Author: Tim Stumm
Report: Health plans cost more in Wisconsin than Minnesota
A report from a left-leaning advocacy group shows Wisconsin health insurance premium and deductible costs are on average 47 percent higher than in Minnesota for benchmark silver plans offered to 40-year-olds under the federal health reform law. (WHN, 11/16)
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Project attempts to improve health by reducing barriers of prisoner re-entry to society
MADISON- Wisconsin’s prison population has more than doubled in the last 20 years and when those prisoners are released, they face major obstacles to employment, education and family relationships – the kinds of connections that...
Read MoreHSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital earns 2015 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award
Chippewa Falls, WI – HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital recently earned the 2015 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award, which was given to hospital leaders on November 11 at the Press Ganey National Client Conference in Orlando, FL....
Read MoreCommunity Care, Inc. and United Community Center partner to provide fully integrated, culturally sensitive health care on Milwaukee’s South Side
Two Milwaukee-area nonprofit organizations are coming together to provide comprehensive, all-inclusive care for older adults in need on Milwaukee’s South Side. The partnership will help vulnerable older adults get the medical...
Read More$6,556,441 WHEFA bond financing helps Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Inc. refinance
“Working with WHEFA for this tax-exempt refinancing has been very beneficial to Reedsburg Area Medical Center. We were able to save over $1 million dollars. Those savings are very important for our small and independent...
Read MoreEpic, Cerner: EHR vendors have come far in interoperability, but still more to do
Epic Systems and Cerner say too much has been made of a supposed rift between the two electronic health record vendors, especially when it comes to the exchange of patient information . (WHN, 11/12)
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Providers talk mergers, acquisitions and electronic medical records
The reasons behind why providers consolidate drive how those health systems modify their electronic medical records, according to a panel of providers who spoke at the Disruptive Health Conference in Madison Tuesday. (WHN, 11/11)
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Wisconsin hospitals pay in DOJ settlement
A handful of hospitals in the state had to pay as part of settlements with the federal Department of Justice because of cardiac devices they implanted in patients that violated Medicare coverage requirements. (WHN, 11/10)
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