Bill > AB148

This bill aims to address the state's response to COVID-19 related to health services and the practice of healthcare providers licensed outside of Wisconsin. The key provisions include: 1. Defining "hospital-associated services" as healthcare services provided in a home setting before January 1, 2022, that are similar to those offered by a hospital and could be reimbursed by Medicare. 2. Allowing the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to enforce federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules and standards on hospitals providing approved hospital-associated services, until January 1, 2022. 3. Granting temporary credentials to healthcare providers licensed in other states, allowing them to practice in Wisconsin during the COVID-19 public health emergency and for 30 days after it ends, as long as they apply for a permanent Wisconsin credential. 4. Authorizing these temporarily credentialed healthcare providers to provide services through telehealth to patients in Wisconsin. 5. Providing reimbursement for hospitals that care for Medicaid patients who require nursing facility-level care but cannot be transferred to a nursing home during the public health emergency period.

Health and Social Services

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab148