Wisconsin Health News

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The Department of Workforce Development on Tuesday began removing people with disabilities from a wait list for career services, after lawmakers provided $7 million more to it over the biennium.
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.@DHSWI is seeking public comment on a plan to renew a program that supports kids with disabilities for five more years.
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.@thedacare said last week it completed a simulation lab to support its graduate medical education program, as it prepares to welcome its first residents next month for an internal medicine residency program it received accreditation for last fall.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in western Wisconsin Monday to highlight the Trump administration’s work to support rural healthcare, eating “real food” and faith-based addiction treatment.

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United Kingdom-based @Abingdon_Health, which makes rapid diagnostic tests and helps companies receive regulatory approvals for their products, will expand operations at its U.S. headquarters in Madison. https://t.co/bPMSuWESGd

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.@Rogers_BH opened a mental health program for seniors at its Brown Deer campus Monday.

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Improving depression screening could help the state avoid $59 million in healthcare costs, @WICollabHQ said in a recent report.

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Wisconsin will not implement Medicaid work requirements sooner than Jan. 1, 2027, the state’s health secretary reiterated Friday.

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BadgerCare Plus enrollment continued to decline in April.

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Panelists discussed the future of food as a medicine at a Wisconsin Health News virtual panel this week.
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A half dozen health plans are offering medically tailored meals to at-risk Wisconsin Medicaid members, nearly a year and a half after the benefit launched.
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State health officials identified a cluster of mpox cases in southeastern and northern Wisconsin.
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.@MayoClinicHS is expanding its Osseo hospital.
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U.S. Rep. @TomTiffanyWI, the Hazelhurst Republican running for governor, vowed to audit the state’s Medicaid program if elected.

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.@WisDOJ Attorney General Josh Kaul highlighted the state’s work to combat Medicaid fraud on Tuesday, the same day that @VP held a meeting with other attorneys general on the same topic. https://t.co/Gv98wLkaVS

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Three healthcare organizations with Wisconsin ties are among the early adopters of a federal initiative to modernize prior authorization.

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.@UWHealth and @childrenswi will not restart providing gender-affirming care to kids, despite calls to do so last week.
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Wisconsin is receiving $94.3 million from the federal governemtn to replace lead pipes that deliver water to homes.

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A newly created legislative study committee on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is looking for public members.

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“We like being independent, we like being owned and led by our patients, and we don’t want that to go away,” says @GHCSCW CEO Dr. Mark Huth.

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