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Wisconsin insurers report profitable first half of year
Wisconsin insurers stayed mostly in the black during the first half of 2024, according to a Wisconsin Health News analysis of filings with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
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Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association CEO Harrison talks challenges facing community health centers
Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association CEO Stephanie Harrison will step down from her role by the end of the year, after two decades of working at the association for the state’s community health centers.
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Marshfield, Sanford advance merger
Marshfield Clinic Health System took another step towards joining South Dakota-based Sanford Health. The systems said Wednesday they’ve signed an affiliation agreement and expect to close the merger by the end of the year.
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Third person charged in federal probe of Medicaid infant mortality program
A third person has been charged in a federal probe of a Wisconsin Medicaid program aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality.
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Department of Veterans Affairs awards $550,000 to veteran nonprofits
The Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding $550,000 to 15 nonprofit organizations to bolster mental health access and other services for veterans.
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Kaul urges Supreme Court to uphold preventive services provision in ACA
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined nearly two dozen colleagues this week to request the Supreme Court uphold an Affordable Care Act provision that guarantees access to preventative care.
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Antetokounmpo Foundation, GE award $1 million to address social determinants of health
GE HealthCare and Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo are teaming up to support Milwaukee organizations focused on addressing social determinants of health.
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Press ReleasesGovernor Proclaims Social Connection Awareness Week as Coalition Efforts Aim to Increase Social Connection Statewide
Governor Evers recently declared November 10-16, 2024, as Social Connection Awareness Week in Wisconsin to bring attention to this topic and support people throughout Wisconsin.
Medicare/Medicaid
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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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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Hospitals
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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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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Health Tech
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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More From Wisconsin Health News
Wisconsin lags other states in child vaccinations
Wisconsin kindergarteners are less protected than kids in other states against whooping cough, tetanus, measles and other infections. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Wisconsin schools’ agency receives $10 million to boost kids’ mental health
The Department of Public Instruction will receive $10 million over the next five years from the federal government to boost kids’ mental health.
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Wisconsin Partnership Program awards $440,000
The Wisconsin Partnership Program said earlier this month it’s awarding $440,000 to 25 projects as part of its 20th anniversary. The endowment at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health awarded the money to projects that aim to advance health equity.
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Wisconsin hospitals expect IV fluid shortage to last months
Wisconsin hospitals are expecting intravenous and other fluid shortages to last months as a major manufacturer works to bring a North Carolina plant back online after damage by Hurricane Helene.
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