Month: August 2012

Wausau and several other central Wisconsin communities are making their final pitches to be declared the site of a new Medical College of Wisconsin campus. (WAUSAU DAILY HERALD, 8/13)

The Department of Health Services expects some glitches next month when a new company begins providing transportation to doctors and other health care providers for people covered by state health programs, such as BadgerCare Plus, in southeastern Wisconsin. That concerns advocates given the complaints raised about the service provided by the new company, LogistiCare, in the state over the past year. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/10)

Assurant Inc. (AIZ), the insurer adjusting rates for New York homeowners after regulators challenged its prices, has been cited by the U.S. for “unreasonable” health premium increases more times than any competitor. Assurant units raised premiums in excess of 10 percent on individual health plans 31 times in 12 states since October, according to documents provided by the U.S. Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. The greatest increase was 24 percent on plans covering 17,666 people in Wisconsin in May. (BLOOMBERG, 8/9)

There are lessons for the nation to learn in Wisconsin health care. That’s what Texas professor Leonard Berry thinks. It’s why he dedicated three months last year to study three health care organizations: Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse, Bellin Health in Green Bay and ThedaCare in Appleton. (LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, 8/8)