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Northeast Wisconsin Continues to Move Forward
Northeast Wisconsin Family Care (NEW FC) was established in October 2010 after four years of planning by Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto , Shawano Counties and the Oneida, Menominee, and Stockbridge-Munsee Tribes to be the designated Family Care organization for Northeast Wisconsin.
NEW FC was moving into its development phase to expand Family Care when Governor Walker announced his budget which included a "pause" in expansion. The budget does allow expansion if the Secretary of the Department of Health Services (DHS) determines expansion would be more cost effective than current legacy waiver programs.
NEW FC contracted an actuarial firm to analyze data provided by DHS to determine individual and aggregate costs. These costs were compared to actual Family Care costs; overall, NEW FC would be cost effective.
NEW FC expects that it will be able to reduce costs through economies of scale, reduction in the wide variation of current payment to providers for the same services, application of consistent service coordination and alignment of service plans to member identified desired outcomes.
For the latest information, please continue to visit our web site: www.northeastwisconsinfamilycare.com . This web site also contains a vehicle for commenting or asking questions.
