
Capacity: 11 private rooms
Contact: Director of Nursing
920-682-0314
Milwaukee
Address: BRIA Health Services
Trinity Village Ventilator Unit
7500 W. Dean Road
Milwaukee, WI 53223
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care
Capacity: 28 private rooms
Contact: Christine Wienke
414-373-7493
Waunakee
Address: Waunakee Manor
801 S. Klein Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care, trach care
Capacity: 20 private rooms
Contact: Victoria Wadsworth, RN
608-849-5016
Wausau
Address: Mount View Care Center
2400 Marshall St.
Wausau, WI 54403
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care, weaning
Capacity: 25 private rooms
Contact: Julie Lucko, CSW
Resident Relations/Admissions
715-581-3422
West Allis
Address: Maplewood Center
VMP Healthcare & Community Living 3
023 South 84th St.
West Allis, WI 53227
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care
Capacity: 59 beds
Contact: Tina Keller or Jill Holberg
414-607-4344
West Allis
Address: Allis Care Center
9047 W. Greenfield Ave.
West Allis, WI 53214
Type: Short/long-term ventilator care, weaning
Capacity: 34 private rooms
Contact: Felicia Heredia
centralreferral@exceptionallivingcenters.com
262-879-4495 or fax 859-317-4048
Related topics
For providers: requests for ventilator units
Are you a provider? Would you like to request any of the following?
- To start a ventilator unit
- To expand or decrease beds in a current ventilator unit
- To close a ventilator unit
If yes, please send a letter of intent to dhsdmsbrs@dhs.wisconsin.gov. Include these details in the letter (if they apply):
- Name and address of the facility
- Specific changes the facility wants to make to the ventilator unit
- Date that the changes will take place
- Contact information for the unit
- A letter from the Division of Quality Assurance Office of Plan Review and Inspection. They must approve the new unit’s construction plan. Learn more about the plan review process.
Provider contacts
For hospital fee-for-service reimbursement questions, email karina.virrueta1@dhs.wisconsin.gov or call 608-266-3699.
For prior authorization questions, email Ian.Stevens@dhs.wisconsin.gov or call 608-264-6752. Prior authorization means the health care provider must get approval from a health plan before giving a service. Criteria for prior authorization includes:
- The patient depends on a ventilator for life support for at least six hours per day.
- The diagnosis is consistent with the International Classification of Diseases code for ventilator dependency.
- The request shows either that trying to get the patient off the ventilator (wean) wouldn’t be appropriate or that attempts to wean have failed at least two times.
- The request has documented that the care needs are the same as the level of care at a skilled nursing facility.
- The skilled nursing facility is approved as a ventilator unit. Providers also must be trained and skilled in respiratory and ventilator care.