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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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Baldwin, Johnson split on Kennedy vote

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 14, 2025 | Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin’s senators split along party lines when the chamber confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary Thursday.

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UW Health nurses’ push for union recognition reaches Wisconsin Supreme Court

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 13, 2025 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday considered UW Health nurses’ request for union recognition.

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Senate committee considers Medicaid postpartum coverage expansion

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 13, 2025 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Supporters of bipartisan legislation extending Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to a year made their case Wednesday.

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Former DHS leader returns to helm HRSA

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 13, 2025 | DHS, People Watching, Top Stories | 0 |

A former Department of Health Services leader returned this week to a role he held during President Donald Trump’s first administration.

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Marshfield Clinic returns to ‘growth mode’ by joining Sanford Health

by Tim Stumm | Feb 12, 2025 | Hospitals, Top Stories | 0 |

Marshfield Clinic Health System’s merger with South Dakota-based Sanford Health will allow it to invest more in Wisconsin, their leaders said Tuesday.

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Aspirus advances Chippewa Falls hospital plan

by Tim Stumm | Feb 12, 2025 | Top Stories | 0 |

Aspirus Health is moving forward on its plan to establish a Chippewa Falls hospital.

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Baldwin seeks to establish right to contraception

by Tim Stumm | Feb 12, 2025 | Top Stories | 0 |

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., reintroduced legislation to establish a right to obtain and use contraceptives.

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Marquette makes progress toward launching dental general practice residency program

by Tim Stumm | Feb 12, 2025 | Top Stories | 0 |

Marquette University School of Dentistry is making progress in establishing a dental general practice residency program, according to a report sent to lawmakers last month.

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Most Wisconsin community health centers able to access federal funding

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 11, 2025 | Federal Government, Top Stories | 0 |

Most Wisconsin community health centers are now able to access federal funding, after an outage of their federal payment system late last month.

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Judge blocks NIH cap on indirect costs for research

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 11, 2025 | Medical Research, Top Stories | 0 |

A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked a policy pursued by President Donald Trump’s administration that would cut reimbursement for costs associated with medical research at universities and research institutions, following lawsuits filed Monday.

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UW warns NIH funding cap will ‘harm’ Wisconsinites’ livelihoods

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 10, 2025 | Education, Federal Government, Medical Research, Top Stories | 0 |

The University of Wisconsin warned Saturday that a change enacted by President Donald Trump to cap indirect costs for grants from the National Institutes for Health will disrupt medical research. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., called the move "illegal."

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