The Wisconsin Hospital Association, while supporting more funding for mental healthcare, has concerns about how the Department of Health Services plans to implement a Medicaid rate increase for such services.
Wisconsin Health Literacy (WHL), a division of Wisconsin Literacy, Inc., was awarded a three-year, $446,000 grant to expand the number of Wisconsin pharmacies using an easier-to-understand prescription medicine label. The grant will be used to help pharmacies across the state implement label standards from the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) designed to help patients better understand how and when to take their medicines.
Read MoreOn November 16, MetaStar received the Wisconsin Forward Award’s (WFA’s) Excellence level recognition during the 20th Wisconsin Forward Award Gala. Excellence level is the highest of the four Wisconsin Forward Award levels (Excellence, Mastery, Proficiency and Commitment). It recognizes organizations that demonstrate significant maturity in developing and refining processes that are tied to good results in such areas as building a highly skilled workforce, financial and organizational performance, and exceptional customer satisfaction and retention.
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The Department of Health Services is planning to request a five-year extension of the waiver that provided BadgerCare coverage to childless adults below 100 percent of the federal poverty level, according to a Monday statement.
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