![CDC Director Cohen visits Children’s Wisconsin to showcase violence prevention program](https://wisconsinhealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/9.5.24-CDC-Director-Dr.-Mandy-Cohen-150x150.jpg)
Tribes’ ‘critical healthcare challenges’ could be met by nurse practitioners, Medicaid coverage
![Tribes’ ‘critical healthcare challenges’ could be met by nurse practitioners, Medicaid coverage](https://wisconsinhealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/State-Capitol-1280x640.jpg)
Wisconsin’s tribes are facing "critical healthcare challenges" that could in part be met by allowing nurse practitioners to practice independently of physicians, the chairman of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community told lawmakers this week during the annual State of the Tribes Address.