Jan 15, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The Legislature approved technical changes to Gov. Scott Walker's BadgerCare Medicaid delay plan Tuesday by a vote of 21-11 in the Senate and a voice vote in the Assembly later that afternoon. (WHN, 1/15)
Jan 15, 2014 | Press Releases |
MI: Leah Huibregtse Sr. Communications Strategist C: 608-609-3818 LHuibregtse@meriter.com Final Stage of Women’s Inpatient and Outpatient Renovations Complete MADISON, Wis. – Meriter is celebrating the opening of its new...
Read MoreJan 14, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The state's federally-facilitated health insurance exchange is so far attracting an older population, with 45 percent of the 40,752 Wisconsin residents who selected a plan through Dec. 28 falling between the ages of 55 and 64, according to new data released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services. It's the first time HHS has reported basic demographic information. Wisconsin's rate of seniors signing up is the highest in the nation, tied with West Virginia and above the national average of 33 percent. Less than 20 percent of Wisconsin residents who selected a plan are between the ages of 18 and 34. The national average is 24 percent. (WHN, 1/14)
Jan 14, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which made it clear in a statement last week that the state's BadgerCare waiver isn't the long term solution it prefers, ended up compromising with the Department of Health Services on Transitional Medical Assistance. (WHN, 1/14)
Jan 13, 2014 | Top Stories |
The cost of treating similar asthma patients ranged from $98 to $1,535 for care delivered primarily in 2007 and 2008. The variation was just as pronounced for patients with diabetes, with the cost varying from $251 to $3,750, and for patients with high blood pressure, with the cost varying from $149 to $1,469... Yet many analyses of this sort contain a glaring hole: They don't include Medicare claims data, because rules written by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services effectively prevent their use. The Wisconsin Health Information Organization, founded about eight years ago, is hoping to change that. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/13)
Jan 13, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
MTM, the state's nonemergency Medicaid transportation provider, says 23,211 Medicaid members received rides in September, 99.6 percent of which were complaint-free. The latest figures were posted to the Department of Health Services website Friday. (WHN, 1/13)
Jan 10, 2014 | On The Record, Top Stories, WHN Stories |
On Jan. 1, Meriter Health Services officially became part of Iowa-based UnityPoint Health. The affiliation gives UnityPoint Health an indirect ownership interest in Physicians Plus. It intends to purchase the stock of Physicians Plus from Meriter later this month. (WHN, 1/10)
Jan 10, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has officially signed off on Wisconsin's BadgerCare waiver. The new waiver became effective Jan. 1, 2014 and lasts through Dec. 31, 2018. (WHN, 1/10)
Jan 9, 2014 | Top Stories |
Raising money for the Greater Milwaukee Free Clinic has never been easy, but this year is proving to be harder than most. The clinic — one of a dozen or so free clinics in the Milwaukee area — ended last year with an $18,000 shortfall in its $65,000 annual budget. The drop in support may stem from the uncertain role free clinics will play with the expansion of insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/9)
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