Mar 26, 2015 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The state could save more than $50 million by self-insuring state employees, a consultant hired by the state said Wednesday at a Group Insurance Board meeting. (WHN, 3/26)
Mar 25, 2015 | Top Stories |
Ozaukee County was ranked the best in health outcomes and factors among Wisconsin’s 72 counties, according to the 2015 County Health Rankings released Wednesday by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (WHN, 3/25)
Mar 25, 2015 | Top Stories |
Shamane Mills of Wisconsin Public Radio reports: “A study from the Health Policy Institute shows dental care in the emergency room is growing faster than overall ER visits, making it hard to contain health costs as emergency rooms across the U.S. are seeing more patients with painful tooth problems.” (WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, 3/24)
Mar 24, 2015 | Top Stories |
Bill Martens of Wisconsin Public Radio reports: “The co-chair of the state’s Joint Finance Committee said Monday that if lawmakers don’t get satisfactory answers to questions about Gov. Scott Walker’s plans for long-term care programs, approval is unlikely.” (WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, 3/24)
Mar 24, 2015 | Top Stories |
Seth Jovaag of the Isthmus reports: “Dental care is hard to come by for the uninsured or low-income patients covered by BadgerCare Plus, the state’s largest Medicaid program. Some fear it’s about to become even harder to find with the closing this summer of the Max W. Pohle Dental Clinic, in Meriter Hospital, 202 S. Park St., which has served low-income residents for almost 40 years.” (ISTHMUS, 3/19)
Mar 23, 2015 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
As investigations into the Tomah VA Medical Center continue, its director Mario DeSanctis has been temporarily reassigned to a position at the Great Lakes Health Care System network office outside the medical center, according to Acting Public Affairs Officer Stephanie McCrobie. John Rohrer, who is currently serving as associate medical center director at the Madison VA Medical Center, has been tapped to replace him. (WHN, 3/23)
Mar 23, 2015 | Press Releases |
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Herma Heart Center has achieved a 3-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for pediatric congenital heart surgery outcomes. This is similar to the reporting of adult heart...
Read MoreMar 23, 2015 | Press Releases |
MADISON- Three photographs by American Family Children’s Hospital photographer John Maniaci were selected for the 2015 Children’s Hospitals Photo Exhibit, a national competition through the Children’s Hospital Association. The...
Read MoreMar 23, 2015 | Press Releases |
Lisa Olson, Director of Policy and Programs at the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association (WPHCA), was awarded the prestigious Geiger Gibson Emerging Leader award at the National Association of Community Health Centers Policy...
Read MoreMar 23, 2015 | Top Stories |
Some advocates for the disabled and elderly have long pushed Dane County to adopt Family Care, saying more people would get home care, transportation, job assistance and other supportive services through the state Medicaid program. But now that Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget requires Dane County and seven other counties to join Family Care, the advocates are backing off their plea. (STATE JOURNAL, 3/23)
