The Wisconsin Partnership Program consists of two innovative models of care, one for the elderly, and one for persons with disabilities. Community-based organizations are facilitated in developing the capacity to integrate the provision of acute care services with the long term support services CBOs traditionally provide. Consumer Choice Consumer choice is a cornerstone for the Wisconsin Partnership Program and has been shown to be a critical factor in the degree of satisfaction which elderly or younger persons with disabilities experience in their health and long term care. Individuals enrolled in the Partnership Program are offered a choice of care, choice of setting, and choice of the manner in which service is delivered. Participants are supported in their choice to receive community-based care in their homes.
Participants are also able to choose their primary care physician within very broad parameters.
Competent and trained participants have the option of selecting and directing the work of personal care workers. Eligibility Participants in the Partnership Program must be Medicaid-eligible, or dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. Participation in the Partnership Program is voluntary, and participants may disenroll at any time. Contractors may not disenroll participants except under stringent protocols approved by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. The Wisconsin Partnership Program uses cost containment features of a managed care system to integrate Medicare and Medicaid funding streams and service delivery systems for acute and long term services.