Wisconsin receives second year of rural health transformation funding
Wisconsin will see $203.7 million through the second year of a federal program meant to transform rural healthcare.
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Technical colleges, universities make plans for rural transformation dollars
The state’s technical college and university systems plan to support a slew of efforts with their share of federal dollars received by Wisconsin to transform rural healthcare.
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Wisconsin chooses Epic for statewide EHR system
The Department of Health Services has chosen Epic to build a statewide electronic health record system with federal rural health transformation dollars.
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Rural healthcare workforce grants become available
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development plans to award $150 million over four years to nonprofits and government organizations to tackle rural healthcare workforce challenges.
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DHS opens applications for $40 million in rural health transformation funding
The state’s health department opened applications on Monday for $40 million to support care coordination, community health workers and dental clinics in rural Wisconsin.
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Commonwealth Fund: Rural health dollars won’t offset healthcare cuts
Federal dollars to transform rural healthcare will not offset the impact of expired enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies and the cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and the ACA marketplace included in the Republican tax-and-spending bill enacted last summer, The Commonwealth Fund reported.
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DHS Secretary Johnson looks forward on rural health transformation funds
Wisconsin laid the groundwork for how it’ll spend federal funding meant to transform rural healthcare long before the dollars became available.
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Health Secretary Kennedy talks rural health, ‘real food’ and faith-based addiction treatment
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in western Wisconsin Monday to highlight the Trump administration’s work to support rural healthcare, eating “real food” and faith-based addiction treatment.
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DHS rolls out rural health funding
The Department of Health Services is beginning to implement projects backed by more than $200 million in federal funding received in the first year of a program to transform rural healthcare.
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Raymond reflects on leading MCW, what’s next
Medical College of Wisconsin CEO Dr. John Raymond reflected on leading the state’s private medical school for more than 15 years and what’s next for healthcare at a Wisconsin Health News event this week.
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DHS receives $203.7 million for rural healthcare
Wisconsin will receive $203.7 million from the federal government for rural healthcare initiatives through the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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DHS asks for $1 billion in rural healthcare transformation funding
The Department of Health Services submitted a request this week to use $1 billion in federal funding to support the healthcare workforce, boost technology adoption and improve care coordination in rural Wisconsin.
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