Baldwin praises Biden’s proposal to limit short-term health plans
President Joe Biden released a plan last week that would limit the availability of short-term health plans, heading a yearslong call from Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., to take action.
Jul 10, 2023 | DHS, Opioids, Pharmacy, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Top Stories |
The Department of Health Services has awarded or is in the process of awarding most of the first year of dollars it received under a national, multi-year opioid settlement with a drugmaker and three drug distributors.
Jul 10, 2023 | DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Public Health, Top Stories |
Jul 10, 2023 | ACA, Dental, Education, Hospitals, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Population Health, Public Health, Reproductive Health, State budget, Top Stories |
Gov. Tony Evers last week signed into law the state’s 2023-25 budget, leaving intact its healthcare investments and using his veto authority to strike a proposal barring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.
Jul 5, 2023 | Hospitals, Legislature, LGBTQ+, Medicaid/Medicare, Nursing homes, State budget, Top Stories, Veteran Health |
Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday signed into law the state’s 2023-25 budget, leaving intact its Medicaid rate increases and using his veto authority to strike a proposal barring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.
Read MoreJun 30, 2023 | ACA, DHS, Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Top Stories, Workforce |
Chorus Community Health Plans President Mark Rakowski spoke to Wisconsin Health News this week about the return of Medicaid renewals, prior authorization and the provider-owned health plan’s work around housing.
Read MoreJun 29, 2023 | DHS, Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories |
Medicaid coverage ended June 1 for 57,000 people whose coverage was “manually extended” during the pandemic, a number that was “not unexpected,” a Department of Health Services spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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