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Mar. 24, 2022
DHS to Study Wisconsin’s Long-Term Care System
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is planning to engage an independent organization to study Wisconsin’s long-term care. DHS recently briefed WHA on the study.
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Mar. 24, 2022
OCI Takes Action Against Unlicensed Business Selling Limited Term Health Plans
On March 22, the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) announced that Salvasen Health, LLC, would no longer be permitted to issue new policies or renew existing policies in Wisconsin. The action was effective on Jan. 31, 2022.
Health Insurance ExchangeMar. 24, 2022
WHA Health Care Workforce Forum to Seek Collaborative Solutions to Worker Shortage
WHA will host a complimentary webinar to explore challenges and opportunities to sustain and strengthen Wisconsin’s health care workforce.
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Mar. 24, 2022
Acts of Violence Against Health Care Workers is Now a Felony in Wisconsin
WHA has created resources and learning opportunities to help members interpret and promulgate the stipulations of Act 209, recently signed into law, which makes threats and acts of violence against health care workers a Class H felony.
Workforce - AdvocacyArticle
Mar. 24, 2022
WHA Member Health Systems Urge Congress to Make Hospital at Home Program Permanent
WHA and its members are urging Congress to make the federal Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program permanent. In a March 21 letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, WHA and its members wrote in support of the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053/S. 3792), bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio).
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Mar. 24, 2022
President Signs FY 2022 Spending Bill Including Temporary Telehealth Extensions & 340B Flexibilities
On March 15, President Joe Biden signed into law an omnibus FY 2022 spending bill to keep the federal government funded through Sept. 30, following a deal reached in Congress on March 8.
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Mar. 24, 2022
WHA Health Care Leadership Academy Attendees Learn Value of WHAIC Data Tools to Decision Making
In a March 22 virtual session entitled Data Tools for Everyday Use, WHA Health Care Leadership Academy participants received an overview of the data resources available to help them in their leadership roles through the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC).
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Mar. 17, 2022
WHA Report: Wisconsin’s Health Care Workforce Reached Tipping Point in 2021
An aging workforce combined with a spike in worker departures associated with nationwide employment disruption dubbed the “Great Resignation” created unprecedented levels of vacancy rates in health care professions in 2021, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s 2022 Health Care Workforce Report.
Workforce - AdvocacyArticle
Mar. 17, 2022
DHS Secretary-Designee Timberlake Headlines WHA-Sponsored WHN Newsmaker Event
WHA President and CEO Eric Borgerding had the privilege of introducing Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake at a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker luncheon in Madison on March 15. In his introductory remarks, Borgerding noted that COVID revealed strengths in Wisconsin’s health care infrastructure that must be leveraged going forward, but also weaknesses “we cannot leave unaddressed.”
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Mar. 17, 2022
WHA Health Care Workforce Forum to Seek Collaborative Solutions to Worker Shortage
WHA will host a complimentary webinar to explore challenges and opportunities to sustain and strengthen Wisconsin’s health care workforce.
