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Healthcare groups remain concerned about proposed Medicaid oversight changes

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 6, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Healthcare organizations are still concerned about a bill heading to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk requiring the Legislature to sign off on changes to Medicaid waivers.

Healthcare oversight bills head to governor

by Tim Stumm | Dec 5, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The Republican-led Legislature approved bills Tuesday and Wednesday that would give them more oversight over healthcare as Gov.-elect Tony Evers prepares to take office. The bills now head to Gov. Scott Walker.

JFC backs healthcare oversight bills

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 4, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee approved bills Monday night and Tuesday morning that would increase the Republican-controlled Legislature’s oversight of healthcare before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.

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Evers considering litigation if special session bills make it into law

by Jack Kelly | Dec 3, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov.-elect Tony Evers said Sunday he’s considering suing if proposals from Republican lawmakers to curtail his power and increase their oversight of healthcare become law.

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Legislature to vote on healthcare oversight proposals next week

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 30, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Republican lawmakers plan to consider a series of proposals next week giving them more oversight on healthcare.

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Panel: Measuring quality of direct primary care practices could be tricky

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 16, 2018 | Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Backers of legislation defining direct primary care in law argue that patients can hold such practices accountable. But other measures of quality could prove more difficult to track for the growing healthcare delivery model, which was the topic of a Wisconsin Health News event in Madison this week.

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Panel expects more regulation around direct primary care

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 14, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Panelists at a Tuesday Wisconsin Health News event said they expect that state law will address direct primary care soon, even though the Legislature didn’t pass a bill defining the practice and a committee declined to forward new legislation this summer.

Fitzgerald: Senate would take up bill protecting pre-existing conditions if ‘necessary’

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 17, 2018 | ACA, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said Tuesday his chamber would take up a bill that would guarantee insurance coverage for those with pre-existing conditions if "necessary."

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Sanfelippo, Kapenga plan to bring back direct primary care bill

by Jack Kelly | Oct 2, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Two lawmakers are planning to reintroduce a proposal next year that would define direct primary care under state law and direct the Department of Health Services to consider piloting the practice in Medicaid.

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Committee recommends state employee health plan consider direct primary care

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 19, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

A legislative study committee agreed Tuesday to recommend that the state explore the possibility of integrating a direct primary care program into its employee health plan.

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Democrats, Vukmir trade barbs on healthcare

by Jack Kelly | Sep 18, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Democrats are targeting state Sen. Leah Vukmir, the Brookfield Republican running for U.S. Senate, for her past votes on healthcare-related issues as she hits back against Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., for her response to alleged opioid overprescribing and employee retaliation at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

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Healthcare lobbyists preview elections, legislative priorities

by Jack Kelly | Sep 14, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

Healthcare lobbyists previewed how November’s elections could affect their industries as well as their top legislative priorities at a Wisconsin Health News event Tuesday in Madison.