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Information about Division of Quality Assurance (DQA)

DQA Web Pages Information

Provider Types Regulated by DQA

DQA Listservs

Consumer Information

DQA Facility Directories

DQA Provider Training

DQA Numbered Memos

DHS Forms

Construction/
Remodeling of Health Care Facilities

WI Nurse Aide Training and Registry Info

Caregiver Program/ Background Checks

WI Adult Programs Caregiver Misconduct Registry

2002-2003 DQA Numbered Memos

Number gaps indicate obsoleted memos removed from this list

DQA Memos For Other Years:

DQA/BQC Memos 1983-1997 - Indexes and PDF versions of all still-current memos published 1997 and earlier.

Memo# and Providers Affected

Date Issued

Subject

03-017 - Adult Day Care, Adult Family Homes, Community Based Residential Facilities, Residential Care Apartment Complexes 1/3/04 New Assisted Living Survey Process
03-016 - Wisconsin's Feeding Assistant Training Program Requirements - Update, OBSOLETE, replaced by 09-006
03-015 - Adult Day Care, Adult Family Homes, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Certified Mental Health & AODA Programs, Community Based Residential Facilities, End Stage Renal Dialysis, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Outpatient Physical Therapy/Speech Pathology Services, Residential Care Apartment Complexes, Rural Health Clinics 11/25/03 Introducing the BQA Post Survey Questionnaire
03-014 - Nursing Homes 10/14/03 Insulin Medication Errors in Nursing Homes
03-012 - Nurse Aide Training Programs 9/22/03 WI Nurse Aide Program Monitoring
03-011 - Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Laboratories, Nurse Aide Training Programs, Nursing Homes 7/14/03 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and Competency Testing Services Update
03-010 - Hospitals 6/16/03 Hospital Responsibility & Physician Practice
03-008 -  Facilities Performing Tests on Human Specimens: CLIA Requirements, OBSOLETE 10/09, replaced by 09-040
03-007 - Nursing Homes

12/8/03

Title XIX Nursing Care Level Determination Guideline
03-006 - Ambulatory Surgical Centers, End Stage Renal Dialysis, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Hospices, Hospitals, Nursing Homes 4/3/03 CMS Adopts Life Safety Code
03-005 - Certified Mental Health & AODA Programs, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, OBSOLETE 03/09, replaced by 08-006 and 08-016
03-004 - Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry & Competency Testing Services Update -OBSOLETED 08/09
03-003 - Hospices 2/17/03 Palliative, Supportive Services for Individuals Not Electing Hospice
03-002 - Hospitals 1/28/03 Firearms in Hospitals
03-001 - Nursing Homes 1/29/03 Posting No. of Licensed & Un- licensed Nursing Staff on Each Shift
02-021 - Nursing Homes 11/18/02 New Nursing Home Requirement 1/1/03
02-020 - Adult Family Homes, Community Based Residential Facilities, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Nurse Aide Training Programs, Nursing Homes, Residential Care Apartment Complexes 11/7/02 Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry and Competency Testing Services Update Series
02-019 - Adult Family Homes, Community Based Residential Facilities, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Residential Care Apartment Complexes 10/14/02 Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Standing Orders
02-018 - Residential Care Apartment Complexes 09/25/02 Administering Medications in RCACs
02-016 - Adult Family Homes, Certified Mental Health & AODA Programs, Community Based Residential Facilities, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Nurse Aide Training Programs, Nursing Homes, Residential Care Apartment Complexes 9/13/02 Four-Year Anniversary of the Wisconsin Caregiver Law

02-014 - Community Based Residential Facilities

8/12/02

Recall of Fire Protection System Sprinklers

02-012 - Adult Day Care Centers, Adult Family Homes, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Certified Mental Health & AODA Programs, Community Based Residential Facilities, End Stage Renal Dialysis Units, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Nurse Aide Training Programs, Nursing Homes, Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Residential Care Apartment Complexes, Rural Health Clinics

7/26/02

Voluntary & Mandatory Medical Device Reporting - Food and Drug Administration

02-011 - Nurse Aide Training & Competency Evaluation Programs

4/15/02

Contracting Out WI Nurse Aide Competency Eval- uation Testing & Directory Services

02-009 - Hospitals

3/19/02

CMS Focused Survey Process

02-008 - Home Health Agencies

2/26/02

Home Health Update Feb. 2002

02-007 - Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals

2/14/02

MDS Waived for CAH Swing-Bed Patients

02-006 - Laboratories Reporting the INR Result

2/14/02

CLIA Survey Findings: INR Calculation

02-005 - Adult Family Homes, Community Based Residential Facilities, Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities, Nursing Homes, Residential Care Apartment Complexes

2/14/02

Family Care Resource Centers' Requirement to Provide Info

02-004 - Community Based Residential Facilities, Facilities for People with Developmental Disabilities, Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Hospitals, Nurse Aide Training Programs, Nursing Homes, Rural Health Clinics

1/28/02

Wisconsin Nurse Aide Directory Employment Eligibility Verification

02-002 - Home Health Agencies

1/10/02

Home Health Update Jan. 2002

02-001 - Applicable Codes Relating to Fire Protections - OBSOLETED by 09-007 

Last Updated: October 06, 2009