Ellie Borstad, Author at Wisconsin Health News

Health plans oppose bill creating complex rehabilitation technology Medicaid benefit

Oct 5, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

An association of health plans opposes legislation that would create a separate Medicaid benefit for rehabilitation technology needed by some members with complex conditions.

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Bill would provide funding to rural and underserved providers for interpretation services

Oct 5, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Lawmakers are looking at creating a program that will provide $100,000 to some hospitals and clinics in the state to support interpretation services.

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Insurance CEOs mixed on impact of open enrollment cuts

Oct 4, 2017 | Insurance, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Health insurance CEOs expressed mixed feelings about the impact decreased funding and support for outreach would have on the upcoming open enrollment at a Wisconsin Health News panel Tuesday.

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Heifetz: BadgerCare childless adult waiver process ‘operating smoothly’

Oct 4, 2017 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

The state's Medicaid director said Tuesday that he hopes for a formal response by the end of the year from federal officials on the state's proposal to drug test some members of the state's Medicaid program.

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WEA Trust CEO: Past year ‘a bit of a rollercoaster’

Oct 4, 2017 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |

WEA Trust CEO Michael Quist expects that a push to self-insure the state employee health plan will return at "some point and time."

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Celebrating health information technology in Wisconsin

Oct 4, 2017 | Press Releases |

Health information technology (IT) supports health care transformation, expands access to high quality care, and increases economic opportunity. It also makes communities healthier through increased patient safety, decreases in medical errors, and strengthened interactions between patients and health care providers.

Johnson dismisses speculation over HHS job

Oct 3, 2017 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is dismissing speculation that he's being considered to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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DHS: Medicaid projected to finish biennium in the red

Oct 3, 2017 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

The Department of Health Services is projecting that the state's Medicaid program will finish the biennium about $7.9 million more in state spending than anticipated.

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Oland to leave Rusk County Memorial Hospital for HSHS

Oct 3, 2017 | Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Charisse Oland will be the new president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System's St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls, the hospital announced Monday.

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Court reduces Epic award from $940 million to $420 million

Oct 3, 2017 | Health Tech, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

A federal judge has reduced a jury award to Verona-based Epic in a lawsuit alleging that an India-based company stole trade secrets from the electronic health records to develop its own software.

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