Author: Sean Kirkby
Senate GOP leader: New revenue projections make healthcare investments easier
Better than expected projected revenues will make it easier to invest in healthcare through the state’s 2021-23 budget, the leader of Senate Republicans said during a Tuesday Wisconsin Health News panel.
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Wisconsin likely to hit 70 percent of adults with COVID-19 vaccine dose after July 4
Wisconsin won’t have 70 percent of its adult population inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine by July 4, the date that President Joe Biden set as a goal for the nation to hit that threshold, a top state health official predicted Tuesday.
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DHS seeks to boost Family Care rates
The Department of Health Services is seeking to boost reimbursement to Family Care managed care organizations, following concerns about costs providers are facing in delivering long-term care services.
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Kooyenga plans to move forward on property tax exemption for Sixteenth Street
A member of the Legislature’s budget committee plans to move forward on a proposal giving a property tax exemption to Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, after his fellow committee members cut it from the state’s next budget last month.
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Biden administration credits ACA for cutting Wisconsin’s uninsured rate
The Affordable Care Act helped reduce Wisconsin’s uninsured rate, and an estimated 31,000 uninsured adults could become newly eligible for Medicaid if the state were to expand the program, President Joe Biden’s administration said in a Monday release.
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Committee signs off on mental health crisis bills
An Assembly committee voted unanimously last week to forward bills that would expand a state mental health crisis grant program and require law enforcement officers to complete crisis management training.
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