Nursing Home Grant Program: Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee Members
The Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee reviews grant proposals. The committee recommends project funding to Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). The DHS secretary appoints committee members.
Committee members
Nikki Andrews, chairperson
Director
Bureau of Education Services and Technology
Kim Marheine
Board on Aging & Long-Term Care
Curtis J. Cunningham
Assistant administrator
Division of Medicaid Services
John George
Administrator
St. John's on the Lake
Amy Jo Haavisto Kind, MD, PhD
Associate professor, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Associate director, Clinical
Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center
William S. Middleton VA Hospital
Dan Idzikowski
Executive director
Disability Rights of Wisconsin
Helen Marks-Dicks
State issues advocacy director
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Wisconsin
Mary Ellen O'Connell, AC-BC
Professional networking chair
Wisconsin Representatives of Activity Professionals
Lori Koppel
Executive director
Wisconsin Director of Nursing Council (DON)
Tonya J. Roberts, PhD, RN
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Nursing
John Sauer
Executive director
LeadingAge Wisconsin
Rick Abrams
Executive director
Wisconsin Health Care Association
Ann Angell
Director
Bureau of Nursing Home Resident Care
Otis Woods
Administrator
Division of Quality Assurance
If you have further questions about the CMP Nursing Home Grant Program, please email dhsdqacmprp@dhs.wisconsin.gov.
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