Earlier this month, the WiAHC Legislative Committee approved the association’s policy agenda for the 2025-2026 state legislative session.  The priorities are as follows:

• Increase the physical and occupational therapist workforce in rural Wisconsin by creating a grant- based incentive program and grow/strengthen Wisconsin’s home health care workforce generally.

• Support efforts to create a state Palliative Care Council.

• Promote harmonization of federal and state home health care regulations by eliminating “professional advisory bodies” in state regulations, while retaining patient protections.

• Work with the state Department of Health Services to continuously improve the Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) program.

• Promote increased utilization of home health care in Wisconsin.