Rural Health Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Commonwealth Fund: Rural health dollars won’t offset healthcare cuts

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 15, 2026 | ACA, Medicaid/Medicare, Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 12, 2026 | On The Record, Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 2, 2026 | Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 27, 2026 | Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 13, 2026 | Education, Federal Government, Medical Research, On The Record, Pharmacy, Public Health, Research, Rural Health, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 5, 2026 | Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 7, 2025 | Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

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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Partnerships will be critical to addressing rural healthcare challenges, panel says

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 31, 2025 | On The Record, Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Rural Wisconsin healthcare faces workforce shortages, diminishing access, changing demographics and reimbursement challenges. It’s also ripe for innovation, experts said during a Wisconsin Health News panel this week.

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Republicans urge Evers to submit application for rural health transformation fund

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 9, 2025 | Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin House Republicans are urging Gov. Tony Evers to pursue federal funding to boost rural healthcare.

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State prepares to apply for federal rural health funding

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 12, 2025 | Federal Government, Rural Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services is seeking input as it prepares to apply for a portion of the $50 billion rural health transformation program included in the federal budget bill that President Donald Trump approved last month.

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Evers signs health-related bills

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 7, 2023 | Legislature, Mental Health, Population Health, Public Health, Rural Health, State budget, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers signed into law dozens of bills Wednesday, including legislation that would enter Wisconsin into interstate compacts that make it easier for physician assistants, professional counselors, audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice across state lines.

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