Month: August 2014
Panelists: Providing mental health services is a team game
Aug 6, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Providers and non-clinicians need to work together to address a growing demand for mental heath services, a panel of experts said Tuesday at a wide-ranging briefing hosted by Wisconsin Health News. (WHN, 8/6)
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State health systems nab national cancer grants
Aug 6, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative opens member services center in Brookfield
Aug 6, 2014 | Press Releases |
BROOKFIELD, WIS (August 4, 2014) – Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative (CGHC), a nonprofit, member-governed insurance company that began insuring residents of 19 Eastern Wisconsin counties at the beginning of this year, has announced the grand opening of a new member services center in Brookfield.
Read MoreFamily Care MCOs netted $28 million in 2013
Aug 5, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Managed Care Organizations participating in Family Care earned a total of $27.7 million last year with Care Wisconsin First leading the pack at $9.5 million in net income and recording a 5.6 percent margin, according to recently released Department of Health Services figures. (WHN, 8/5)
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Milwaukee VA Medical Center director optimistic about system's future
Aug 5, 2014 | Top Stories |
Guy Boulton of the Journal Sentinel reports: "Beller, who has a master's in public administration with an emphasis on health care management from Golden Gate University, talked about the VA and the recent scandal last month before Congress reached an agreement to increase spending for medical care, the hiring of new doctors, nurses and specialists, and other projects at the VA." (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/5)
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U.S. Senator Ron Johnson to appeal Obamacare lawsuit
Aug 4, 2014 | Top Stories |
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he will appeal a federal judge's dismissal of his lawsuit challenging a rule related to the way members of Congress and their staff get health insurance under Obamacare. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/4)
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health: Neurological surgery patients help show how brain reacts to stress
Aug 4, 2014 | Press Releases |
Madison, Wis. — Brain scans of patients with injuries in an important regulatory region in the brain are helping neuroscientists understand how the brain reacts to stress and deals with uncertainty. Dr. Michael Koenigs,...
Read MoreHealth care a focus at Farm Technology Days in Portage County
Aug 4, 2014 | Press Releases |
CONTACT: Jake Miller, 715-387-5762, miller.jake@marshfieldclinic.org Teresa Derfus, 715-387-9362, derfus.teresa@marshfieldclinic.org Farm Technology Days 2014 will feature lots of tractors, crops and...
Read MoreThompson counting on better health
Aug 1, 2014 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
For the past two years, Rebecca Thompson, a CPA and community health executive, has been talking with stakeholders across the state about developing a new fund aimed at improving the health of Wisconsin. (WHN, 8/1)
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