Ellie Borstad, Author at Wisconsin Health News

Hold on ACA program leaves millions in health plan transfers in limbo

Jul 10, 2018 | ACA, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

The Trump administration has placed a hold on a program that would have shifted tens of millions of dollars between insurers serving the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Wisconsin, officials announced over the weekend.

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Report: ACA ‘especially important’ for rural areas

Jul 10, 2018 | ACA, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Affordable Care Act plans are “especially important” in rural Wisconsin, according to a new report from Kids Forward.

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Rogers plans to open new treatment centers during next fiscal year

Jul 9, 2018 | Hospitals, Mental Health, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Rogers Behavioral Health plans to open four new treatment centers across the nation over its next fiscal year, which starts in August.

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Wisconsin sees decline in unsubsidized individual health insurance enrollment

Jul 9, 2018 | ACA, Federal Government, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

The individual markets in Wisconsin and other states are “increasingly failing” to cover those that don’t qualify for subsidized coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government warned last week.

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DHS forecasts less Medicaid spending

Jul 3, 2018 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

The Department of Health Services anticipates that the Medicaid budget will end the biennium in the black, according to a report released Monday.

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Milwaukee County, UHS continue contract negotiations

Jul 3, 2018 | Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Milwaukee County and Universal Health Services are still working on a contract to have the Pennsylvania-based provider take on patients now served at the county’s psychiatric hospital.

New Aspirus Medford CEO takes the reins

Jul 3, 2018 | Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics’ new CEO started Monday.

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Five Milwaukee-area residents charged with healthcare fraud

Jul 3, 2018 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Grand juries charged five Milwaukee-area residents as part of the largest healthcare fraud enforcement action ever taken in the nation, federal officials said last week.

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Prevea Rice Lake Health Center to open in September

Jul 3, 2018 | Press Releases |

Prevea Health is pleased to announce the new, Prevea Rice Lake Health Center, located at 1051 West Ave., will open for patient care in September 2018.

GE Healthcare VP weighs in on spinoff, Foxconn and tariffs

Jul 2, 2018 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |

A top GE Healthcare official weighed in on the company’s spinoff from its parent company, Foxconn’s plans to build a $10 billion flat-screen manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant and an escalating trade war with China at a breakfast event Thursday in Madison hosted by In Business.

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