Critical Access Hospitals - Introduction
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| Forms | Providers |
Contacts | What's_Happening
| Publications | Related
Sites
NEW - Survey Guide:
Critical Access Hospitals (including Swing Bed CAHs) (PDF,
45 KB)
For questions regarding critical access hospitals, contact
the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (exit
DHFS) -- Peggy Sivesind, Rural Hospitals Initiatives Program
Manager and Flex Coordinator, (608) 261-1891, 800-385-0005 (ext. 26) or
sivesind@wisc.edu.
CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS: A rural
acute care facility providing 24-hour emergency services, acute inpatient
and swing-bed care. Inpatient stay up to 96 hours on average.
Hospital range of services may vary according to local needs.
Please also see information from our Hospital
pages.
Rules_&_Regulations -- Federal
and state authorities
Forms - Forms for general
and critical access hospital use
Providers -- Information for
general and critical access hospital staff
Contacts -- State of Wisconsin staff to
call regarding critical access hospitals
Publications -- see Hospital Publications
Lists of
Wisconsin Hospitals, via Health
Care Facility Directories (including Critical Access Hospitals)
IMPORTANT, please read
- Adoption of New Fire Safety
Requirements CMS S&C Letter 03-21 (exit DHFS;
PDF)
and Federal Register Amended Fire Safety Standards,
Final Rule (exit DHFS; PDF, 96 KB)
Question
and Answer (exit DHFS) Relating to Bioterrorism and the
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Wisconsin
Public Health Preparedness, Response for Bioterrorism
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Last Updated: June 30, 2008 |
