Month: January 2014

Wisconsin hospitals have cut healthcare costs by $45.6 million and improved care for more than 4,400 patients by focusing on quality and participating in a national program aimed at reducing hospital readmissions and hospital-acquired harm, according to a comprehensive report released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Hospital Association. (WHN, 1/21)

Just as New York State adopted a more lenient stance on pot last week by employing a 1980 law to let certified hospitals dispense medical marijuana without legislative support, Wisconsin could make a similar move based on a 1981 state law, but would first need to secure elusive federal approval to do so. (WHN, 1/21)

As the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council nears completion of its reform legislation, Assembly Committee on Labor Chair Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, expressed support for the bill's proposed fee schedule. (WHN, 1/16)

Community Health Network, which includes Berlin Memorial Hospital and 10 clinics, plans to affiliate with ThedaCare, the organizations announced Wednesday. Berlin would be ThedaCare's sixth hospital. (WHN, 1/16)