Wisconsin Coalition for Collaborative Excellence in Assisted Living (WCCEAL)

WISCONSIN ASSISTED LIVING GROUP HONORED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Wisconsin Coalition for Collaborative Excellence in Assisted Living
Recognized as part of the 2015 Bright Ideas Program

Bright Ideas is an initiative that recognizes creative and promising government programs and partnerships. The initiative is offered through the Innovations in Government Program, a program of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School. For more information, please visit http://innovationsaward.harvard.edu/BrightIdeas.cfm.

Membership Rules - Effective November 15, 2014

WCCEAL Membership (as of February 15, 2015)

This list can be sorted by using the arrows on each column heading or filtered by using the dropdown lists or text boxes. You can receive additional information about these and other health and residential care providers in Wisconsin using the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Provider Search.

• Heather Bruemmer, BOALTC
• Barbara Bowers, U.W. Madison
• Kevin Coughlin, DHS
• Christopher Crnich, U.W. Madison
• Jay Ford, CHSRA
• Alfred Johnson, DHS
• Chris Kenyon, M3 Insurance
• Kathy Klika, RSA
• Kim Marheine, BOALTC
• Janice Mashak, Leading Age Wisconsin
• Forbes McIntosh
• Jim Murphy, WALA
• Susan Nordman Oliveira, CHSRA
• Cindy O’Connell, DHS
• Brian Purtell, WiCal
• Edmond Ramly, CHSRA
• Jennifer Robinson, CHSRA
• John Sauer, Leading Age Wisconsin
• Mary Schlaak, CHSRA
• Kate Van Camp
• Otis Woods, DHS
• Dennis Yadon, WALA
• David Zimmerman, CHSRA

The Department of Health Services (DHS) supports policies vital to a fair and vibrant marketplace that delivers affordable, high-quality healthcare to our citizens and leverages our state's tradition of strong health outcomes, innovation and world-class provision of healthcare.

Division of Quality Assurance
The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA), is the State Survey Agency responsible for assuring the safety, welfare and health of persons using health and community care provider services in Wisconsin. The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) is responsible for regulation and licensing of over 40 different programs and facilities that provide health, long-term care, mental health/substance abuse services and caregiver background checks and investigations.

Division of Long Term Care (public funding agency)
The Division of Long Term Care (DLTC) oversees the provision of long-term support/services for the elderly and people with disabilities. The Division administers and oversees Family Care, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, Community Relocation Initiative, Community Integration Initiative, Elderly and Disability Benefits Specialist programs, Pathways to Independence, and community options program and several community-based Medicaid waiver programs.

The Board on Aging and Long Term Care consists of the Board of Directors and the Agency staff, led by Executive Director Heather Bruemmer, who operate the Long Term Care Ombudsman, Volunteer Ombudsman, and Medigap Helpline Programs. The Board on Aging and Long Term Care is the premier resource for information and advocacy. The Board will increase its visibility and accessibility by expanding its role and recognition as an advocacy leader.

The Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis (CHSRA) was formed in 1973 as a collaborative effort between the departments of Industrial Engineering and Preventive Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At CHSRA, researchers seek to improve long-term care and health systems by creating performance measures and developing information and decision support systems.

Assisted Living Provider Community Associations
At the core of the collaboration are Wisconsin’s four Provider Associations, which have each developed a quality improvement program that has been reviewed and approved by the WI DHS Division of Quality Assurance with guidance from CHSRA. The provider associations play the important role of supporting assisted living communities in their internal quality improvement efforts, and assist them in their journey toward self-driven excellence.

LeadingAge Wisconsin

Wisconsin Assisted Living Association (WALA)

Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living (WiCAL)

Residential Services Association of Wisconsin (RSA WI)

The Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL) is a non-profit collaborative of 11 national organizations. The organizations represent a unique blend of key stakeholders in assisted living. CEAL promotes high-quality assisted living, serves as a convener to bring together diverse stakeholders to discuss and examine issues related to assisted living, helps bridge research, practice and policies that foster quality and affordability, and maintains an objective national clearinghouse of information and resources about assisted living.

The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) is the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally-managed, resident-centered senior living communities and the seniors and families they serve. Since 1990, ALFA has advocated for choice, accessibility, independence, dignity, and quality of life for all seniors. ALFA's programs promote business and operational excellence through education, research, publications, professional networking and online tools designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurism in the field of senior living.

The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) is the assisted living voice of the American Health Care Association (AHCA). NCAL is dedicated to serving the needs of the assisted living community through national advocacy, education, networking, professional development, and quality initiatives. NCAL's proactive, national focus on assisted living legislation is backed by the strongest and most influential long term care advocacy team in the country. NCAL members know that their voices will be heard by the national policymakers and regulators who continually seek to influence the future of assisted living.

The LeadingAge community includes 6,000 not-for-profit organizations in the United States, 39 state partners, hundreds of businesses, research partners, consumer organizations, foundations and a broad global network of aging services organizations that reach over 30 countries. The work of LeadingAge is focused on advocacy, education, and applied research. We promote adult day services, home health, hospice, community-based services, PACE, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care communities, nursing homes as well as technology solutions and person-centered practices that support the overall health and wellbeing of seniors, children, and those with special needs.

Community Collaboration Grant Award
The Wisconsin Coalition for Collaborative Excellence in Assisted Living was supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, through the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), grant UL1TR000427. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. Funding for this project was also provided by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, within the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.

Department of Health Services
Financial support provided by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services