Sean Kirkby, Author at Wisconsin Health News

Author: Sean Kirkby

More than 60 lawmakers support WHA-backed telehealth bill

Sep 3, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories |

Dozens of lawmakers back a bill requiring Medicaid to treat telehealth the same as in-person services in terms of coverage and payment for providers.

Bipartisan bill aims to ensure nursing mothers don’t lose healthcare coverage

Sep 3, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories |

A bipartisan bill would ensure that nursing mothers don't lose employer-sponsored health insurance for taking unpaid break time for breastfeeding.

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Security Health Plan enriches lives for local foster children

Sep 2, 2019 | Press Releases |

MARSHFIELD – There are nearly 8,000 Wisconsin children in foster care. In some cases, these children carry their few possessions in a plastic garbage bag. But one local organization is changing the lives for many foster children...

Advocate Aurora Health exec talks diversity

Aug 30, 2019 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories |

“It’s not a separate initiative,” Erickajoy Daniels, Advocate Aurora Health’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, said in a recent interview. “It’s a strategic imperative.”

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DHS names vaping THC as possible culprit in lung disease cases

Aug 30, 2019 | Top Stories |

Most of the Wisconsinites who experienced a lung disease after vaping reported using e-cigarettes and other devices to inhale THC products, state health officials said Thursday.

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Ascension, Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists collaborate on new surgery center and clinic

Aug 30, 2019 | Top Stories |

Physician-owned Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists plans to build a new orthopedic clinic and surgery center with Ascension Wisconsin.

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Committee considers bill removing limit on birth cost recovery

Aug 29, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories |

Lawmakers considered a bill Tuesday that would remove a limit on circumstances when the state can collect birth costs from fathers who aren’t married to mothers in the Medicaid program.

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MCW, UW-Milwaukee establish nurse practitioner residency program

Aug 29, 2019 | Education, Top Stories |

A $1.7 million federal grant will help the Medical College of Wisconsin launch a nurse practitioner postgraduate residency program with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Audit: DHS launched dozens of investigations at Veterans Home at King

Aug 29, 2019 | Top Stories |

State health officials launched 90 investigations based on complaints and incidents at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King during a five-year period, according to a Legislative Audit Bureau report released Wednesday.

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