New partnership supports growing market shift to value-based medicine ThedaCare, the largest healthcare system in Northeast Wisconsin, is investing $3 million in Mequon-based Smart Choice MRI, the first MRI provider in the...
Read MoreCHIPPEWA FALLS – HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital’s L.E. Phillips-Libertas Treatment Center (2301 County Hwy I) recently received certification renewal from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The treatment center...
Read MoreOne of only four pediatric hospitals in the country to receive accreditation MILWAUKEE -The Pulmonary Hypertension Program in the Herma Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is only the fourth pediatric center in the...
Read MoreMore Wisconsinites enrolled than in the first two periods, with federal data released Thursday showing 239,034 signed up for coverage offered through Healthcare.gov. That's in part due to the efforts of Covering Wisconsin, which received a nearly $1 million federal grant to help people enroll in 23 counties. (WHN, 2/5)
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved legislation that would provide an additional $4 million during the biennium to expand programs that aim to treat addiction and keep people out of prison. (WHN, 2/5)
Bills that would change the prior authorization process in the Medicaid program for mental health services, define peer-run respite centers in state law and incentivize psychiatrists to work in the state received a public hearing Wednesday. (WHN, 2/4)
MADISON- The quest to end blinding diseases through eye research here in Madison continues Saturday, March 12, 2016 with the fifth annual Cycle for Sight. Just an hour on a bike one Saturday morning at three Madison locations...
Read MoreThe Assembly Committee on Mental Health Reform approved 10 bills created by the Speaker's Task Force on Alzheimer's and Dementia, forwarding the bills on to the state's Assembly for a possible vote. (WHN, 2/2)
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