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Month: August 2013

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: His Medicaid plan will work

The Milwaukee Business Journal's Rich Kirchen reports: "Walker, in an interview with The Business Journal Aug. 28, continued to tout his plan, saying it would result in fewer uninsured people in Wisconsin and ease the financial pressure on hospitals, which receive less reimbursement for Medicaid patients than from patients covered by private insurance. 'Largely we believe that the vast majority of people are going to transition,' Walker said." (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 8/30)

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State takes collaborative approach to health care costs

The Associated Press reports: "The Wisconsin Health Information Organization...will operate as a complement to the health care exchanges set to open for enrollment in October under the Affordable Care Act. The goal of having government, employers and insurance companies share their claims data was to increase transparency, control costs and help consumers make more informed decisions." (ASSOCIATED PRESS, 8/30)

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Wisconsin would be one of biggest losers from Critical Access Hospital report recommendations

Wisconsin has more skin in the game than most states when it comes to a recent federal report recommending the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reconsider a permanent exemption for "necessary provider" hospitals that don't meet certain distance requirements for the critical access program. (WHN, 8/29)

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Wisconsin health care costs exceed national average:

The Associated Press reports: "Wisconsin residents pay more for health care than those in many other states, but they often receive higher quality care too. The most recent report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says health care spending in Wisconsin averaged $7,233 for each person in 2009. That was 6 percent higher than the national average of $6,815." (ASSOCIATED PRESS, 8/29)

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City of Jefferson sole source of osteopathic college funds

Lydia Statz of the Daily Union reports: "An expense report from the Wisconsin College of Osteopathic Medicine shows that an incentive payment from the City of Jefferson has been the school's sole source of funding during 2013...Also, on Monday, the Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the state's official professional osteopathic organization, announced it had retracted its support for the project amid concerns over the project's leadership and organization." (DAILY UNION, 8/28)

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Insurance board holds off on self-insured proposal

The Group Insurance Board said Tuesday it needs to seek further analysis before implementing a self-insured coverage plan for most or all of the state. Its decision came after Deloitte told the board members that resulting costs from removing the health insurance tier model status quo could offset potential savings from switching to a self-insured model. (WHN, 8/28)

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Protesters believe Wisconsin's Family and Medical Leave Act is in trouble, WMC says no

Jessica Vanegeren of the Capital Times reports: "Schultz and a handful of women pushed strollers to the WMC headquarters on East Washington Street following the Women's Equality Day rally to deliver more than 1,200 signatures on a petition asking the WMC not to lobby for the state law's repeal...Jim Pugh, a WMC spokesman, accepted the signatures from the women outside the building and denied any effort was currently under way to repeal the state law." (CAPITAL TIMES, 8/27)

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