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Epic, Microsoft take on nursing documentation
Verona-based Epic and Microsoft are now working with health systems to use artificial intelligence to reduce nursing documentation and paperwork, a new focus of the two companies’ long-standing partnership.
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Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health calls for support for school nurses
The Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health is calling for additional support for school nurses.
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WIAA distributes 24 AEDs to schools
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association distributed 24 automated external defibrillators to high schools throughout the state, according to a Wednesday statement.
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ThriveOn King opens
A community hub aimed at ending disparities in central city Milwaukee is open.
Report finds 1 in 5 state dollars went to Medicaid in fiscal year 2024
Medicaid accounted for $4.2 billion — 18.9 percent — of all state dollars spent in fiscal year 2024, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Administration.
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Pocan, Baldwin bring back bill targeting practices by private equity firms
Two Wisconsin congressional lawmakers have re-introduced legislation targeting practices by private equity firms in the wake of the financial collapse of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital system.
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UW Health’s Eastpark Medical Center will start seeing patients soon
UW Health’s Eastpark Medical Center will start seeing patients later this month.
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Community health center CEOs tackle challenges
Community health center CEOs discussed how they’re tackling challenges tied to health inequities, workforce and fallout from fights over a drug discount program, during a panel this week in Madison hosted by Wisconsin Health News.
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Insurance leaders discussed the impact of COVID-19, health costs, technology, health disparities and more during a virtual panel.
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Press ReleasesThe Business Health Care Group announces third version of groundbreaking physician value study measuring physician performance
Milwaukee, WI – September 24, 2024 – The Business Health Care Group (BHCG), a coalition of employers in Wisconsin serving as a collective action group to influence the quality and cost of health care in the region, is launching...
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Insurance
OCI will move next month
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance will move next month.
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Health Reform
Hovde unveils some of his plans to tackle ‘broken healthcare system’
Eric Hovde, the Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., this week released some of his plans for tackling healthcare if he wins the seat next month.
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Legislative
Medicaid expansion could help with long-term care workforce shortages, says Medicaid director
Taking additional federal dollars to expand Medicaid could help long-term care providers fill more shifts, Medicaid Director Bill Hanna said at a Friday panel.
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NIH picks UW to help build primary care clinical research network
The National Institutes of Health tapped the University of Wisconsin and two other institutions to help build a primary care clinical research network that engages with communities underrepresented in research.
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Rivermark Medical raises $30 million
Milwaukee-based Rivermark Medical raised $30 million in its latest financing round.
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Medicaid program expects to expand coverage for mental health in 2027
A proposed expansion of Medicaid’s ability to cover short-term inpatient psychiatric hospital stays will likely be implemented in 2027, if it receives federal approval, a state health official said during a public hearing Wednesday.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider if legislators improperly blocked conversion therapy ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will consider whether legislators' decision to block a ban on conversion therapy violated the state’s constitution.
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