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OCI will move next month
Oct 15, 2024
NIH picks UW to help build primary care ...
Oct 15, 2024
Rivermark Medical raises $30 million
Oct 11, 2024
Community health center CEOs tackle chal...
Oct 11, 2024
Hovde unveils some of his plans to tackl...
Oct 10, 2024
Medicaid program expects to expand cover...
Oct 10, 2024
Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider if...
Oct 10, 2024
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UW Health’s Eastpark Medical Center will start seeing patients soon
Oct 15, 2024
UW Health’s Eastpark Medical Center will start seeing patients later this month.
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OCI will move next month
Oct 15, 2024
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance will move next month.
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NIH picks UW to help build primary care clinical research network
Oct 15, 2024
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
Oct 11, 2024
Milwaukee-based Rivermark Medical raised $30 million in its latest financing round.
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Community health center CEOs tackle challenges
Oct 11, 2024
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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Hovde unveils some of his plans to tackle ‘broken healthcare system’
Oct 10, 2024
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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Medicaid program expects to expand coverage for mental health in 2027
Oct 10, 2024
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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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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Medicaid expansion could help with long-term care workforce shortages, says Medicaid director
Oct 7, 2024
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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Kaul presses Tennessee court to compel TikTok’s cooperation in investigation
Oct 10, 2024
Attorney General Josh Kaul is pressing a Tennessee court to enforce its orders requiring TikTok to comply with an investigation, while other states sue over allegations that the social media company is fueling the ongoing kids’ mental health crisis.
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Community health centers see recently arrived migrants facing severe poverty, trauma
Oct 9, 2024
Recently arrived migrants are severely impoverished and impacted by significant trauma, affecting the way community health centers provide care.
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Biden finalizes rule on lead pipe removal
Oct 9, 2024
President Joe Biden’s administration finalized a rule Tuesday that will require drinking water systems to replace lead pipes within the next decade.
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Building commission approves healthcare projects
Oct 9, 2024
The State Building Commission on Tuesday approved a series of local infrastructure projects, some of which impact healthcare.
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