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Month: May 2014

Wisconsin Innovation Awards Requesting Nominations

Madison— May 19, 2014 — The Wisconsin Innovation Awards is currently accepting nominations for outstanding products, services and ideas across industries around Wisconsin. Nominations will be reviewed by an esteemed panel of industry experts, and award winners will be announced at the 2014 Wisconsin Innovation Awards Ceremony on August 26, 2014 at the Memorial Union in Madison.

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Gold Cross Ambulance receives inaugural award from American Heart Association

MENASHA, Wis. – Gold Cross Ambulance Service will receive the American Heart Association’s (AHA) first-ever Mission: Lifeline STEMI Systems of Care EMS Silver Level Recognition Award this week in a special ceremony at Gold Cross. Collaboration among pre-hospital and hospital providers is the essence of Mission: Lifeline, and the AHA recognizes the vital importance EMS providers bring to the overall success of Mission: Lifeline.

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UW ranks in top 10 for placing family practice doctors

The Associated Press reports: "The University of Wisconsin ranks among the top 10 U.S. medical schools in producing graduates who go into family practice, an encouraging trend that could help stem an expected shortfall of doctors, especially in rural areas." (ASSOCIATED PRESS, 5/19)

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Medicaid-backed home care agencies may struggle to afford insuring workers

Steve Mercaitis and others representing Medicaid dependent home and community-based providers met earlier this year with Cindy Mann, deputy administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to express concern that home care worker agencies paid by Medicaid don't make enough to provide their employees health insurance. Unless these providers receive a reprieve from the federal health reform law's coverage mandate, they'll have to cut services and potentially lay off workers. (WHN, 5/16)

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