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Month: October 2011

UW researchers to study, address global health problems

Mangoes are Haiti's largest export, but the country imports mango juice. "It doesn't make sense," said Gergens Polynice, a UW-Madison research assistant from Haiti. "How can we process the foods in Haiti and take advantage of the local market?" Polynice and other campus researchers will explore that question in one of eight projects to win grants through the university's new Global Health Institute, launched Thursday at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 10/31)

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Children's Hospital begins conversion to electronic records

Earlier this month, more than 400 employees of Children's Hospital and Health System spent a day at the Frontier Airlines Center planning for a project estimated to cost more than $120 million over the next five years: the health system's conversion to electronic health records. Children's Hospital will be the last health system in the Milwaukee area to move from paper to electronic records. And it knows the project will be massive and complex. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/31)

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State sees success with disabled workers

Wisconsin is no longer on the forefront of efforts to move people with disabilities into the competitive job market, but it has bright spots and success. The state Department of Health Services provided $700,000 in grant funding in 2008 to 17 sheltered workshops, segregated facilities that employ individuals with disabilities, to increase their focus on supporting integrated employment. (GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, 10/31)

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$45 million federal check not in the mail

Gov. Scott Walker's administration has conceded that it will not receive a $45 million windfall from the federal government that the administration was counting on to help close a budget shortfall in the state's health plans for the poor. The acknowledgment came after one of President Barack Obama's cabinet appointees made clear late last week that the federal money is unlikely to materialize, meaning the state could have to find that much money or more to preserve those medical services over the next two years. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/31)

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Nickel asks for flexibility on medical loss ratio requirement

Insurance commissioner Ted Nickel sent a letter to U.S. health secretary Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday asking for a three-year phase-in of the federal health reform’s medical loss ratio requirement for the individual market. The law requires that insurers in the individual market spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on member claims. (WHN, 10/27)

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Humana Inc. to add about 130 Wisconsin jobs

Humana Inc. will add nearly 130 jobs to its full-time work force in Wisconsin, including about 95 jobs in the Green Bay area, the company announced Wednesday. (GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, 10/27)

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Milwaukee County supervisor introduces wellness plan

Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic will introduce an employee wellness plan to encourage employees to pursue healthier lifestyle choices while lowering health care costs. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 10/27)

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