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Technical colleges submit plan for oral healthcare workforce dollars

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 25, 2024 | Dental, Legislature, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

The Wisconsin Technical College System this week offered its plan to use $20 million set aside in the state’s current budget to grow the oral healthcare workforce.

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JFC approves additional OCI positions

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 7, 2023 | Legislature, State budget, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee this week unanimously approved three new positions at the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance to help the agency conduct company financial reviews.

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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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Budget boosts providers; Evers vetoes gender-affirming care Medicaid restriction

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 10, 2023 | ACA, Dental, Education, Hospitals, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Population Health, Public Health, Reproductive Health, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers last week signed into law the state’s 2023-25 budget, leaving intact its healthcare investments and using his veto authority to strike a proposal barring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.

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Evers signs off on state’s 2023-25 budget

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 5, 2023 | Hospitals, Legislature, LGBTQ+, Medicaid/Medicare, Nursing homes, State budget, Top Stories, Veteran Health | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday signed into law the state’s 2023-25 budget, leaving intact its Medicaid rate increases and using his veto authority to strike a proposal barring Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.

Budget heads to Evers

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 30, 2023 | Abortion, ACA, Behavioral Health, COVID-19 Update, Education, Hospitals, Insurance, Jobs, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Mental Health, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Rural Health, State budget, Top Stories, Veteran Health, Workforce | 0 |

The state’s 2023-25 budget is heading to Gov. Tony Evers for his consideration, after the Republican-controlled Assembly approved the plan on a 63-34 party-line vote.

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Budget-writing committee votes to boost EMS grant program dollars

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 26, 2023 | Legislature, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee voted last week to increase funding for ambulance services, under a proposal tied to a new law that boosts dollars for local governments.

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Lawmakers sign off on transferring Medicaid dollars to help meet shortfall at mental health institutions

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 23, 2023 | ACA, Medicaid/Medicare, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved a request Thursday by the Department of Health Services to transfer state funding intended for the Medicaid program to fill a projected funding shortfall at state-run mental health institutions.

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New law boosts local government aid

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 21, 2023 | Legislature, Public Health, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

A new law, signed by Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday, will boost state aid to local governments for services like public safety, including emergency medical services, and limit local health officials’ power to respond to disease outbreaks.

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Healthcare providers, long-term groups applaud proposed Medicaid rate increases

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 20, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Long Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare, Mental Health, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

Providers associations on Friday lauded a plan to boost Medicaid rates advanced by the Joint Finance Committee in an early morning vote.

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JFC advances Medicaid rate increases, plan to fight opioid crisis

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 16, 2023 | Legislature, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee on Friday advanced a $3.1 billion health plan in all funds, including $837.8 million in state money, that would in part boost Medicaid rates during the 2023-25 biennium.

JFC advances $30 million for student mental health

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 15, 2023 | Education, Mental Health, Public Health, Rural Health, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday night voted to include a $30 million boost in the state’s next budget for student mental health, part of what the committee co-chair termed a “grand bargain” on education and local government funding reached by state leaders last week.

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