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Panelists deliberate on how to fix ‘unsustainable’ drug prices
A Wisconsin Health News panel this week took a deep dive into drug pricing, the impact of high-cost prescriptions and what can be done to help.
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Committee will study emergency detention process for kids
A state committee in the coming months will study how to improve the current process for handling kids in mental health crises who are involuntarily detained.
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Trump in Waukesha says states should decide on abortion
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said Wednesday that abortion policy should be left up to individual states, not the federal government.
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Van Orden seeks permanent extension of Medicaid telehealth flexibility for some providers
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, wants to permanently extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities for community health centers and rural health clinics.
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HHS provides $2 million to support maternal, infant healthcare in Wisconsin
The Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin and UniteMKE will receive $1 million each from the Department of Health and Human Services to improve maternal and infant healthcare.
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Health plans grapple with covering high-cost, anti-obesity drugs
Wisconsin health plans are grappling with whether and how to cover high-cost and effective weight-loss drugs.
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Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake temporarily pauses labor, delivery services
Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake on Wednesday temporarily paused labor and delivery services due to staffing limitations.
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Press ReleasesProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital to open newly renovated NICU
Waukesha, Wis. – ProHealth Care’s newly renovated neonatal intensive care unit will open April 9 on the third floor at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital. The redesigned unit focuses on family-centered care, with fully...
Medicare/Medicaid
BadgerCare Plus enrollment dips below 1 million Wisconsinites
BadgerCare Plus enrollment dipped below 1 million Wisconsinites last month, as the state nears the end of the first year since the return of member renewals following a policy that kept folks on the Medicaid rolls during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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State medical malpractice fund fees hold steady
Fees for the state’s medical malpractice fund will remain the same next fiscal year.
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Health Reform
Poll: Majority backs 15-week abortion ban
A majority of registered voters in Wisconsin favor a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for sexual assault, incest and the life and health of the mother, according to a Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.
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More From Wisconsin Health News
Tiger Aesthetics Medical buys Franklin manufacturing facility
A subsidiary of a Pennsylvania-based tissue engineering company is acquiring a manufacturing facility in the Milwaukee suburbs that produces breast implants.
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UW Health seeks additional bonding for Madison projects
UW Health plans to secure up to $325 million in bonds for construction at two Madison hospitals, according to an updated request.
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Children’s Wisconsin opens expanded child development center
Children’s Wisconsin on Monday began welcoming patients at its new and expanded Center for Child Development in Wauwatosa.
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Court should reject ask by Planned Parenthood to find constitutional right to abortion, says Sheboygan DA
The Wisconsin Supreme Court should reject a request by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to consider whether the state’s constitution guarantees a right to abortion, attorneys for Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski argued last week. Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups are asking the court to decline the request or allow them to intervene in the case.
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