Month: July 2014

Meriter-UnityPoint Health's insurance company, Physicians Plus, and UW Health announced Friday they've inked a new, four-year contract guaranteeing all UW Health providers and facilities are once again included in the insurer's network. (WHN, 7/28)

Providers expressed concern over a new Department of Health Services' training program for people that care for people with Alzheimer's disease and similar forms of dementia as part of the department's dementia reform efforts. (WHN, 7/28)

Rogers Behavioral Health System is growing. Earlier this year it announced plans to build an inpatient facility in Brown Deer and is set to open its first out-of-state clinic in Tampa Bay, Fla., on Oct. 1. Rogers also recently announced it was expanding its services for children and adolescents. In a recent interview with Wisconsin Health News, CEO Pat Hammer explained what's driving the new offerings and where Rogers plans to go next. (WHN, 7/25)

Compcare Health Services Insurance Corporation and three other insurers owe their members refunds because they did not spend enough premium dollars on medical services last year, according to figures released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services. (WHN, 7/24)

Dr. Sue Turney will be Marshfield Clinic Health System's first CEO. Turney, a Wisconsin native who completed her internal medicine residency at Marshfield Clinic and then served there for 22 years in clinical practice and administrative roles, will start Sept. 1. She's resigned her position as president and CEO of the Colorado-based Medical Group Management Association. (WHN, 7/23)

Two federal appeals courts were at odds Tuesday over whether the president's health reform law could provide subsidies to individuals enrolling for coverage in states that have not set up their own insurance marketplaces, including Wisconsin. (WHN, 7/23)