Category: WHN Stories
Lawmakers outline health priorities
From workforce to health equity to mental health, lawmakers expect to tackle a bevy of healthcare issues as the legislative session ramps up this spring.
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New Madison orthopedic practice to start scheduling patients later this month
Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Wisconsin, a new practice founded by 11 orthopedic surgeons, will begin scheduling patients at its headquarters in Madison on Feb. 20, per a statement released this week by the group.
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Updated COVID-19 boosters arrive in Wisconsin
The new COVID-19 boosters targeting omicron subvariants have arrived in Wisconsin.
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Commission backs more support to meet veterans’ mental health, long-term care needs
Wisconsin should provide additional resources to help connect veterans with mental health challenges to services and look at ways to buttress the workforce at state-run veterans homes, according to a report from a state commission. Â
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Wisconsin households can order free COVID-19 tests
Wisconsin households can order a package of five rapid COVID-19 tests for free from the Department of Health Services starting Thursday.
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On the Record with Wisconsin Medical Society CEO ChumbleyÂ
Wisconsin Medical Society CEO Dr. Bud Chumbley is set to retire next month. Chumbley joined the society in November 2017, leading it through the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
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Westergaard: COVID-19 still a pandemicÂ
Dr. Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer of the Bureau of Communicable Diseases for the Department of Health Services, isn’t ready to label COVID-19 an endemic virus – a term he said most epidemiologists reserve for something that’s reached a steady state or is predictable.Â
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COVID-19 cases continue slow decline
New COVID-19 cases are continuing to slowly drop in Wisconsin.
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Kaplan talks COVID-19 lessons, health system expansionÂ
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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Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua to expandÂ
Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua broke ground on an expansion Thursday.
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Nursing homes float ask for more state dollars
LeadingAge Wisconsin has asked state health officials to consider allocating additional dollars to long-term care facilities to help growing workforce challenges.
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Milwaukee County completes CMS improvement agreement
Milwaukee County’s inpatient psychiatric hospital will keep its Medicare certification, after completing an improvement agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last month.
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