January 2014 - Wisconsin Health News

On the Record with John Feeney, Community Health Network president and CEO, and Dr. Dean Gruner, president and CEO of ThedaCare

Jan 31, 2014 | On The Record, Uncategorized |

Ballooning healthcare costs and recent mandates from the federal health reform law have driven Wisconsin and the rest of America into a full-swing era of hospital mergers. Community Health Network, a Berlin-based healthcare network operating a hospital and 10 clinics, became the most recent healthcare system to hop the movement in Wisconsin after announcing it will join ThedaCare earlier this month. (WHN, 1/31)

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2014.1.31 – DHS 124

Jan 31, 2014 | Uncategorized |

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Health information for more than 40,000 Unity members missing

Jan 31, 2014 | Top Stories |

A portable hard drive containing health information for up to 41,437 people with Unity health insurance has been missing for seven weeks, prompting the company to offer identity theft protection. (STATE JOURNAL, 1/31)

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Nygren questions finances of Family Care expansion

Jan 30, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Joint Committee on Finance Co-Chair Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, said Wednesday he expects his committee to "have a discussion" about expanding Family Care, but is not yet sure it makes financial sense. (WHN, 1/30)

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Unity: Portable health drive with info on 41,000 members missing

Jan 30, 2014 | Press Releases |

SAUK CITY, Wisconsin — On December 12, 2013, Unity Health Plans Insurance Corporation received a report that a portable computer hard drive containing limited information for a subgroup of Unity members was missing from...

County supervisors bash group over Mental Health Complex report

Jan 30, 2014 | Top Stories |

A statewide patient advocacy group came under fire Wednesday over its handling of a report it commissioned that found flaws in the care of four patients who died at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Disability Rights Wisconsin was accused by irate county supervisors of violating patient confidentiality laws, of playing politics and working to wrest control of the complex from the county, during a meeting of the County Board's health committee. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/30)

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MTM medical ride ratings in Wisconsin take a beating

Jan 29, 2014 | Top Stories |

The honeymoon appears to be over for non-emergency medical transportation provider MTM Inc. in Wisconsin. Multiple BadgerCare and Medicaid members have complained to the Public Investigator in recent weeks about repeated no-show rides to medical appointments and long hold times on MTM's hotlines. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/29)

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Director of TRIUMPH program wins inaugural Community Impact Award

Jan 29, 2014 | Press Releases |

Contact: Ian Clark, iclark@uwhealth.org, (608) 890-5641 MADISON, Wis. — Dr. Cynthia Haq, professor of family medicine and population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was...

2014.1.29 – mobile dentistry bill

Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |

2014.1.29 – mobiledentistry

Self insurance proposal "on pause"

Jan 28, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Efforts to move towards a self-insurance program for state employees are "on pause" while the Group Insurance Board focuses on data analysis, according to Lisa Ellinger, insurance services administrator for the Department of Employee Trust Funds. (WHN, 1/28)

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