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BadgerCare Plus, known informally as BadgerCare, is a public healthcare coverage program for low-income Wisconsin residents created by former governor Tommy Thompson and modified by former governor Jim Doyle. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services oversees the program's implementation.
BadgerCare Plus is the largest Medicaid program in Wisconsin and provides health insurance to more than 900,000 low-income residents, more than half of them children.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WisDHS) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin responsible for maintaining public health.It administers a wide range of services in the state and at state institutions, regulates hospitals and care providers, and supervises and consults with local public health agencies.
Medicaid also covers long-term services and supports, including both nursing home care and home- and community-based services, for those with low incomes and minimal assets; the exact qualifications vary by state. Medicaid spent $215 billion on such care in 2020, over half of the total $402 billion spent on such services. [8]
Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by number of hospitals as of 2019. [24] It was founded as a nonprofit Catholic system. [25] Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, subsidiary; Aspirus is a non-profit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin. [26]
This is a list of Wisconsin state agencies. [1]Department of Administration. Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources; Division of Personnel Management; Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
In January 2011, Davis was named Wisconsin's Medicaid Director, appointed by then Secretary Dennis Smith. [ 8 ] On March 12, 2014, Davis announced his resignation as the Medicaid Director for Wisconsin to take a job as the vice president of provider relations at WPS Health Insurance.
It is the most popular Wisconsin-based Medicare supplement plan in the state, with more than 42,000 members, based on enrollment data submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 2015. In 1966, the year Medicare was established, WPS was named the Medicare administrator for the state of Wisconsin.