On The Record Archives - Page 27 of 50

Wisconsin Medicaid Coalition forms to protect program

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 7, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

A report from the budget scorekeeper for Congress confirms that a House committee cannot reach its spending reduction goal without “deep cuts” to Medicaid, a state coalition formed in recent months to protect the program said Thursday.

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Network Health Plan partners with Mark Cuban’s cost-cutting drug company

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 28, 2025 | Insurance, On The Record, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Network Health Plan’s Medicare Advantage plan is one of the first in the country to align with an effort by businessman Mark Cuban to cut drug costs.

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Felzkowski calls for Medicaid block grants, work requirements

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 21, 2025 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, is passionate about healthcare quality and reducing costs in Wisconsin.

Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic leaders talk AI’s promise

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 14, 2025 | Health Tech, Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Sanford Health CEO Bill Gassen anticipates advancements in artificial intelligence will help clinicians focus more on patient care.

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Wisconsin sets Healthcare.gov record

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 7, 2025 | ACA, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

For the second year in a row, Wisconsin set a record for Affordable Care Act health plan sign-ups.

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Office of Children’s Mental Health leader talks proposed student mental health investment

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 31, 2025 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers wants the state's next budget to put $300 million toward improving student mental health.

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UW Health Kids expert helps update pediatric group’s literacy promotion policy

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 24, 2025 | On The Record, Pediatrics, Top Stories | 0 |

Last fall, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its literacy promotion policy for the first time in a decade. A UW Health Kids pediatrician helped.

Legislators talk plans to tackle healthcare access, costs

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 17, 2025 | Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin legislators laid out their plans for addressing healthcare costs and access, during a Wisconsin Health News panel this week in Madison.

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Joining Sanford Health brings investment to Marshfield Clinic

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 10, 2025 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Marshfield Clinic Health System’s merger with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the nation, will provide it with additional resources, including hundreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements and a new electronic health record.

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Nutex Health comes to Wisconsin

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 20, 2024 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Texas-based Nutex Health opened micro-hospitals in Milwaukee and Green Bay this year. Each facility offers eight emergency room beds, six inpatient beds, a procedure room, a pharmacy, lab services and imaging.

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Hospital leaders talk mergers, closures

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 13, 2024 | Health Systems, Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Hospital and health system leaders weighed in on the pros and cons of mergers, as well as the impact of hospital closures in western Wisconsin, at a Wisconsin Health News panel Tuesday in Madison.

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CivicaScript plans to roll out more drug products early next year

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 6, 2024 | On The Record, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

CivicaScript, a Utah-based company that is working to expand access to affordable generic medicines for consumers, recently named Brent Eberle, chief pharmacy officer at Madison-based Navitus Health Solutions, as one of its leaders.