2013.10.16 – Building Commission
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Read MoreMonth: October 2013
Obamacare difficulties may hurt people losing BadgerCare Plus
Oct 15, 2013 | Top Stories |
Some of the 92,000 people losing their state BadgerCare Plus health insurance on Jan. 1 may find themselves in a lurch because of difficulties signing up for Obamacare through a federal website. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/15)
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Mercy nurses implement program to spend more time at the bedside
Oct 15, 2013 | Press Releases |
Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center nurses joined more than 160 frontline and nurse leaders in Wisconsin at a conference sponsored by the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) on September 25 in Wisconsin Dells. Last year, Mercy was...
Read MoreGundersen’s Senior Preferred receives highest five-star rating from Medicare
Oct 15, 2013 | Press Releases |
Contacts: Chris Stauffer, Media and Communications, (608) 775-6622, cjstauff@gundersenhealth.org Brian Gilberts, Media and Communications, (608) 775-6399, bcgilber@gundersenhealth.org Each year, Medicare rates how well...
Read MoreOn the Record with Kevin Moore, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health Services
Oct 11, 2013 | On The Record, Top Stories, WHN Stories |
In an interview Thursday afternoon with Wisconsin Health News, DHS Deputy Secretary Kevin Moore talked about the federal exchanges' rocky start, how the government shutdown is impacting a decision on the state's Medicaid waiver, and federal medical assistance percentages. (WHN, 10/11)
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Meriter to join UnityPoint Health
Oct 11, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Meriter Health Services announced Thursday it will affiliate with UnityPoint Health, a health system based in West Des Moines, Iowa that operates 15 hospitals and 280 clinics across eight regions of Iowa and Illinois. (WHN, 10/11)
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Vos confident task force's mental health proposals will pass Assembly
Oct 10, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he's confident legislation implementing final recommendations unanimously approved Wednesday by the Speaker's Task Force on Mental Health will get through the Assembly. He also said he supports the price tags that some of the ensuing bills will require. (WHN, 10/10)
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Health professionals warn about downsizing of Mental Health Complex
Oct 10, 2013 | Top Stories |
Steve Schultze of the Journal Sentinel reports: "A doctor, a psychiatrist and other staff warned Wednesday against a too-hasty downsizing of the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, challenging claims of success made by their bosses." (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/10)
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Scott Walker open to stripping County Board of mental health oversight
Oct 9, 2013 | Top Stories |
Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he would consider a plan to strip the Milwaukee County Board of its authority to oversee mental health care. "Something dynamic needs to happen," Walker said. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/9)
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