Month: February 2011

St. Vincent Hospital has signed an agreement with Dr. Richard McNutt to launch a Regional Surgery Outreach Program for Northeastern Wisconsinand Upper Michigan. The project includes the development of comprehensive screening programs throughout the region; expanding services support to regional rural dialysis programs; staffing outpatient clinics and performing surgical procedures at regional facilities, and providing backup surgical coverage to regional hospitals. (GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, 2/24)

Staff at the state Department of Regulation and Licensing have begun to review roughly 300 e-mail complaints about doctors issuing excuse notes for protesters at the state Capitol over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/23)

Waukesha County launched a discount prescription drug program this week that will help uninsured or under-insured county residents. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 2/23)

Democrats kept the Wisconsin Assembly up overnight with a droning filibuster in another desperate attempt to block the Republican governor’s bold plan to strip public sector workers of nearly all of their bargaining rights. (AP, 2/23)

Will Gov. Scott Walker's push for higher employee contributions for health care cause teachers to drop their coverage and seek benefits through family members working in local government? Municipal leaders operating self-insured health care programs hope that won't happen if the Republican-controlled Legislature passes Walker's budget repair bill. (APPLETON POST CRESCENT, 2/23)