Public Notice: Medicaid Quality Strategy

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Health Services

(Medicaid Quality Strategy Public Comment Period)

The Department has created a draft Wisconsin Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy. The draft Wisconsin Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy is currently available for public comment. It can be found at: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/dms/managedcarequalitystrategy-draft.pdf. Comments are accepted February 20 through April 21, 2018. A paper copy will be made available upon request.

The Wisconsin Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy meets the federal requirements of 42 C.F.R. § 438.204 to describe the strategies for assessment and quality improvement of managed care services offered to Medicaid beneficiaries. It includes the specific strategies Wisconsin will use to align programs to best meet the health care needs of Medicaid members and continually improve health for Wisconsin residents. The Quality Strategy sets a three-year vision for the Division of Medicaid Services to achieve its quality goals and objectives and is intended to evolve over time. The Quality Strategy includes BadgerCare Plus and SSI HMOs, Health Homes, Family Care, and Family Care Partnership programs.

Please review the draft Wisconsin Medicaid Managed Care Quality Strategy and submit comments by April 21, 2018, to:

Quality Strategy Lead

Division of Medicaid Services

P.O. Box 309

Madison, WI 53707-0309

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]