Category: Top Stories

Joining Sanford Health brings investment to Marshfield Clinic

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 10, 2025 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Marshfield Clinic Health System’s merger with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the nation, will provide it with additional resources, including hundreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements and a new electronic health record.

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DHS seeks feedback on spending opioid settlement dollars

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 10, 2025 | DHS, Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services is seeking feedback on how to best use the state’s share of opioid settlement dollars for the next fiscal year, after awarding more than $21 million in the last quarter of 2024, according to a Thursday statement.

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Wisconsin Healthcare.gov sign-ups exceed last year’s record

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 9, 2025 | ACA, Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

Healthcare.gov enrollments in Wisconsin have exceeded last year’s record number, with less than a week left for people to sign up.

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Phillips Medisize expands with acquisition

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 9, 2025 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0 |

The parent company of Hudson-based Phillips Medisize has completed its acquisition of a company that will expand its inhalation drug delivery capabilities.

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DHS set to move by end of 2025

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 9, 2025 | DHS, Top Stories | 0 |

The building that houses the Department of Health Services in downtown Madison is on track to vacate by the end of the year, according to a report released this week.

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Health officials expand reporting on viruses detected in wastewater

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 8, 2025 | Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin health officials expect to expand their public reporting on viruses detected in wastewater.

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M3 Insurance expands to Michigan

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 8, 2025 | Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

Madison-based M3 Insurance has expanded into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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UW studies long-term health effects of vaping

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 8, 2025 | Research, Top Stories | 0 |

The University of Wisconsin has received a $5.7 million, five-year grant to study the long-term effects of vaping on heart and lung health.

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Medicaid projected to end biennium $1.2 million state dollars in the black

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 7, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Medicaid is projected to finish the biennium more or less on budget, according to a recent report.

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GOP leader throws cold water on Evers’ plan for changing laws through ballot initiatives

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 7, 2025 | Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The head of Senate Republicans said legislators will scrap Gov. Tony Evers' plan to allow Wisconsinites to propose and approve changes to state laws and the constitution through ballot initiatives.

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Upland Hills Health set to open Mount Horeb urgent care next week

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 7, 2025 | Top Stories | 0 |

Upland Hills Health will open a new urgent care and renovated family practice clinic in Mount Horeb to patients on Jan. 13.

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CareSource, Common Ground affiliate

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 6, 2025 | Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative joined CareSource, a Dayton, Ohio-based health plan, on Jan. 1, following approvals by federal and state regulators.

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