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Healthcare industry, policymakers divided on telehealth parity
A Wisconsin Health News panel took a deep dive into telehealth this week, touching on payment parity and barriers.
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UW Health at ‘full throttle’ as COVID-19 surges
UW Health is at “full throttle” as it cares for a high volume of COVID-19 patients and tries not to defer other care, a hospital official said Thursday.
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Committee signs off on tobacco 21 plan, expands definition for e-cigarettes
A Senate committee approved legislation that would align the state’s tobacco purchase age with federal law, amending the bill to expand its definition to cover a broader number of e-cigarette products.
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Granite Hills Hospital celebrates completion
Granite Hills Hospital opened Thursday in West Allis.
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Legislators green light UW Health’s plan to borrow $350 million for east Madison facility
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously signed off on a request Thursday from UW Health to borrow up to $350 million for a new ambulatory facility on the east side of Madison.
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Wisconsin surpasses 3,000 COVID-19 daily cases for first time since January
Wisconsin reported 3,426 new cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday, the first time the state has reported more than 3,000 cases since early January.
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Wisconsin ACOs save Medicare $176.6 million, despite COVID-19 pandemic
Accountable care organizations covering parts of Wisconsin saved Medicare $176.6 million last year and earned back $91.3 million, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Addressing Health Inequities Beyond COVID-19
COVID-19 exacerbated health inequities. As the pandemic begins to recede, these long-standing issues remain.
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Press ReleasesMarshfield Medical Center-Minocqua opens new sleep lab
MINOCQUA – Marshfield Clinic Health System today celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art, 2,622-square-foot sleep lab at Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua. The four-bed lab began seeing patients on Sept. 7 and is led...
Medicare/Medicaid
BadgerCare Plus enrollment ticks up
BadgerCare Plus enrollment continues to grow.
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Insurance
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin mandates COVID-19 vaccination
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin will require its employees to receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination by Nov. 1, unless they receive a medical or religious exemption.
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Health Reform
Twice as many Wisconsinites as normal sign up for Healthcare.gov coverage
About twice the number of Wisconsinites as usual signed up for new Healthcare.gov coverage between mid-February and mid-August this year, thanks to a special enrollment period opened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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More From Wisconsin Health News
Kaul joins brief supporting federal lawsuit against Texas’ abortion law
Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a brief filed Wednesday in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s legal challenge to Texas’ new law banning abortions after six weeks.
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Permanent Medicaid telehealth rules set to roll out next year
The state’s Medicaid program will carry forward many of the temporary telehealth provisions it put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in a permanent policy that will take effect Jan. 1.
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ThedaCare CEO warns that Fox Valley hospitals are filling up
ThedaCare CEO Dr. Imran Andrabi said Tuesday morning that his health system only had two intensive care unit beds and no medical-surgical beds available as hospitals in the area grapple with COVID-19.
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Evers’ weekly COVID-19 testing requirement draws rebuke from GOP leader
The head of Senate Republicans rebuked Gov. Tony Evers’ administration on Tuesday for requiring that state employees not vaccinated for COVID-19 get tested weekly for the virus.
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