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Read MoreMonth: May 2014
Families dealing with mental illness seek bonds with police
May 5, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Gina Barton of the Journal Sentinel reports: "Families of those who suffer from mental illness feel as if they are living in a parallel universe, Paula Buege told an audience of mostly police officers during a workshop at the annual state conference of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which took place Friday and Saturday." (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/5)
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Breast cancer genetics pioneer Dr. Mary-Claire King to receive honorary degree, speak at commencement May 16; William Petasnick and Tim Size to receive honorary degrees
May 5, 2014 | Press Releases |
The Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) 101st annual commencement exercises will be held May 16 at 4:00 p.m. at the Milwaukee Theatre. MCW’s Medical School and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences will award a total of 188 M.D., 47 Ph.D., 25 M.S., 6 M.A., and 13 Master of Public Health degrees.
Read MoreHome Care Medical, Inc. announces new contract relationship with Trilogy Health Plan
May 5, 2014 | Press Releases |
New Berlin, Wisconsin (PRWeb) May 5, 2014 — Home Care Medical, Inc. one of Wisconsin’s largest and most respected providers of home medical equipment, clinical therapies and medical supplies is pleased to have reached an agreement with Trilogy Health Plan as an in-network provider for their new Medicaid HMO health insurance members in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Read MoreOn the Record with Sauk Prairie Healthcare CEO Larry Schroeder
May 2, 2014 | On The Record, Top Stories, Uncategorized, WHN Stories |
After six decades of expansions, Sauk Prairie Hospital reached a point where it could no longer grow, Sauk Prairie Healthcare CEO Larry Schroeder told Wisconsin Health News in a recent interview. Last month, the health system opened a new 36-bed, 140,000-square foot facility. It cost $68 million to build, more than $5 million of which was raised from individuals and businesses. (WHN, 5/2)
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139,815 Wisconsinites signed up for coverage on exchange
May 1, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Nearly 140,000 Wisconsinites signed up for healthcare coverage on the state's federally-facilitated health insurance exchange through April 19, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. The figures include people who people who signed up after the March 31 open enrollment deadline because they experienced difficulties with the federal website or underwent a "life-changing" event. (WHN, 5/1)
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DHS administrator predicts early 2015 start date for Family Care in NE counties
May 1, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The state's long term care administrator said Wednesday he expects the seven counties in northeast Wisconsin targeted for Family Care expansion will start enrolling people in the program by early 2015. (WHN, 5/1)
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