IRIS: What's New
Stay up to date with latest news and updates about the IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct) program.
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All IRIS vendors should enroll with Wisconsin Medicaid right away
All IRIS vendors must enroll with Wisconsin Medicaid through the ForwardHealth Portal by January 1, 2026. As of August, this now includes supportive home care agencies (SHCs), and SHCs who use electronic visit verification. They need to enroll to keep delivering IRIS services next year. The toolkit for IRIS participants is now updated with language about enrolling right away so they can stay on with you next year.
See the updated IRIS Participant Toolkit for Adult Long-Term Care Provider Enrollment
Other news
IRIS waiver renewal next steps
Thank you to those who submitted input during the 30-day public comment period from July 7–August 8. DHS will consider public comments and submit a final waiver renewal application to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in September. | August 2025
FEA request for proposal
On June 5, 2025, DHS published a request for proposal (RFP) to procure fiscal employer agent (FEA) services for IRIS. The RFP is posted on eSupplier as S-1640 DMS-25. The RFP is open until 2 p.m. CT on August 12, 2025. Instructions for submitting questions and RFP responses are available on eSupplier. | June 2025
ICA expands services
First Person Care Consultants, an IRIS consultant agency (ICA), expanded their services to participants in Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Juneau, Lafayette, Richland, and Sauk counties. | January 2025
Get involved in the Wisconsin IDD-MH System Improvement project
The project steering committee is getting ready to choose which of the 37 recommendations from the Wisconsin IDD-MH System Improvement Report (PDF) to start working on, and who will work on them. | December 2024
Adult Long-term Care Provider Management Project—enrollment now open
As of September 16, 2024, adult long-term care waiver services providers must enroll with Wisconsin Medicaid through the ForwardHealth Portal. | September 2024
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and IRIS
Electronic visit verification hard launch for personal care and certain supportive home care services (service codes T1019, T1020, S5125, S5126) began on May 1, 2023. | May 2023