Wisconsin’s Medicaid budget outlook improves, but shortfall still expected
Wisconsin Medicaid’s financial outlook has improved, but the program faces an estimated $269.2 million shortfall in state dollars by the end of the current biennial budget.
Oct 1, 2026 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories |
Wisconsin Medicaid’s financial outlook has improved, but the program faces an estimated $269.2 million shortfall in state dollars by the end of the current biennial budget.
Oct 1, 2026 | Hospitals, People Watching, Top Stories |
Kyle Nondorf is now regional president for SSM Health Wisconsin, after stepping into the role on an interim basis in July.
Oct 1, 2026 | People Watching, Top Stories |
Kristin Blanchard Stearns became CEO of Noble Community Clinics on Thursday, six months after the integration of two community health centers in the state.
Oct 1, 2026 | Top Stories, Vaccines |
State health officials last month issued orders to allow Wisconsinites to receive flu and COVID-19 vaccines at the pharmacy, amid a lack of federal guidance.
Oct 1, 2026 | Top Stories |
Wisconsin will receive $17,534 from a multistate settlement with Labcorp that resolves an investigation into a 2019 data breach at its debt collector.
Sep 29, 2026 | Health Tech, Top Stories |
United Kingdom-based Abingdon Health, a developer, maker and provider of regulatory services for rapid diagnostic tests, opened a manufacturing hub in Madison last week.
Sep 29, 2026 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories |
BadgerCare Plus enrollment declined in August for the eighth consecutive month in a row.
Sep 28, 2026 | Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, People Watching, Top Stories |
Former Wisconsin Medicaid director Bill Hanna will serve as the next president of Chorus Community Health Plans, the health insurance arm for Children’s Wisconsin.
Read MoreSep 28, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories, Workforce |
Nurses at 10 SSM Health Dean Medical Group outpatient clinics in Dane County voted last week to unionize.
Sep 28, 2026 | Health Tech, Top Stories, Veteran Health |
Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany, who’s running for governor on the Republican ticket, wants to see more investment in a state-run nursing home for veterans in southeast Wisconsin.
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