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Northeast Wisconsin Family Care is developing a Managed Care Organization to provide Family Care to qualified elderly and people with disabilities living in Northeastern Wisconsin. The Managed Care Organization will be operating as a quazi-governmental organization called a Long-Term Care District. The NEW Family Care will serve the counties of Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, and Shawano. The Oneida, Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Tribes are partners in this planning. Current plans are to establish the new Managed Care Organization in 2010 and enroll consumers by late 2011.
Family Care is designed to optimize the health and independence of adults with long-term care needs through the provision of a flexible benefit package that includes both traditional Medicaid services (e.g. nursing home, durable medical equipment, physical therapy) and home and community based “waiver” services (home modifications, supportive home care, respite).
Family Care consists of two components – Aging and Disability Resource Centers and Managed Care Organizations. The ADRC acts as the “front door” to Family Care since that is where consumer and their families go to learn about resources available. But ADRCs also provide a wide array of information and assistance and serve all elderly and persons with disabilities regardless of income.
Since the State began piloting Family Care in 2000, independent analyses have shown that improved consumer outcomes, resulting from effective care management, also produce cost-savings in the state’s Medicaid budget. Savings are primarily in the areas of hospital or nursing home service. Consequently, efforts are now underway to expand the program
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| January 2010 | Rolf Hanson biography | |
| March 2010 | Family Care Update | |
| May 2010 | Board of Director's Needed: | |
| 1. | Application Process | |
| 2. | Responsibilities | |
| 3. | Application | |
| June 2010 | Printable | General Provider Brochure |
| Printable | Elected & Appointed Officials Brochure | |
| July 2010 |
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| Printable | May-Family Care Provider eNews | |
| Questions | from the Family Care Briefing | |
| Printable | July-Family Care Provider eNews | |
