The Department of Health Services is considering how it will seek approval from the federal government to create Medicaid savings accounts after Gov. Scott Walker signed off on the proposal earlier this month.
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative (CGHC), a nonprofit, member-governed insurance cooperative, has begun the process of electing its 2018 Board of Directors.
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The Legislature’s budget-writing committee approved a 10 percent decrease Friday in the fees that healthcare providers pay to participate in the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund. The fund covers large medical malpractice claims.
UnityPoint Health, which owns Meriter Hospital in Madison, is notifying patients after a cybersecurity incident may have exposed the information of 16,000 patients. The health system isn’t aware of identify fraud or theft or inappropriate access to the system’s electronic health record system, a spokeswoman said Friday.
Ascension Wisconsin has put the brakes on its plan to shift services away from St. Joseph Hospital in Milwaukee after concerns from city officials and residents, according to a Wednesday statement.
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions, such as the recent partnership between Aurora Health Care and Advocate Health Care, could pose a challenge to the Medical College of Wisconsin, the institution’s CEO said last week.
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