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… DHS supports a comprehensive set of strategies to support healthy communities, prevent death and reduce harm related to substance use. In March 2022, Governor Tony Evers decriminalized …

… international comparability in the classification of disease, including reporting causes of death on the death certificate. Titles for each cause of death and the exact diseases included in each cause are revised periodically to incorporate …

… international comparability in the classification of disease, including reporting causes of death on the death certificate. Titles for each cause of death and the exact diseases included in each cause are revised periodically to incorporate …

… Services (DHS) to proceed with construction of a 50-bed expansion of the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center (MJTC) : “Today was an important first step towards reforming our juvenile … system and closing Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools. Expanding the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center to serve juvenile girls for the first time will allow equitable access to psychiatric treatment services and provide an expanded opportunity for the most troubled youth across our …

… innovative “hub and spoke” program design to expand beyond traditional substance use disorder treatment services. Wisconsinites served by this new program will include people enrolled in … services that give eligible members rapid access to comprehensive addiction and mental health treatment, primary care, and other needed supports to assist their recovery. “It is past time to … Wisconsin,” said Governor Tony Evers. “By connecting the dots between substance use disorder treatment and other services, this new model will help us move the needle on ensuring access and …

… begin accepting Medicaid members. Medicaid expansion is connected with lower rates of death; expansion states have seen a significant decrease in their mortality rates. In addition to …

… In both 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 cases surged during the colder months. As colder weather returns, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reminds Wisconsinites of the …

… 1,100 Wisconsin Medicaid members with an opioid use disorder will have access to residential treatment this year, thanks to $2.5 million in grants from the Department of Health Services … benefit. Federal law prohibits Medicaid from reimbursing residential substance use disorder treatment providers for a client’s room and board expenses. Lack of funds to cover room and board costs is the primary reason Medicaid members do not enroll in this level of treatment. “Room and board expenses for residential substance use disorder treatment can be cost …

… Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Division of Public Health (DPH) are closely monitoring an outbreak caused by COVID-19 that originated in Wuhan, China. …

… facilities, local jails, municipal lockups, juvenile secure detention centers, and secure treatment centers in Wisconsin. …