WiAHC Legislative and Regulatory Priorities Survey - 2022

Provide Your Input on What’s Important to You

The Legislative and Regulatory Priorities Survey from the WiAHC Governmental Affairs Team provides you with a tremendous opportunity to offer your input on what policy issues are most important to you and your organization. The purpose of surveying the full WiAHC membership is to help association leadership develop our policy agenda and determine what legislative and regulatory issues we should on focus in 2023-2024.

The survey, which will be left open through June 6, takes only a few minutes to complete and will provide invaluable information used to help shape WiAHC’s advocacy priorities moving forward.

The survey results will be presented to the WiAHC Legislative Committee and Board for further consideration. In addition to the member survey data, WiAHC leadership will consider the following criteria when finalizing the association’s policy agenda and issue priorities: 1.) The benefit to WiAHC members; 3.) The extent to which it will improve home health care in Wisconsin; and 3.) The likelihood of legislative/regulatory success.

Once the WiAHC Board finalizes the policy agenda and issue priorities for 2023-2024, it will be presented to the full membership and used by the WiAHC Government Affairs team to guide our advocacy efforts over the next two years.

We value your input and encourages you to complete and submit the brief survey as soon possible. Thank you.

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* 1. What state and federal legislative/regulatory issues do you believe WiAHC should prioritize during the 2023-24 legislative session (choose your top two)?

Regulatory reform legislation to modernize DHS 133, including provisions to better align Wisconsin home care regulations with federal home care regulations and permanently authorize home care telehealth flexibility.

Additional Medicaid reimbursement rate increases for home care services (NOTE: WiAHC was successful in increasing Medicaid reimbursement for skilled nursing care in a home health setting in the 2021-23 state budget).

Influence EVV by advocating for modifications to the components that are disruptive to home health services and those that place unreimbursed costs on providers and recipients.

Grow/strengthen Wisconsin’s home health care workforce (e.g., workforce training grants; scholarship funding; funding to expanding nursing slots at Wisconsin schools of nursing).

Promote public awareness and increase policy influence of home health care, such as the creation of a Home Health Care Advisory Council at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

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* 2. Are you or your organization working on any state or federal legislative/regulatory proposal you would like to see introduced or addressed during the 2023-24 legislative session?

Yes

If yes, please explain.

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* 3. Are there any other state or federal legislative or regulatory issues you believe WiAHC should support or address during the 2023-24 legislative session?

Yes

If yes, please explain