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Month: August 2012

Watertown Regional hospital chef is starting from scratch

Bland, boring hospital food is on its deathbed at UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center. Hospitals, where people go to feel better, ironically are among the last bastions of institutional food. But this 50-bed hospital is pulling the plug on heat-and-serve chicken, frozen vegetables and prepackaged pudding. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/30)

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Triad bankruptcy leaves plaintiffs in limbo

An embattled Wisconsin medical products-maker shut down by federal regulators is facing dozens of lawsuits and other claims, but the chances those plaintiffs will get what they want was dealt a blow when the company filed for bankruptcy. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/30)

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Health secretary denies affair; jealous husband will stand trial for alleged attack on wife

State Secretary of Health Services Dennis Smith on Tuesday "categorically and unequivocally" denied having an affair with the department's top lawyer, an accusation that surfaced when the woman's husband was charged with trying to kill her by burning her with gasoline. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 8/29)

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Aurora announces partnership with IASIS Healthcare

Auorora is joining forces with IASIS Healthcare, a $2.6 billion privately-held Tennessee-based health system, to work on a wide range of projects including acquisitions, new construction, and management contracts in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. (WHN, 8/28)

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Security Health Plan officially says it will enter Madison market

Marshfield-based Security Health Plan will start selling a Medicare Advantage plan in the Madison area in October, Security announced Monday. Medicare Advantage plans are private alternatives to regular Medicare. They're different from supplemental Medicare insurance plans, or Medigap plans, which cover care that regular Medicare doesn't. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 8/28)

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Hospitals aim to cut repeat admissions

Rajesh Bhargava, a physician at the Aurora Medical Center in Summit, has spent part of the past 2½ years developing a checklist to help prevent patients from ending up back in the hospital. Much of the checklist consists of basic questions. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/27)

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Poll: Economy, health care top issues in 3 battleground states

A majority of voters in the crucial battleground states of Florida, Wisconsin and Ohio say the economy and health care are "extremely important" issues with regard to how they will cast their votes this fall, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll. (CBS, 8/23)

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State lawyer's husband charged with trying to kill her over alleged affair

A retired Texas businessman was charged with attempted murder Tuesday for allegedly pouring gasoline on his wife at an East Side storage locker then igniting the gas with a lighter…The alleged incident happened after days in which Andrew Spear was alternately despondent and threatening over his belief that his wife was having an affair with her boss, state Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis Smith, according to the complaint. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 8/22)

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