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Feb. 9, 2023
2023 Hospital Board Member Education - Every Fascinating Thing You Should Know!
WHA is hosting an education learning day for hospital board of directors and their respective CEOs on Thursday, May 4. This dynamic education will be offered by WHA corporate member Quarles & Brady.
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Feb. 9, 2023
WHA, Health Care Leaders Visit Capitol Hill Feb. 8
On Feb. 8, WHA joined the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) with a group of a dozen rural hospital leaders to urge Wisconsin’s Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill to support Wisconsin’s rural health care priorities.
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Feb. 9, 2023
Gov. Evers Appoints Former City of Milwaukee Public Health Lead to Head DHS
On Feb. 6, Gov. Tony Evers announced he has appointed the former City of Milwaukee Public Health Commissioner, Kirsten Johnson, to serve as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
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Feb. 9, 2023
WHA Council on Workforce Development Focuses on Sustaining the Health Care Workforce
Growing, recruiting, retaining and sustaining the health care workforce was the focus of WHA’s Council on Workforce Development at their first meeting of 2023.
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Feb. 9, 2023
DSPS Offers New Resource to License Holders
Wisconsin’s Medical Examining Board (MEB) and the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) have teamed up to offer a cloud-based continuing education (CE) management tool, CE Broker, to those in occupations licensed by the MEB who must fulfill CE requirements to obtain and renew licensure, including physicians, dieticians, respiratory care practitioners and others.
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Feb. 9, 2023
Only a Few Weeks Left to Register for WHA’s Physician Leadership Development Conference
The WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference is only a few weeks away. This event will once again offer timely and relevant content that is applicable to both physician leaders (developing and senior) and non-clinical senior-level hospital or health system administrators or executives.
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Feb. 2, 2023
Biden Administration Announces PHE will End May 11
On Jan. 30, the Biden administration announced it would be officially ending the federal public health emergency (PHE) on May 11.
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Feb. 2, 2023
Appeals Court Sides with Drug Manufacturers in 340B Contract Pharmacy Case
On Jan. 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled that drugmakers participating in the 340B prescription drug discount program do not have to provide 340B discounts at an unlimited number of contract pharmacies utilized by hospitals and other covered entities.
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Feb. 2, 2023
'The House Always Wins': Insurers' Record Profits Clash with Hospitals' Hardship
With most healthcare organizations having now released their third quarter earnings, the gap between provider and payer profits continues to widen.
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Feb. 2, 2023
Fast Forward Grants an Opportunity to Leverage Health Care Career Pathways
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has extended the timeline for Fast Forward grant applications to Feb. 28. Wisconsin Fast Forward matching grants are open to all industries and may provide hospitals and health systems an opportunity to leverage an advantage not all industries have: visible and supported career pathways that lead to increased pay in high-demand fields.
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