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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Resumes Abortion Scheduling After Dropping Essential Community Provider Status

The move preserves Medicaid funding under a new federal restriction that is being challenged in court.

FILE - Protesters stand in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda during a march supporting overturning Wisconsin's near total ban on abortion, Jan. 22, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, file)
FILE - Protesters are seen outside Planned Parenthood, Sept. 18, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
The clinic is prepared before patients arrive Friday, May 27, 2022, at Planned Parenthood’s Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
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Overview

  • Scheduling restarted at noon Monday following a 26‑day pause triggered by a federal law tied to President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill.
  • Leaders said relinquishing the Essential Community Provider designation means the affiliate no longer meets the law’s definition of a prohibited entity for Medicaid payments.
  • Planned Parenthood cited a Sept. 29 HHS court filing allowing continued Medicaid billing if organizations give up either tax‑exempt status or the ECP designation, and it is keeping its tax‑exempt status.
  • President and CEO Tanya Atkinson said the change should not alter patient costs or access, noting the affiliate serves about 50,000 people and roughly 60% use Medicaid.
  • The pause sent some patients to seek care elsewhere, including Chicago, as a broader lawsuit by Planned Parenthood Federation and 23 state attorneys general proceeds after an appeals court allowed payment halts during the case.