Wisconsin news and information

A recent survey of some 2,500 doctors conducted by Dr. Jon Tilburt at the Mayo Clinic and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was full of good news for those of us who believe that, as physicians, we have a big role to play in controlling healthcare costs. It reveals...
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CLEVELAND—Healthcare leaders and local officials celebrated the completion of the Global Center for Health Innovation, a long-planned venue to showcase healthcare technology and ideas. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald told about 400 invited guests to the Oct. 8 ceremony that the...
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UnityPoint Health, until recently known as Iowa Health, is making its biggest reach so far outside of its home state.
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A Medicare test of accountable care in Wisconsin slowed cost growth last year for about 20,000 seniors. That's good news, of course, to economists and policymakers. But for hospitals, the news was not all good because most payers continue to reimburse on a fee-for-service basis rewarding more...
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More than 7,000 Wisconsin residents who will lose Medicaid coverage in January will receive financial assistance from University of Wisconsin Health and United Way of Dane County.
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With new online health insurance exchanges set to launch Tuesday, consumers in many Southern and Plains states will have to look harder for information on how the marketplaces work than their counterparts elsewhere.
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More than 56,000 low-income households in Wisconsin are expected to receive letters this week informing them that they will stop receiving Medicaid coverage at the end of the year. They will be told they can apply for federally subsidized private coverage in the state health insurance exchange,...
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Amphion Medical Solutions named Subbu Ravi as COO, a new position at the company, a Madison, Wis.-based provider of medical transcription and coding software and services.
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The days of getting free drug samples from a Wisconsin physician are largely over. Healthcare organizations have or are in the process of phasing out free samples to patients, as well as curbing visits by drug and medical equipment salesmen to doctors. They cite a variety of reasons for ending the...
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Community organizers throughout Wisconsin plan to begin offering sessions as early as Oct. 2 to help people being removed from the state's Medicaid program next year assess other healthcare options.
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