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Lawmakers look to improve elder services
The Assembly health committee this week will vote on bills to support fall prevention awareness, boost community emergency medical services and pilot a program to help older adults navigate healthcare options.
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Federal funding will boost local healthcare projects
The federal funding bill enacted early last week supports a number of Wisconsin healthcare projects.
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Exact Sciences lauds pathway for Medicare coverage of early detection cancer tests
Madison-based Exact Sciences, a cancer diagnostics company, lauded the federal funding bill enacted last week for including a pathway for Medicare to cover multi-cancer early detection tests.
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Rogers Behavioral Health workers in Madison, West Allis want to unionize
Mental health professionals at Rogers Behavioral Health locations in Madison and West Allis have filed petitions to unionize.
Health officials investigate measles case tied to Milwaukee, Walworth counties
Health officials on Friday said they’re investigating a case of measles in a person who traveled from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Walworth County.
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State commission approves health-related capital projects
The State Building Commission last week approved a $16.2 million project to remodel and expand a health services unit at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel to meet the health needs of the facility's aging residents.
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Waukesha-based professional society looks to support rare disease treatments
The Waukesha-headquartered American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy is working with another nonprofit to connect investors with rare disease treatments that have stalled in development because they’re not considered commercially viable.
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Waukesha-based professional society looks to support rare disease treatments
The Waukesha-headquartered American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy is working with another nonprofit to connect investors with rare disease treatments that have stalled in development because they’re not considered commercially viable.
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Medicaid Director Hanna plans to step down
State Medicaid Director Bill Hanna will depart his role on Feb. 20.
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Milwaukee County supervisors vote to extend health insurance contract
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to approve a five-year extension of a contract with UnitedHealthcare and OptumRx to administer the county employee health plan, after the previous contract expired at the end of last year.
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Health Reform
Healthcare.gov sign-ups fall from last year
About 22,000 fewer Wisconsinites signed up for health insurance coverage during the past Healthcare.gov open enrollment period than the one before it.
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Hospitals
Schimmers named Emplify Health president
Heather Schimmers will become president of Emplify Health, a role in which she’ll lead operations across the health system, on March 1.
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Rogers plans western Wisconsin clinics
Rogers Behavioral Health plans to open outpatient clinics in Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire in September as it develops a campus in the Chippewa Valley.
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Epic AI Charting launches
Verona-based Epic released a new built-in feature this week for its electronic health record software that listens to patient visits, drafts clinician notes and queues up orders.
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Children’s Wisconsin receives $10 million for research
A $10 million gift will support research at Children’s Wisconsin by helping to recruit and retain medical and scientific talent.
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Committee advances bill limiting live animal use in medical training
The Senate’s health committee signed off on legislation Tuesday that would bar medical schools from using live animals in medical training if there are alternatives to their use.
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