An association of health plans opposes legislation that would create a separate Medicaid benefit for rehabilitation technology needed by some members with complex conditions.
Lawmakers are looking at creating a program that will provide $100,000 to some hospitals and clinics in the state to support interpretation services.
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.
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.
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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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is dismissing speculation that he’s being considered to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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.
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.
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.