The Assembly’s mental health reform committee has unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit law enforcement from transporting an individual to emergency detention from an emergency room unless a hospital or medical staff member gives the OK.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has proclaimed Thursday, November 16, 2017 as Rural Health Day, an opportunity to showcase rural Wisconsin; increase awareness of rural health-related issues; and promote efforts addressing those issues.
Read MoreAspirus Wausau Hospital was named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by IBM Watson Health.
Read MoreUnity Health Plans Insurance Corporation (Unity) and Gundersen Health Plan, Inc. (Gundersen) have both been recognized among the nation’s highest-rated private health insurance plans for their commercial HMO / POS and commercial HMO products respectively by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The NCQA is a non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits insurance plans across the country. The recognition is part of NCQA’s Private (Commercial) Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2017-2018.
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Managed care organizations should play a lead role in coordinating care for Medicaid members, Jennifer Malcore, assistant deputy secretary for the Department of Health Services, said Tuesday at a forum in Madison hosted by UnitedHealthcare.
Three organizations that serve parts of Wisconsin and are charged with caring for the health of a population earned money back through a Medicare program, according to data released last week by the federal government.
Minnesota-based Allina Health earned back money through a Medicare program that ended at the start of the year and has moved onto a different program with higher risks, higher rewards and a service area that includes a Wisconsin county.
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