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Schimmers named Emplify Health president

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 5, 2026 | Hospitals, People Watching, Top Stories | 0 |

Heather Schimmers will become president of Emplify Health, a role in which she’ll lead operations across the health system, on March 1.

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Children’s Wisconsin receives $10 million for research

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 5, 2026 | Hospitals, Medical Research, Top Stories | 0 |

A $10 million gift will support research at Children’s Wisconsin by helping to recruit and retain medical and scientific talent.

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HSHS renovates women and infants center at Sheboygan hospital

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 3, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Hospital Sisters Health System St. Nicholas Hospital started renovating its women and infants center last month.

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Prompt pay discount bill returns

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 2, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers are renewing their push to allow providers to offer patients discounts for prompt payment. The legislation has drawn opposition from insurers.

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Baldwin backs bill to mandate more healthcare price transparency

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 26, 2026 | Federal Government, Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is backing bipartisan legislation that would mandate more healthcare price transparency.

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Push for limiting non-compete clauses faces headwinds from hospitals

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 15, 2026 | Hospitals, Legislature, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Doctors and nurses support bipartisan legislation that would ban non-compete clauses in contracts for some medical providers after two years of employment, a proposal that has drawn opposition from hospitals.

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Children’s Wisconsin, UW Health stop providing gender-affirming care for kids

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 13, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Children’s Wisconsin and UW Health will no longer provide gender-affirming treatments to kids, after moves by federal regulators to curb provision of such care.

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HSHS partners on rehabilitation hospital with Lifepoint Health

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 13, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Hospital Sisters Health System is teaming up with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, part of Tennessee-based Lifepoint Health, to run an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in northeast Wisconsin.

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Emplify Health by Gundersen pursues first-of-its-kind EmPATH unit in state

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 9, 2026 | Hospitals, Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Emplify Health by Gundersen will soon offer those in mental health crisis an alternative to the hospital emergency department.

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Federal agency sues Advocate Aurora Health over firing of nurse

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 7, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

A federal agency sued Advocate Aurora Health last month, alleging that the health system violated federal law by not accommodating the religious beliefs of a nurse and firing her for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.

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