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Report: Hospitals provided $2.1 billion in community benefits in FY 2022

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 29, 2023 | Hospitals, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin hospitals and health systems provided more than $2.1 billion in community benefits and charity care during fiscal year 2022, according to a Wisconsin Hospital Association report released Tuesday.

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Ascension Wisconsin names three hospital leaders

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 20, 2023 | Health Systems, Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Ascension Wisconsin said Friday that three new hospital presidents are joining its leadership team, following a decision earlier this year to concentrate health system leadership resources at the local level.

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Encompass Health opens rehabilitation hospital in Fitchburg

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 16, 2023 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Alabama-based Encompass Health has opened a rehabilitation hospital in Fitchburg, its second hospital in Wisconsin.

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Miramont launches Waukesha clinic

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 16, 2023 | Hospitals, Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Miramont Behavioral Health, a 72-bed behavioral health hospital in Middleton, is opening a clinic in Waukesha.

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Sauk Prairie Healthcare restores EHR following cybersecurity incident

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 9, 2023 | Health Systems, Health Tech, Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Sauk Prairie Healthcare restored its electronic health record system earlier this week, after taking it offline due to a cybersecurity incident.

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HSHS begins notifying patients affected by cybersecurity incident

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 1, 2023 | Health Systems, Health Tech, Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Hospital Sisters Health System last week began notifying patients whose information may have been involved in a cybersecurity incident that caused a systemwide technical outage in late August and early September.

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Children’s Wisconsin CEO plans to retire by end of 2024

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 26, 2023 | Hospitals, Pediatrics, People Watching, Top Stories | 0 |

Children’s Wisconsin CEO Peggy Troy intends to retire by the end of December 2024, according to a Thursday statement.

2022 was most fiscally challenging year for hospitals in 10 years, says WHA

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 25, 2023 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin hospitals are seeing financial challenges due to patients slowly returning to pre-pandemic routine care and inflation driving up the costs of medical supplies and services, the Wisconsin Hospital Association said Tuesday.

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Hospital price transparency bill receives hearing

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 10, 2023 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

The Senate Committee on Health held a public hearing last week on a bill that would create state penalties for hospitals that do not follow federal price transparency requirements.

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ProHealth Care, Optum collaborate

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 5, 2023 | Health Systems, Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Optum will take on some administrative services at ProHealth Care, with more than 800 of the southeast Wisconsin health system’s employees transitioning to the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary.

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Froedtert Health seeks to become sole owner of Network Health

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 3, 2023 | Health Systems, Hospitals, Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

Froedtert Health would be able to purchase Ascension Wisconsin’s interest in Network Health and become its sole owner under an agreement announced Tuesday.

Lawmakers bring back informed consent bill for pelvic exams on unconscious patients

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 3, 2023 | Hospitals, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Research, Top Stories | 0 |

Legislators have brought back a plan that would require patients to provide informed consent before students can perform pelvic exams on them when they are unconscious or under general anesthesia.

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Category: Hospitals

Report: Hospitals provided $2.1 billion in community benefits in FY 2022

Ascension Wisconsin names three hospital leaders

Encompass Health opens rehabilitation hospital in Fitchburg

Miramont launches Waukesha clinic

Sauk Prairie Healthcare restores EHR following cybersecurity incident

HSHS begins notifying patients affected by cybersecurity incident

Children’s Wisconsin CEO plans to retire by end of 2024

2022 was most fiscally challenging year for hospitals in 10 years, says WHA

Hospital price transparency bill receives hearing

ProHealth Care, Optum collaborate

Froedtert Health seeks to become sole owner of Network Health

Lawmakers bring back informed consent bill for pelvic exams on unconscious patients

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