Aurora Health Care has made several recent investments in behavioral healthcare and is looking at ways to deliver it more efficiently and effectively. But sustaining the effort will likely require new ways of paying for care, said Pete Carlson, president of Aurora Behavioral Health Services.
Supporters behind a proposal providing an alternative path for terminally ill patients to receive experimental drugs said it would give families hope. But the Wisconsin Medical Society said Wednesday that the process could undermine future treatments.
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Gov. Scott Walker has released his capital budget for the next biennium, providing $803 million in total projects that include renovation at the state's mental health facilities and the Veterans Home at King.
Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposes the elimination of a tax on ambulatory surgical centers and supplemental funding, which some centers warn could increase Medicaid costs while others say could enhance their ability to provide care.
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