Dr. Gregg Silberg is no longer with the Wisconsin College of Osteopathic Medicine, a lawyer for the group confirmed Tuesday night at a Jefferson City Council meeting. The group hopes to build a new college on the former grounds of St. Coletta of Wisconsin in Jefferson. (WHN, 6/19)

Newly released fact sheets on cancer’s impact in Wisconsin reveal that 97 percent of counties have higher cancer death rates than the 2015 goal set by the Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Control Program. (WHN, 6/18)

A broad group of health care stakeholders – including some who are opposed to the federal health reform law – said they are committed to making it work in Wisconsin, during a daylong seminar Friday in Wausau hosted by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service. (WHN, 6/17)

There will be qualified health plans in every county, and in some counties there will be multiple, Medicaid Director Brett Davis said Friday. (WHN, 6/17)

A limited subset of data is standing in the way of increased interoperability, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner said during a panel presentation Wednesday hosted by WTN Media. (WHN, 6/13)

Marshfield Clinic is forming a new company to sell electronic health records to other organizations, officials announced Tuesday. (WHN, 6/13)

Dean Health Plan and Physicians Plus Insurance plan to participate in the state’s federally-facilitated health insurance exchange next year, while WEA Trust is sitting out 2014, company executives said at a Wisconsin Health News CEO Roundtable event Tuesday. WPS Health Insurance is also taking the year off, but its subsidiary Arise Health Plan hopes to offer coverage in 2014 in its market area. (WHN, 6/12)

More than 29,000 children could lose access to BadgerCare Plus under changes to the program approved by the Joint Finance Committee last week. The changes, which are not limited to children, include higher premiums, expanding the definition of family income and the elimination of transitional Medical Assistance. (WHN, 6/11)

In a 3-2 partisan vote, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services approved a bill requiring physicians to provide ultrasounds before performing abortions, which could close Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s Appleton clinic if passed into law. The full Senate is scheduled to take up the legislation today. (WHN, 6/11)

The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics unanimously approved its fiscal year 2014 capital and operating budget, including more than $204 million in capital spending and a targeted 5 percent operating margin, during a board meeting last week.

Department of Health Services Kitty Rhoades offered up a fiery defense of Governor Scott Walker’s Medicaid plan during a speech at a Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce event Thursday in Madison.