Letters/Testimony


Letters
06.17.2022 Comment Letter: FY 2023 Inpatient Rule
03.21.2022 Letter to Congress Re: Hospital at Home Program
03.15.2022 WHA Letter to Medical Examining Board
02.24.2022 Letter to WI Assembly: Support of AB 960
02.09.2022 Testimony: WHA Supports Assembly Bill 960 to Protect the Health Care Frontline
02.09.2022 Coalition Memo: Support of AB 960 – Battery and Threats of Violence to Health Care Providers and Staff
01.13.2022 WHA Letter to Cong. Delegation re: Investigation into Anticompetitive Nurse Staffing Agency Practices
01.06.2022 Letter to DHS re: Staffing
11.18.2021 WHA Letter re: Streamling Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization
10.27.2021 Letter to CMS: Permanently Retain Several COVID Response Waivers
10.20.2021 Letter to WI Delegation: Health Care Priorities in Reconciliation Package
09.17.2021 Comment Letter: Proposed OPPS 2022 Rule
06.30.2021 Letter to CMS: Proposed 2022 IPPS
03.19.2021 Recommended Strategies - 2021 Workforce Report
01.26.2021 Letter to Legislature: Support of Emergency Order #1
12.09.2020 Letter: WHA Calls on Congress to Pass COVID Relief as Part of Lame Duck
10.05.2020 Comment Letter: OPPS Proposed Rule CMS–1736-P
07.29.2020 WHA Letter to Cong. Delegation re COVID 4.0 Priorities
06.25.2020 WHA Letter to WI Cong. Delegation re Telehealth Extensions
03.09.2020 Letter to CMS re: 340B Hospital Acquisition Cost Survey
03.05.2020 Letter to WI Legislature: CMS Releases 2020 Quality Data, Wisconsin Hospitals Remain Among Best in the Country
02.26.2020 Letter to WI Cong. Delegation Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020
02.12.2020 Letter of Support of the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020
02.05.2020 WHA Supports AB 575 – Physician Assistant Licensure (CARES Act)
01.31.2020 WHA Comments to CMS re: Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation
01.17.2020 Letter to CMS: WHA Response for Recommendations to Remove Barriers to APC Practice
01.08.2020 Letter to CMS: CMS–1720–P Proposed Rule—Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations
12.12.2019 Letter to WI Cong. Delegation re: Surprise Billing
12.05.2019 Letter to Worker's Comp. Advisory Council re: billing statements
11.29.2019 Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force (Task Force) Request for Information
11.20.2019 WHA Supports SB 254 – Bipartisan Legislation Recognizing Advanced Practice Nurse and Physician Assistant Diagnoses in the Advance Directive Statutes
11.07.2019 Letter to WI Cong. Delegation re: Support of 2019 CONNECT Act
10.16.2019 WHA Supports AB 287 – Bipartisan Legislation Recognizing Advanced Practice Nurse and Physician Assistant Diagnoses in the Advanced Directive Statutes
09.30.2019 Letter to CMS: Proposed Rule CMS–1717–P: CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient PPS and Ambulatory Surgical Ctr. Payment System
09.27.2019 Letter to CMS: CMS–1715–Medicare Program; CY 2020 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies;
09.17.2019 Letter to WI State Legislature: WHA Opposes AARP Legislation Imposing More Regulations, Red Tape on Wisconsin Hospitals
09.10.2019 DHS Announces Second Round of APC, Allied Health Grants
07.23.2019 WHA Comments on DHS Guidance Documents Released for Review on June 24, 2019
07.22.2019 WHA Proposal for MEB to Add Physician Licensure Processing Time Measures as a Standing Agenda Item
06.03.2019 WHA Comments to HHS on CMS Proposed Interoperability Rule
06.03.2019 WHA Comments to HHS on ONC Proposed Interoperability Rule
05.29.2019 Letter to Worker's Comp Advisory Council from Health Care Liaisons
05.28.2019 Comments on Proposed DHS 40. Clearinghouse Rule 19-018
04.09.2019 Letter: WI Congressional Delegation Supports Stark Law Reform
04.01.2019 WHA Recommendations to Congressional Telehealth Caucus RFI
03.26.2019 Comment Letter: Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating Response to CMS & YNHHSC/CORE Public Input Request
03.21.2019 Comment Letter to WI Cong. Delegation RE: Pres. Trump's Fiscal Year 2020 Budget
02.05.2019 Comment Letter: Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs
12.11.2018 Letter to DHS: Comments on Proposed Rule: Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012
12.03.2018 Letter to Members of WI Legislature re: Concerns with AB 1072 and AB1073
11.27.2018 WHA Letter to CMS re: Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Proposed Rule
11.06.2018 WHA Letter to WI Cong. Delegation re: Final 2019 OPPS Rule
10.23.2018 Comment Letter to CMS: Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019
09.28.2018 Letter to CMS from Members of Congress re Prosposed 2019 OPPS rule
09.24.2018 Comments: Proposed Rule CMS–1695–P: Calendar Year 2019 Medicare Program Proposed Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems
09.24.2018 Letter to CMS from WHA members: Opposition to proposed cuts in the 2019 OPPS Rule
08.24.2018 Letter to CMS: Request for Information: CMS; Physician Self-Referral Law
06.12.2018 Letter to Speaker Ryan: WHA Support of Opioid Reform Legislation
04.20.2018 WHA-Developed Medicaid Emergency Department Care Coordination Program Signed into Law
01.17.2018 Letter to WI State Legislature: Support LRB 4332 to Reduce Cost, Utilization of Emergency Room Care in Medicaid (1/17/18)
01.16.2018 Letter from Rodrequez/Sanfelippo/Darling to WI State Legislature: Co-sponsorship of LRB 4332/5 and LRB 5259/1 relating to: intensive care coordination program in the Medical Assistance program
01.05.2018 Letter: State of Wisconsin BadgerCare Reform Demonstration Project; Coverage of Adults without Dependent Children with Income at or below 100% FPL; Draft 1115 Demonstration Waiver Extension App
12.13.2017 Letter from WHA Members to Speaker Ryan re: PAB
12.13.2017 Letter from House Republications to Ryan, McConnell, Hatch and Brady re: PABs in Final Tax Reform Conference Report
12.12.2017 Letter from Gov. Walker to Speaker Ryan and Major Leader McConnell re: PAB
10.16.2017 Letter: CMS-5524-P; Medicare Program; Cancellation of Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Models; Changes to Comprehensive Care
10.16.2017 Comments re: CMS-5524-P; Medicare Program; Cancellation of Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Models; Changes to Comprehensive Care
09.19.2017 Letter to Senators Johnson and Baldwin re: CSRs (9/19/17)
09.11.2017 WHA Comments re: CMS-1676-P; Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements
09.11.2017 Comments re: CMS–1678–P, Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Proposed Rule
09.08.2017 Letter: Co-Sponsor LRB 3932/1 - Maintain Wisconsin’s Status as a Nurse Licensure Compact State
08.16.2017 Letter to WI State Legislature: Wisconsin’s Rural Hospitals Rated Best in Country for Quality Performance
07.14.2017 Letter: Comments to CMS on Wisconsin's draft waiver amendment to the state's childless Medicaid adult demonstration project
07.13.2017 Letter to Wisconsin Delegation re: DSH Funding in AHCA and BCRA
07.13.2017 Letter to Wisconsin Delegation re: DSH Funding in AHCA and BCRA 7-13-17
06.13.2017 Comments on Proposed Rule CMS–1677–P: Medicare Program Hospital IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and Long Term Care Hospital PPS and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2018 Rates;
06.02.2017 Letter to Sen. Ron Johnson re: AHCA (6/2/17)
05.19.2017 Comments RE: Medicaid childless adult demonstration project
05.12.2017 Comments: CR 17-028 and EmR1706 from WHA and Wisconsin Medical Society regarding CSB 4
05.12.2017 Letter: Joint WHA/WMS Letter to Controlled Substance Board
03.09.2017 Letter: Recommendation for Board Resolution Regarding PDMP Compliance and Unprofessional Conduct
01.12.2017 Comment Letter to HHS and CMS: CMS-9928-NC, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Healthcare Choices to Empower Patients
07.13.2016 Comments to CMS re: Mixed Use Space
01.15.2015 Open Letter to Subcommittee on Health and Committee on Energy and Commerce re: GME
08.29.2013 WI State Lawmakers Letter to Congressional Delegation: Protect Critical Access Hospitals

Testimony
03.16.2022 WHA Written Testimony on Opportunities to Improve Health Care Licensure and Credentialing
07.29.2021 WHA Testimony on AB 296 – Support for Telehealth provisions with an Additional Amendment
07.28.2021 WHA Testimony on SB 394 – APRN Modernization Act
05.26.2021 Testimony on SB 309 - Support for Telehealth Provisions with Additional Amendment
03.09.2021 Testimony Before the Assembly Committee on Health 2021 Assembly Bill 148
01.11.2021 Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Organization COVID-19 Legislation – Assembly Bill 1
01.05.2021 Testimony Before the Assembly Committee on Health COVID-19 Legislation – Assembly Bill 1
09.24.2019 WHA Supports AB 410 and Assembly Amendment 1 – Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize Medicaid’s Telehealth Policies
07.10.2019 Testimony: WHA’s Support of AB 70 – Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Reauthorization
05.28.2019 Comments and Recommendations for the Speaker’s Task Force on Suicide Prevention
10.17.2017 Testimony to the Members of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services: Ann Zenk - WHA Support of SB 417 – Adopting the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact in WI
10.17.2017 Testimony to the Members of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services: Sheryl Krause - BON Support of SB 417 – Adopting the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact in WI
09.28.2017 Testimony to the Members of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services: Sheryl Krause - BON Support of SB 417 – Adopting the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact in WI
04.05.2017 Testimony to: Assembly Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations (4/5/17)
01.19.2016 Testimony to Medical Examining Board: Chapter Med 24, rule relating to telemedicine
10.13.2015 Testimony: Attorney General Brad D. Schimel - Support for Senate Bill 268, Senate Bill 271, and Senate Bill 272 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services