Category: Press Releases

Medicare beneficiaries in La Crosse County will have five new Medicare Advantage plan options for 2020 from Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc. Security Health Plan has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and...

MILWAUKEE, WI – October 1, 2019 – Beginning in 2020, Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin will expand its Health Insurance Marketplace plans and Medicare Dual Special Needs Plans (DSNP) to more than 20 counties in southeastern,...

September 16, 2019 – The Wisconsin Chapter of ACHE presented the annual Regent Awards at its annual meeting in September. The Awards were presented by Wisconsin’s Regent, Thomas Shorter who is the Wisconsin ACHE Chapter...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the Institute for Translational Medicine’s (ITM) sites at Advocate Health Care and the University of Chicago as part of a national team aiming to improve the health of...

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Voters with disabilities are underrepresented at the polls and may experience barriers to voting. The Rutgers University Fact Sheet on Disability and Voter Turnout in the 2018 Elections...

UW radiation oncologists present research at the annual ASTRO conference CHICAGO, Ill.. – Dr. Thomas “Rock” Mackie, of the UW Carbone Cancer Center, will receive the Gold Medal Award for his contributions to cancer treatment...

The Wisconsin Chiropractic Association (WCA) has joined 49 other national, regional and state chiropractic organizations lending their support to proposed federal legislation that would ensure seniors in Wisconsin and nationwide...

Madison – The Evidence-Based Health Policy Project (EBHPP) will host the third briefing in a series on the social and environmental factors that drive health, collectively called the social determinants of health. This session...

MILWAUKEE – September 5, 2019 – The Business Health Care Group (BHCG), a coalition of employers located throughout eastern Wisconsin, has developed a portfolio of communications materials to help its member employers and other...

MARSHFIELD – Marshfield Medical Center has been verified as a Level II Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)....

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers issued a proclamation declaring September as Suicide Prevention Month and September 10th as Suicide Prevention Day throughout the State of Wisconsin. In 2018, 886 Wisconsinites lost their lives to...

Programs expand access and remove barriers to care, prevent illness and address social and behavioral factors influencing wellness Downers Grove, IL and Milwaukee, WI — Advocate Aurora Health contributed $2.1 billion in...