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Doctors push for changing ‘right to try’ bill

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 17, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin doctors asked state lawmakers Thursday to modify a bill creating an alternative pathway for terminally ill patients to get experimental medications so it falls in line with a similar proposal approved by the U.S. Senate.

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Dentists, insurers clash over renting networks

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 16, 2017 | Dental, Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Dr. Ed Chiera, a Beloit general dentist, would like to see state law changed to give him more of a say over insurance companies that rent out his services to others.

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Lawmakers vet proposals to tackle EMS shortages

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 8, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers are considering three proposals to help Wisconsin communities facing emergency medical services shortages after the Assembly Committee on Health held a public hearing on the bills last week.

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Vukmir backs Walker’s call for healthcare block grants

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 2, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The head of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services backs Gov. Scott Walker's call for providing healthcare funding to states in the form of block grants.

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Lawmakers look to update state’s birth defect registry

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 1, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make changes to the state's birth defect and prevention system.

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Bill would require dental practices to retain patient records for up to 10 years

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 27, 2017 | Dental, Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

A bipartisan bill that would require all dental practices to preserve patient records for 10 years got a public hearing before the Assembly health committee Wednesday.

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Advocates for older adults, people with disabilities weigh in on transportation budget

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 25, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Twenty-three organizations representing older adults and those with disabilities are weighing in on transportation as lawmakers continue to negotiate on the state's 2017-19 state budget.

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Senate recommends axing ASC assessment

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 20, 2017 | Legislature, State budget, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Senate Republicans have offered a new budget proposal that would end a tax on ambulatory surgical centers but continue payments to centers that serve a high number of Medicaid patients.

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Doctors, medical students speak out on abortion bill

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 19, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Doctors and medical students testified against a proposal that they say would cause University of Wisconsin’s OB-GYN residency program to lose its accreditation as the bill’s supporters fought back against the claim at a public hearing Tuesday.

UW warns proposal could shutter OB-GYN program, which bill author disputes

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 18, 2017 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The dean of the state's public medical school is warning that an anti-abortion bill could shutter the institution's OB-GYN residency program.

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Walker signs special session opioid bills into law

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 18, 2017 | Legislature, Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Gov. Scott Walker signed into law 11 bills Monday that were approved by the state Legislature as part of a special session targeting the opioid epidemic. Walker called the session back in January. The bills were based on recommendations made in a report by the Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse, which was chaired by […]

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