Feb 14, 2015 | Press Releases |
Program designed to support heart failure patients & reduce hospital readmissions Green Bay, Wis. – Aurora BayCare Medical Center is one of 35 hospitals in the country – and the only hospital in Wisconsin – selected to...
Read MoreFeb 14, 2015 | Hospitals, Press Releases |
Marshfield Clinic Sports Medicine will be on hand for the fifth consecutive year to keep racers safe at the American Birkebeiner, where Clinic providers have treated hundreds of skiers for everything from scratched corneas to...
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MADISON- UW Health Med Flight and the American Family Children’s Hospital Emergency Transport Ambulance (CHETA) have been awarded full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems. The...
Read MoreFeb 12, 2015 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
A proposal in Gov. Scott Walker's budget to require independent assessments for fee-for-service personal care could lead to excess scrutiny and bureaucracy on the elderly and people with disabilities, according to some advocates. (WHN, 2/12)
Feb 12, 2015 | Top Stories |
Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting reports: "The director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah received an $8,025 bonus at the same time the facility was being investigated for excessive use of painkillers." (CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, 2/12)
Feb 11, 2015 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
U.S. Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, and Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, recently re-introduced legislation that would expand access to Medicare data for qualified entities like the Wisconsin Health Information Organization and allow them to charge for the data. (WHN, 2/11)
Feb 11, 2015 | Top Stories |
Gitte Laasby of the Journal Sentinel reports: "Anthem customers whose personal information may have been stolen in the recent Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield data breach should file their taxes as soon as possible to make sure no one steals their refund, state officials say." (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/11)
Feb 11, 2015 | Press Releases |
World-class hospital to become official orthopaedic provider of the Milwaukee Bucks, promoting wellness in the community and earning naming rights of the practice facility online pharmacy cozaar for sale no prescription Today,...
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At Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Baldwin highlights problems at Tomah VA as clear example of how systemic failure of VA management and oversight harms patient care ...
Read MoreFeb 10, 2015 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The Medicaid reforms outlined in Gov. Scott Walker's budget are a "necessary step" to slow expenditures, Claire Yunker, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health Services said Monday. (WHN, 2/10)
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