Category: Legislature
Providers raise questions about Medicaid reimbursement
Pharmacists, social workers and a coalition of healthcare providers that treat obesity pushed for changes to administrative code and state law that deal with covered services in Medicaid during an Assembly Committee on Health meeting earlier this month. Read More
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Bill allowing pharmacy students to vaccinate children heads to Walker
A bill that would allow pharmacy students to vaccinate children is headed to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk after passing the Assembly Wednesday.
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Lawmakers look to expand Family Care Partnership statewide
Members of the Legislature's budget-writing committee have amended the state's next budget to expand a program that integrates healthcare with long-term care for frail elders and those with disabilities. Read More
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On the Record with Joint Finance Committee Co-Chairs
Joint Finance Committee Co-Chairs Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, tackled healthcare issues in the state budget, including savings from a potential shift to self-insurance for the state employees, during a Wisconsin Health News event this week. Read More
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Sanfelippo wants another look at revolving loan fund regulations
The chair of the Assembly health committee pulled a bill from a vote Tuesday after a group representing sober-living housing raised concerns about the proposal. The bill, which was developed as part of the committee’s effort to cut “burdensome regulation” through a “Red Tape Review,” would eliminate an administrative code chapter at Department of Health […]
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