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Month: February 2012

Aspirus: Proposed medical school not feasible

Aspirus has decided not to take a leadership role in a proposed osteopathic medical school in central Wisconsin after a feasibility study found that the plan was not viable. The announcement is not deterring the Wisconsin College of Osteopathic Medicine, which plans to push forward with the project. (WHN, 2/29)

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Medical College awarded Defense Department grant

The Medical College of Wisconsin received a three-year, $700,000 grant from the Department of Defense to study chronic vibration injury. Vibration injuries are a significant concern for the military, whose personnel are regularly exposed to whole body vibration while riding in vehicles and tanks traveling on rough roads. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 2/29)

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Report urges end to birth cost collection from some men to aid women on Medicaid

Wisconsin should stop collecting birth costs from men who father children with unmarried women on Medicaid because some women, fearing harm from the men, avoid prenatal care, a new report says. The report released Monday by ABC for Health, a nonprofit law firm in Madison, says Wisconsin collected nearly $19 million in birth costs in 2010, the most among 10 states that recover the money. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 2/28)

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Emergency dental care up 16%; lack of insurance cited

Preventable dental conditions resulted in an estimated 890,000 emergency department visits nationally in 2009, a 16% increase from 2006, according to a report from the Pew Center on the States. The problem can be seen in Wisconsin and is a long-standing frustration for the Wisconsin Hospital Association. The association has estimated that 32,000 patients with dental problems, such as an infected tooth, are seen by hospital emergency departments each year. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/28)

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Elderly advocacy group cancels contract with other advocacy group

A dispute between two Madison elderly advocacy groups escalated Friday as one of the organizations canceled its contract with the other. The Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources terminated its arrangement with the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups to provide legal services to elderly services specialists in 64 of the state’s 72 counties. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 2/28)

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Governors split over effects of Obama’s health-care law

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker cheers on Republican presidential contenders, who all pledge a takedown of President Obama’s health-care reform law if they win the White House. Meeting with fellow state leaders at the National Governors Association here Sunday, the first-term Republican governor said his state can’t justify the plan’s added costs to his rapidly rising Medicaid budget when 90 percent of Wisconsin residents already have health insurance. (WASHINGTON POST, 2/27)

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Marshfield Clinic president looks to future

At the beginning of February, Dr. Brian Ewert took over as Marshfield Clinic president, succeeding Dr. Karl Ulrich. Ewert, a kidney physician who has worked at the Clinic since 1993, takes over amid an overhaul of the health system's leadership structure and a time of increased pressure to provide quality care at a lower cost. (WISCONSIN RAPIDS TRIBUNE, 2/27)

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Officials: Aurora Sinai work still not done

Despite Aurora Health Care's announcement Thursday that Sinai Medical Center will remain open and services in the emergency room won't be limited, Milwaukee officials are still worried about the future of the hospital. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 2/24)

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