Month: June 2013

Marshfield Clinic is forming a new company to sell electronic health records to other organizations, officials announced Tuesday. (WHN, 6/13)

Dean Health Plan and Physicians Plus Insurance plan to participate in the state's federally-facilitated health insurance exchange next year, while WEA Trust is sitting out 2014, company executives said at a Wisconsin Health News CEO Roundtable event Tuesday. WPS Health Insurance is also taking the year off, but its subsidiary Arise Health Plan hopes to offer coverage in 2014 in its market area. (WHN, 6/12)

More than 29,000 children could lose access to BadgerCare Plus under changes to the program approved by the Joint Finance Committee last week. The changes, which are not limited to children, include higher premiums, expanding the definition of family income and the elimination of transitional Medical Assistance. (WHN, 6/11)

In a 3-2 partisan vote, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services approved a bill requiring physicians to provide ultrasounds before performing abortions, which could close Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's Appleton clinic if passed into law. The full Senate is scheduled to take up the legislation today. (WHN, 6/11)

The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics unanimously approved its fiscal year 2014 capital and operating budget, including more than $204 million in capital spending and a targeted 5 percent operating margin, during a board meeting last week.