Sincerely,
Gary L. Poulson
Deputy Revisor
__________________
Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Office of Health Care Information
Madison
August 1996
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to section 153.10 (10), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the first quarter of 1995. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals ... the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
Josephine W. Musser
Commissioner of Insurance
Barbara A. Rudolph
Deputy Director
Office of Health Care Information
Referred to committee on Health.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Office of Health Care Information
Madison
August 1996
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to section 153.10 (10), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the second quarter of 1995. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals ... the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
Josephine W. Musser
Commissioner of Insurance
Barbara A. Rudolph
Deputy Director
Office of Health Care Information
Referred to committee on Health.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Office of Health Care Information
Madison
September 1996
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to section 153.10 (10), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the third quarter of 1995. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals ... the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
Josephine W. Musser
Commissioner of Insurance
Barbara A. Rudolph
Deputy Director
Office of Health Care Information
Referred to committee on Health.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Office of Health Care Information
Madison
September 1996
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to section 153.10 (10), Wis. Stat., we are pleased to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature the quarterly Health Care Data Report. This report is based on hospital inpatient discharge data reported to the Office of Health Care Information by all operating general medical-surgical and specialty hospitals in Wisconsin for the fourth quarter of 1995. It also contains selected ambulatory surgery utilization and charge data from general medical-surgical hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in Wisconsin during the same quarter.
This report fulfills the statutory requirement to report "in a manner that permits comparisons among hospitals ... the charges for up to 100 health care services or diagnostic-related groups selected by the office."
Sincerely,
Josephine W. Musser
Commissioner of Insurance
Barbara A. Rudolph
Deputy Director
Office of Health Care Information
Referred to committee on Health.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
Children's Trust Fund
Madison
December 26, 1996
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Enclosed is one copy of the Right From the Start Programs Evaluation Report pursuant to the requirements stated under Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 48.982, Section 7 (h).
Please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6871 if you have any questions or need additional information.
Sincerely,
Mary Anne M. Snyder
Acting Executive Director
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
December 27, 1996
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
1995 Wisconsin Act 27 created s.
46.27 (11g) of the statutes, which requires the Department of Health and Family Services to submit an annual report on its Community Options Program. The attached report describes the persons served, program expenditures and services delivered through the Community Options Program in calendar year 1995.
Community Options is designed to relocate or divert people who need long term care from nursing homes. This is accomplished by offering an alternative package of community services to elderly and disabled persons who are otherwise eligible for Medicaid-funded nursing home care.
The Departments allocates funds to county human service agencies to deliver these community services. In providing services, the county agency may not expend more, on average, than the state portion (about 40%) of the Medicaid cost for nursing home care. The county agency must also maximize funds by accessing any federal funds (Waiver and other Medicaid) available for an individual before using Regular Community Options funds.
The annual report examines program activity for both the Community Options Program and the Community Options Program-Waiver in calendar year 1995.
Sincerely,
