On May 7, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means met on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 140 Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Port Washington. Assembly Bill 183 Relating to: standard industrial classification […]
On April 24, 2025, the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 156 Relating to: requiring first responders to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems Senate Bill 122 Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in […]
On April 23, 2025, the Senate Committee on Health held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 71 Relating to: ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact Senate Bill 152 Relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program Senate Bill 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical […]
**NOTE: This committee was joined in progress and some content was not covered** On April 23, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 44 Relating to: allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for […]
In January, Marshfield Clinic Health System joined South Dakota-based Sanford Health, creating a seven-state health system comprising 56 hospitals, 4,500 providers and two health plans. At a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker Event on February 11, 2025, Sanford Health CEO Bill Gassen and Dr. Brian Hoerneman, CEO of the Marshfield Clinic Region for Sanford Health, discussed […]
Wisconsin hospital leaders discussed the most pressing issues facing their industry at the annual Wisconsin Health News Hospital CEO Roundtable on December 10, 2024 in Madison. Speakers include: Eric Borgerding, President and Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) Dr. Imran Andrabi, CEO, Froedtert ThedaCare Health Sue Anderson, Regional President, SSM Wisconsin Daniel Jackson, CEO, Ascension Wisconsin Mike Schafer, CEO, Spooner Health
Dr. Megan Schultz is a pediatric emergency physician at Children’s Wisconsin. After completing her pediatrics residency in Boston, Dr. Schultz moved to Milwaukee for an emergency medicine fellowship, where she saw more gunshot wounds in children in her first week than she did in all her three years in Boston. Now, she is one of many […]
The decision by Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health to exit western Wisconsin — which will result in two hospitals and 19 clinics shutting down — shook the region. Since the announcement, healthcare providers and elected officials have taken action. On March 19, 2024, a virtual Wisconsin Health News panel took a deep dive […]
On March 7, 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services hosted a meeting on Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus Non-Emergency Medical Transportation with the Transportation Advisory Council. TAC is comprised of representatives from transportation and healthcare providers and advocacy groups. The TAC serves in an advisory capacity to provide feedback and recommendations for the improvement […]