This operations memo provides the 2024 amounts for the spousal impoverishment community spouse income allowance minimum allocation, the spousal impoverishment dependent family member income allowance standard, and the shelter base amount.

The purpose of this memo is to communicate information about the addition of incentive funds earned for the Estate Recovery Program for counties within the Consortium under the Income Maintenance (IM) contract between the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Consortia for the period of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

This memo provides final funding notice of the base Income Maintenance (IM) Administrative Allocation for IM programs for the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024 (Calendar Year 2024), for Consortia; and October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024 (Federal Fiscal Year 24), for the tribal agencies.

This memo announces changes to policy regarding who can sign the following on behalf of incompetent or incapacitated adults:

• Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus applications and renewals
• Forms related to enrollment, disenrollment, and changes in adult home and community-based long-term care programs (Family Care, Family Care Partnership, PACE, and IRIS)

This operations memo announces the discontinuation of certain policy requirements for childless adults enrolled in BadgerCare Plus.

Starting May 1, 2024, all cases of invasive Cronobacter infections among Wisconsin infants (less than 12 months old) are reportable to DHS. This change will bring Cronobacter reportability in alignment with its status as a nationally notifiable disease.

This memo announces a change in how the face value of life insurance is determined for purposes of the asset test used for Medicaid eligibility.

This memo provides guidance on the use of out-of-home care providers, licensed under Wisconsin’s children’s code (Chapter 48), for emergency mental health crisis stabilization services to children. 

This memo announces the reinstatement of and changes to premiums for BadgerCare Plus children. Premiums were temporarily suspended during the federal public health emergency (PHE) related to COVID-19. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is making changes to premiums based on guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued in 2023.