Healthcare organizations are increasingly partnering up, seeking to scale, cut costs and improve outcomes. This is especially true in Wisconsin, where several of the state’s largest health systems are joining forces and insurers are scooping up new partners. Wisconsin Health News is assembling a panel of experts in Milwaukee on July 11 to take a […]

Lawmakers this summer wrapped up the state’s 2023-25 budget, which includes a slew of healthcare and long-term care investments. However, they left out key planks of Gov. Tony Evers' original proposal. A few of those policies have bipartisan backing and are likely return to this fall.

Healthcare organizations are using artificial intelligence to cut administrative costs and address labor concerns, and see the potential for improved diagnoses and more effective treatment decisions.

Family Care, one of the state’s Medicaid long-term care programs, is poised for major changes, as a direct care workforce shortage takes its toll across the state.

Insurance leaders will discuss how they are responding to the most pressing issues facing their industry during our annual Insurance CEO Roundtable the morning of Oct. 10 in Milwaukee. Topics will include healthcare costs, innovation, value-based care and more. Panelists: Dr. Mark Huth, CEO, Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wendy Perkins, CEO, WPS Health […]

Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld made history in June by becoming the first openly gay president of the American Medical Association. He’s also an anesthesiology professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the director of its $500 million Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin endowment and a consultant to the World Health Organization’s digital health advisory group. During a […]

Wisconsin’s infant and maternal health outcomes are at a crisis level, for certain populations in the state. Black babies are more than three times less likely to reach their first birthday than white babies and Black maternal deaths and pregnancy complications are on the rise. American Indian, Latino and other underserved communities also face worse […]

Image by rony michaud from Pixabay Dec. 5 - Wisconsinites grapple with PFAS contamination The presence of “forever chemicals” in water is drawing concern and attention from Wisconsin residents and officials. Research has shown high levels of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — a large group of manmade chemicals used for decades in industry and consumer products — […]

From increased consolidation to a persistent workforce crisis to the advent of artificial intelligence, the Wisconsin healthcare system is transforming fast. Hospital and health systems will discuss how they are leading their organizations through change during our annual Hospital CEO Roundtable on Dec. 12 in Madison. Panelists: Dr. Alan Kaplan, CEO, UW Health Dr. Imran Andrabi, CEO, […]

Pharmacy benefit managers sit at the center of the supply chain on drugs, and a national debate on costs. They say they play an integral role in negotiating lower prices. But pharmacists and drug makers contend they are pocketing too much of the savings. That’s led to calls for more transparency and reform of the […]