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Month: January 2015

Anthem continues push towards value-based payments

Earlier this month, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced plans to start paying Aurora Health Care primary care providers for delivering coordinated care, while sharing savings with eligible physicians who maintain or improve quality. (WHN, 1/30)

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Walker calls for continuing DSH payments, dental reimbursement pilot project

Gov. Scott Walker plans to provide disproportionate share hospital payments to providers that see a high number of Medicaid patients in his budget, according to a Wednesday statement. His office said they would maintain the program's current funding levels at $15 million in state funds a year. (WHN, 1/29)

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90 percent of exchange enrollees utilizing subsidies

Ninety percent of the 177,157 Wisconsinites who have selected a plan on the state's federal health insurance exchange through Jan. 16 are using federal subsidies to help lower their premium, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services. (WHN, 1/28)

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VA director: 'We had already taken steps'

Chris Hubbuch of the La Crosse Tribune reports: "As the VA launches an investigation into media reports of overmedication of patients at the Tomah VA, the director of the medical center says he wouldn't have done anything differently." (LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, 1/27)

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VA director: ‘We had already taken steps’

Chris Hubbuch of the La Crosse Tribune reports: "As the VA launches an investigation into media reports of overmedication of patients at the Tomah VA, the director of the medical center says he wouldn't have done anything differently." (LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, 1/27)

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