Category: Health Systems
GOP lawmakers seek to expand immunization waivers to colleges
Republican lawmakers are advancing a plan requiring Wisconsin colleges and universities that receive public funding to waive immunization requirements if prospective students object based on health, religious or personal reasons. The proposal has raised concerns that it could disrupt healthcare workforce pipelines.
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DHS ‘looking at every angle’ to help with western Wisconsin healthcare closures, says Secretary Johnson
Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson said her agency is "looking at every angle" in response to the exit of Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health from western Wisconsin.
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Chippewa Valley legislators seek ER funding, hospital expands due to HSHS closures
Chippewa Valley legislators want to provide $15 million to support emergency rooms in their region, and an Eau Claire hospital plans to more than double its labor and delivery beds, in the wake of the planned departure of Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health from western Wisconsin.
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‘Gut-wrenching:’ HSHS’ planned departure from western Wisconsin stuns community leaders
The decision by Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health to depart western Wisconsin stunned community leaders, who are working on how to address the situation.
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Marshfield Clinic, Essentia drop merger
Marshfield Clinic Health System and Minnesota-based Essentia Health said Friday they are no longer moving forward with their merger.
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Combined Froedtert, ThedaCare system to launch Jan. 1
Froedtert Health and ThedaCare said Tuesday they will launch their combined health system at the start of next year, after finalizing their agreement to join forces.
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