Category: WHN Stories
Kaplan talks COVID-19 lessons, health system expansion
UW Health CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan weighed in on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, his health system’s efforts to expand care and how mergers in the state could affect them during a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker event Thursday.
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Kind ‘disappointed’ by repeal of Medicare rule on breakthrough device coverage
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, recently criticized President Joe Biden’s administration for repealing a rule expediting Medicare coverage of breakthrough medical devices and urged fast action on policy ensuring those in the program receive access to the new technology.
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Health systems struggle as COVID-19 patient census soars
Wisconsin health systems are deferring care, struggling with discharging people to nursing homes and facing staffing challenges as they grapple with the state’s latest COVID-19 surge fueled by the delta variant.
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Advanced practice nursing bill moves forward
Legislation overhauling licensing for advanced practice nurses passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday, along with an amendment saying the nurses would no longer need to have written collaborative agreements with doctors unless required by their employers.
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Bipartisan coalition wants to standardize marijuana fines
Wisconsin would create a statewide standard for marijuana possession, reducing penalties in some communities and increasing them in others, under legislation proposed Tuesday by a bipartisan coalition of 11 lawmakers.
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