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DHS Campaign to Prevent Underage Drinking: Have Small Talks
In a major effort to prevent underage drinking, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today launched Small Talks, a campaign to reduce the number of kids who drink alcohol before the age ... READ MORE
UW Addiction Consultation Provider Hotline
The UW Addiction Consultation Provider Hotline offers on-call help to health care providers seeking support and direction in treating their patients’ substance use problems. Addiction specialists on the Hotline provide advice on the medical management ... READ MORE
Gov. Evers Announces “Badger Bounce Back” Plan
Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin's "Badger Bounce Back" plan which outlines important criteria for Wisconsin to be able to reopen its economy in phases and includes steps to make sure workers and ... READ MORE
New Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver Program Bulletin
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has released Children’s Long-Term Support Waiver Provider Bulletin, issue 2020-02, Incident Reporting for Children's Programs. The purpose of this bulletin is to review waiver provider responsibility ... READ MORE
Birth to 3 Program: Enhanced Reimbursement for Telehealth Therapy During COVID-19
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has published Alert 013, “Enhanced Reimbursement for Therapy Provided as Part of the Birth to 3 Program Using Telehealth.” This alert announces an enhanced ... READ MORE
WIAAP, Wisconsin Health Stakeholders Support #SaferAtHome Extension
WIAAP joined the Wisconsin Medical Society and eleven other stakeholders in signing a letter of support for Governor Evers' extension of the Safer at Home Order. The news from the Capitol came yesterday ... READ MORE
Coronavirus Update: A Letter from the AAP President
Dear Colleagues: As we enter the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, I know that so many of you are, like me, doing your best to continue doing your job, take care of ... READ MORE
Preventing Underage Drinking: New Fact Sheet from OCMH
Office of Children’s Mental Health Director Linda Hall today announces the publication of a new fact sheet detailing how to support our children's well-being through preventing underage drinking. While youth in Wisconsin are drinking less, they ... READ MORE
AAP COVID-19 Webinar Archives for Pediatricians
The AAP continues to be in close communication with leaders at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and are committed to providing you with updates and information about practice recommendations and infection-control measures ... READ MORE
DHS Calls for Health Care Professionals and Non-Clinical Volunteers
Your help is needed to support Wisconsin’s COVID-19 response. Volunteer now. Are you interested in playing a critical role in helping Wisconsin’s health care system respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? If ... READ MORE
Gov. Evers Announces COVID-19 Volunteer Program
Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the state is seeking volunteers to support Wisconsin's healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. Active and retired healthcare professionals and those who wish to help in ... READ MORE
WIAAP President’s Message – April 9, 2020
Dear Colleagues, I hope you’re all doing well. I think we’re seeing a few thin rays of sunlight breaking through the clouds of COVID-19, some slender ... READ MORE
Wisconsin Medicaid Coverage of Telehealth Services
WIAAP has been working with the Medicaid’s Telehealth Project Management Office to outline the many questions that surround provision of well child and other services via telehealth in light ... READ MORE
ACT TODAY: Strategic National Stockpile Order Process
The State Emergency Operations Center has notified Wisconsin Department of Health Services that the final allocation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is available for distribution. These supplies ... READ MORE
Resilient Wisconsin Initiative Announced
Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm announced the new Resilient Wisconsin initiative today to provide tools and resources to Wisconsinites dealing with stress and mental health challenges during ... READ MORE
AAP Issues Guidance on Infants Born to Mothers with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
New AAP guidance released today addresses the care of infants whose mothers have suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The report “Initial Guidance: Management of Infants Born to Mothers with COVID-19” along with a ... READ MORE
Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver Program and Children’s Community Options Program (CCOP)
Minimum Contact Standards for Support and Service Coordination: New Requirements Necessitated by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Today, the Wisconsin Medicaid Director Jim Jones issued the following memo regarding CLTS and CCOP. The purpose ... READ MORE
Wisconsin COVID-19 Supply & Resource Offers
The State of Wisconsin is looking for companies, educational facilities and other organizations that may have personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies and other needed resources that could be used in the state’s response to the ... READ MORE
Study Shows Early Childhood Factors Associated with Peer Victimization
A Pediatrics study of children in Canada identified early childhood factors associated with peer victimization such as physical or verbal abuse or bullying that occurred during different developmental stages. The study, “Early Childhood Factors ... READ MORE
A Message from WIAAP President Dr. Dipesh Navsaria
This is indeed one of those days where I wish that this was all a really elaborate April Fool’s gag, but it isn’t. I know that we are all being faced with uncertainty of one form or another.
Second Package of Comprehensive Legislative Proposals Providing COVID-19 Relief and Support
Gov. Tony Evers today announced a second package of comprehensive legislative proposals that would provide critical investments in health services, support for essential workers, and assistance for Wisconsin families and businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ... READ MORE
Gov. Evers Announces Additional Shipment of Personal Protective Equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile
Gov. Tony Evers today announced that Wisconsin has received its second phase of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and is in the process of distribution. The second phase ... READ MORE
AAP and Other Resources for Families Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has compiled resources for families to use during the challenging days and weeks of social distancing, home isolation, and mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. We're ... READ MORE
Emergency Order #18 Helps Keep Youth Safe and Vital Services Functioning
Gov. Tony Evers today issued Emergency Order #18, suspending several administrative rules for the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) to help reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 while maintaining critical services ... READ MORE
New Public-Private Partnership to Increase COVID-19 Laboratory Testing Capacity
Gov. Tony Evers today announced a new public-private partnership among Wisconsin industry leaders to increase Wisconsin's laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19. Prior to today's announcement, the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene and the Milwaukee ... READ MORE
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