DHFS Reorganization
PDF Version of DQA 07-006
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Date: May 4, 2007 -- DQA Memo 07-006
To: Adult
Day Care Centers ADC 02
Adult
Family Homes AFH 03
Ambulatory
Surgery Centers ASC 02
Certified Mental Health and AODA
CMHA 04
Community
Based Residential Facilities CBRF 03
End
Stage Renal Dialysis Units ESRD 02
Facilities
for the Developmentally Disabled (FDD) FDD 04
Home
Health Agencies HHA 03
Hospices
HSPC 03
Hospitals
HOSP 04
Nurse
Aide Training Programs NATP 03
Nursing
Homes NH 04
Outpatient
Rehabilitation Facilities OPT/SP 02
Residential
Care Apartment Complexes RCAC 03
Rural
Health Clinics RHC 03
From: Otis Woods, Administrator
Division of Quality Assurance
DHFS Reorganization
On April 9, 2007, Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS)
Secretary Kevin Hayden announced that the DHFS reorganization proposal had
been approved by the Department of Administration. As a result of the
reorganization, the Office of Quality Assurance became the Division of
Quality Assurance (DQA). The purpose of this memo is to notify the provider
community of name and other organizational changes that have occurred as a
result of the reorganization.
Changing the status of the Office of Quality Assurance to the Division of
Quality Assurance has resulted in former OQA sections being elevated to
Bureau level. Effective April 1, 2007, the new Bureau names within the
Division of Quality Assurance are as follows:
| Former Section |
Bureau |
| Assisted Living Section |
Bureau of Assisted Living (BAL) |
|
Kevin Coughlin, Bureau Director |
| Health Services Section |
Bureau of Health Services (BHS) |
|
Cremear Mims, Bureau Director |
Provider Regulation and Quality
Improvement Section |
Bureau of Technology, Licensing and Education (BTLE) |
|
Jan Eakins, Bureau Director
|
| Resident Care Review Section |
Bureau of Nursing Home Resident Care (BNHRC) |
|
Paul Peshek, Bureau Director |
| Office Director's Office |
Division Administrator's Office |
|
Otis Woods, Division Administrator |
|
Jane Walters, Deputy Administrator |
DQA and its Bureaus are using the new names.
The DQA reorganization has no effect on the internal structure of the
Bureaus of Assisted Living and Nursing Home Resident Care. Staff will
continue to be organized in Regional Offices and will continue to have the
same titles. Units within the Bureaus of Health Services and Technology,
Licensing and Education have been elevated to section status. The units have
been renamed as follows:
| Former Unit (HSS) |
Section (BHS) |
| Health Care Regulatory Unit |
Acute Care Compliance Section |
|
Jan Heimbruch, Section Chief, Northern |
|
Mark Andrews, Section Chief, Southern |
| Program Certification Unit |
Behavioral Health Section |
|
Mark Hale, Section Chief |
| Clinical Laboratory Unit |
Clinical Laboratory Section |
|
Sharon Abraham, Section Chief |
| Former Unit (PRQI) |
Section (BTLE) |
| Quality Improvement Training Unit |
Education Services Section |
|
Sharon Rickords, Section Chief |
| Compliance Unit |
Licensing and Regulatory Support Services Section |
|
Lora Quinn, Section Chief |
| Information Resources and Analysis Unit |
Information Management Section |
|
Richard Betz, Section Chief |
The proposal to transfer the Office of Caregiver Quality from the Bureau
of Health Services to the DQA Division Administrator's Office has been
submitted to the Department. We anticipate that this move will be approved
in the very near future. There will be no change in the name of OCQ, and
Shari Busse will be the Office Director.
The primary purpose and vision of DQA remains the same. We continue to
focus on quality improvement, regulatory flexibility, and person-centered
services; as DHFS continues to reform the long-term care system and improve
service in the mental health and substance abuse arena. DQA will continue to
collaborate with stakeholders on these shared goals to ensure quality of
life and quality of care and treatment for Wisconsin's vulnerable citizens.
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