Mark your calendars… WiHPCA’s next quarterly meeting with the WI Department of Health Services’ Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) is scheduled for Thursday October 6, at 10:00 A.M. The meeting will be held virtually and is open to all WiHPCA members and hospice professionals across Wisconsin. Registration will open soon.

The purpose of the DQA quarterly meetings is to create an opportunity for hospice and palliative care professionals to build and maintain a strong working relationship with a key state regulatory agency that can impact our industry. For members who have not had an opportunity to attend previous quarterly meetings, they provide members with valuable regulatory information and updates, as well as a unique chance to engage DQA staff, asks questions, and request guidance. Here are the meeting details:

• Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
• Time: 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
• Location: Virtual meeting

Again, registration will open soon. In the meantime, CLICK HERE to visit the DHS Hospice Statistics webpage, which includes vital hospice regulatory data for the calendar year through 2021.

Lastly, at the June 28 DQA-WiHPCA quarterly meeting, the regulatory agency invited WiPHCA to review the state’s hospice interface document, the findings of which will be used to update the document. If you are interested in assisting with this important project and use your experience and expertise to review the hospice interface document, please contact the WiHPCA office at wihpca@badgerbay.co.