Wisconsin Implementing Health Care Efficiencies Project to Contain Medicaid Costs

Share The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is implementing a Health Care Efficiencies Project to identify and develop cost containment and efficiency reforms to help the state reduce its Medicaid spending for the 2012-2013 biennium. In addition to the Efficiencies Project, the Governor’s proposed budget includes a variety of changes to reduce Medicaid spending by $500 million over the next biennium, beginning with increased flexibility for DHS to pursue additional cost containment approaches. Without efficiencies and cost containment reforms, the Medicaid budget would require an additional $1.8 billion in funding in the upcoming biennium. The Health . . .