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Healthcare & Benefits Laws in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin healthcare is regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board (Wis. Stat. § 448), and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Wisconsin has a distinctive medical-malpractice compensation regime — the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (IPFCF, Wis. Stat. § 655) — a state-operated excess-layer fund that pays claims above primary-carrier limits. Wisconsin caps noneconomic medical-malpractice damages at $750,000 (Wis. Stat. § 893.55) — upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Mayo v. Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (2018).
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Key Wisconsin Statutes
Wisconsin's state-operated excess-layer medical-malpractice fund — unique in the United States. All Wisconsin physicians and hospitals must maintain primary coverage and participate in the Fund; the Fund pays claims above primary-carrier policy limits.
Wisconsin caps noneconomic damages in medical-malpractice actions at $750,000 per occurrence — upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2018.
Wisconsin's physician-licensing and discipline framework, administered by the Medical Examining Board.
Wisconsin's living-will statute — used in conjunction with the Power of Attorney for Health Care under ch. 155.
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