Beginning March 1, public schools in Madison and across the state will be constrained in their ability to dispense medication to students and respond to health emergencies, the Isthmus reports. (ISTHMUS, 2/4)
When it comes to providing mental health services to young people and those who live in rural areas, a group of local professionals says there is room for improvement in Sauk County. A report released this week by a consortium of government agencies and other safety net organizations states increasing the availability of services for young people may prevent mental health problems from blossoming or following them into adulthood. (BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC, 2/4)
Implementation of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law has not stopped in Wisconsin, even though Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen declared the law dead earlier this week. His comments came after a federal judge ruled in favor of Wisconsin and 25 other states' challenge to the law. (AP, 2/4)
The Senate on Wednesday rejected the Republican effort to repeal the 2010 health care law, a vote likely to reverberate politically as both sides used the debate to make partisan points they see boosting them for 2012 elections. Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl, a Democrat, voted against repeal. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/3)
Twenty-three state legislatorS and 16 legislative staffers attended the first Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA) Dental Academy. The WDA Dental Academy provided legislators and their staff with an opportunity to learn what dental care is, who is providing the care, how dentists are trained in the state of Wisconsin, and what the needs are for Medicaid participants and local dentists now and in the future. (DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE, 2/3)
On Monday, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen applauded a court decision ruling the federal health care law unconstitutional, and vowed to keep fighting to “defend the Constitution and protect the people of Wisconsin.” Yesterday, Van Hollen took his response a step further. (WHN, 2/2)
During a 31-minute speech that was light on details, Governor Scott Walker warned about the need for Medicaid reform and changes in state employee benefits in his State of the State Tuesday night. The state Medicaid program faces a more than $150 million shortfall in the current budget, and more than $1.8 billion over the next biennium, Walker said. (WHN, 2/2)
A UW-Madison researcher has found that the venom dispensed by scorpions may hold as much promise for healing as it does for pain and poisoning. Dr. Hector Valdivia, with the UW-School of Medicine and Public Health, has long been fascinated by scorpions. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 2/2)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday commended Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center for its oft-lauded affordable, high-quality care and offered his congratulations at a groundbreaking for a new hospital building. Construction and design of the new six-floor structure will put nearly 2,000 people to work. (LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, 2/2)
The Connecticut Insurance Department has fined two subsidiaries of Assurant Health a total of $395,000 for not paying claims and other violations, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In a statement, Milwaukee-based Assurant Health said it was pleased to have reached the settlement. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/2)
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