WHN Stories Archives - Wisconsin Health News

On the Record with Les McPhearson, President, Dean Health Plan

by Tim Stumm | Jun 25, 2021 | On The Record, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Les McPhearson took over Dean Health Plan last spring, just as COVID-19 was gaining a foothold in Wisconsin.

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Syphilis cases on the rise in Wisconsin

by Tim Stumm | Jun 25, 2021 | Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

State health officials are warning that cases of syphilis are on the rise in Wisconsin, with the highest rates being reported in Milwaukee.

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State-run COVID-19 vaccination clinics to transition to mobile teams

by Tim Stumm | Jun 23, 2021 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services will transform its mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics to mobile vaccination teams.

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DHS: More than half of COVID-19 samples now being sequenced are variants

by Tim Stumm | Apr 9, 2021 | Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Laboratories are now identifying more than half of the Wisconsin COVID-19 cases they’re sequencing as more transmissible strains of the virus, a state epidemiologist told reporters Thursday.

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Evers directing $100 million in federal stimulus funds to long-term care and emergency services

by Tim Stumm | May 21, 2020 | Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday that he’s directing $100 million in federal stimulus funds towards emergency medical services, home and community-based services and long-term care providers to help fill losses incurred from responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Ascension Wisconsin, Emerus plan Menomonee Falls micro-hospital

by Tim Stumm | Sep 5, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Ascension Wisconsin said Wednesday that it plans to build a new health center in Menomonee Falls that will include a micro-hospital, the first one under a joint venture it announced earlier this year with Texas-based Emerus, a micro-hospital operator.

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JFC signs off on $200,000 for farmers’ mental health

by Tim Stumm | Sep 5, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee unanimously signed off on a plan Wednesday to provide $200,000 over the biennium for farmer mental health initiatives.

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Work continues on BadgerCare waiver rollout

by Tim Stumm | Sep 5, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services is working on rolling out a proposed Medicaid waiver that includes a benefit covering residential treatment for substance use disorder, according to an update submitted to lawmakers Tuesday.

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UnityPoint Health plans merger with Sanford Health

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 28, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Iowa-based UnityPoint Health signed a letter of intent to explore a merger with South Dakota-based Sanford Health, the two health systems announced Friday morning.

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JFC backs healthcare oversight bills

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 4, 2018 | Legislature, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee approved bills Monday night and Tuesday morning that would increase the Republican-controlled Legislature’s oversight of healthcare before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.

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GenoPalate’s Zhang talks company’s future

by Jack Kelly | Nov 9, 2018 | Health Tech, On The Record, Population Health, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

A Milwaukee-based startup that uses consumers’ genetic information to offer recommendations on what they should eat and drink is planning rapid growth.

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