MADISON – The Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation named James Lehman its 2015 Presidential Scholar. In his fourth year of medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Lehman received an...
Read MoreMADISON— Fourth-year medical students Mark Kashton and Trista Stankowski-Drengler were named recipients of the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation’s prestigious 2015 Houghton Award during the Wisconsin Medical Society’s Annual...
Read MoreMore than 1,000 attend education event; 600 meet with legislators MADISON (April 28, 2015) —– More than a thousand hospital and health system leaders, volunteers, trustees and employees from across Wisconsin...
Read MoreA nationwide initiative to make the fragmented and costly health care system more efficient could affect the more than 340,000 people in Wisconsin enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 4/27)
Epic Systems has stopped charging health systems that use its data exchanges, shortly before the roll out of a new framework that seeks to help providers share electronic health records more easily across networks. (WHN, 4/27)
Tucked into the "doc fix" bill signed last week by President Barack Obama is a provision expanding access to Medicare data long sought by the Wisconsin Health Information Organization and other state groups. (WHN, 4/24)
A national expert on long-term care systems is questioning Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes to the state's Family Care program, which provides services to the elderly, frail and disabled. (WHN, 4/23)
An Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday allowing counties and municipalities to request that the state's Department of Revenue, which is opposed to the legislation, collect private ambulance service debts from debtor's income tax refunds. (WHN, 4/22)
Creating an LGBT-Friendly Practice available at no cost to physicians with CME certification MILWAUKEE – April 22, 2015 – According to a nationwide survey conducted by Lambda Legal, primary care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and...
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