Month: January 2011
Milwaukee County picks new mental health administrator
Michael Thomas, 64, a 35-year mental health professional, was introduced to county supervisors Wednesday as the new director of county mental health programs, the Journal Sentinel reports. He worked for the past 20 years in New York City for several public and private health care agencies. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/27)
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Wis. gov to sign civil lawsuit reform bill
Gov. Scott Walker says he will sign a bill today that would dramatically rewrite Wisconsin's civil lawsuit rules. The Republican measure would make it far more difficult to prove liability cases against businesses. It also would cap damage awards and lay out tougher standards on expert testimony. (AP, 1/27)
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UW and St. Mary's hospitals receive national honor for work in organ donation
St. Mary's Hospital and UW Hospital are among 307 hospitals nationally to receive a National Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their work to improve organ donation rates, the hospitals announced Wednesday, according the Wisconsin State Journal. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 1/27)
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Lakewalk Surgery Center joins Integrity Health network
Lakewalk Surgery Center has become a member of Integrity Health network, which includes more than 200 primary care and specialty physician members, according to BusinessNorth.com. Integrity Health members come from 42 clinics in 20 communities in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. (Business North, 1/27)
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Editorial: How shopping around saves Wisconsin schools some health-care money
It’s not just Milton’s public schools looking to get away from WEA Insurance Trust, the health care outfit set up by the state’s largest teachers union. Quite a few districts have been shopping around and migrating away from the union plan, which so far has dominated the health care market for school districts, writes Patrick McIlheran of the Journal Sentinel. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/27)
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Sprecher named CEO of Dean Health Plan, Palmer takes over full-time at Navitus Health Solutions
Dean Health Plan announced former state budget director Lon Sprecher as its new chief executive officer. Sprecher takes over from Robert Palmer, who will become the full-time CEO at Madison-based Navitus Health Solutions LLC, a pharmacy benefit management company he helped create and is owned by Dean. (WHN, 1/27)
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State health official tells U.S. House panel of shortfall
The state's health care programs for the poor face a shortfall of $214 million this year and a whopping $1.8 billion more over the next two years, the state's top health official told a congressional committee Wednesday in high-profile testimony. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/27)
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Wisconsin will suffer under federal health law, Smith says
Wisconsin’s achievements in health care could be at risk under the new federal care reform law, Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis Smith told the U.S. House Budget Committee today. (WHN, 1/26)
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Van Hollen: Lawsuit not about health care
Wisconsin’s challenge to the federal health care reform law is not about health care, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen told a lunch crowd today at an event sponsored by the Federalist Society. (WHN, 1/26)
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