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Wisconsin laid the groundwork for how it’ll spend federal funding meant to transform rural healthcare long before the dollars became available.
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Nurses at @ssmhealthwi St. Mary’s Hospital – Madison voted Thursday to form a union.
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.@SenRonJohnson, R-Wis., wants to build on a pathway he championed that allows patients with life-threatening and debilitating conditions to receive treatments not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Several health-related companies will receive state support for commercializing their work.
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Wisconsin and other states are seeking clarity from federal officials on how to exempt people with certain medical conditions from upcoming Medicaid work requirements, @DHSWI Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson said Tuesday.
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Wisconsin Democrats and healthcare providers on Tuesday reiterated a call for state and federal policymakers to establish a law guaranteeing access to contraception.
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Wisconsin ranks eighth best among states for child well-being, according to a report released Monday. However, the ranking obscures Wisconsin’s deep racial disparities, according to @KidsForwardWI.
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Milwaukee County did not see a significant change in overall suicide rates after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it did see a shift in who is dying and how, according to a recently released draft report.
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Dane County’s one-stop shop for connecting those in need of mental health help to resources has seen a 67 percent increase in the number served each year since 2021.
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State health officials expect to seek sign-off from the federal government to cover pre-release services for incarcerated people through Medicaid by the end of the year, according to a letter they sent to lawmakers last week.
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High healthcare costs, poor access to providers and a “lack of whole-person, prevention-focused care” are among the hurdles to improving Wisconsinites’ health, according to a state report released late last month.
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Wisconsin recently began offering a way for occupational therapists to acquire a single credential that will allow them to practice in multiple states.
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"Our members are at the center of what we do, but our goal is to never put them in the middle," says Medica Wisconsin Market President Josh Gustafson.
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Tennessee-based Lifepoint Health has reacquired Watertown Regional Medical Center.
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Staff members at @ABCforHEALTH, a nonprofit law firm in Madison that helps its clients with health coverage and medical debt challenges, are unionizing.
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Nurses at @ssmhealthwi St. Mary’s Hospital – Madison will vote June 11 on whether to unionize. wisconsinhealthnews.com/2026…
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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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