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Health care in Wisconsin is now delivered in one of the most highly integrated models in the country. Over the past decade, WHA members large and small, urban and rural, have evolved beyond simply hospital organizations into vertically integrated regional and local community health systems including clinics and physician employees. That evolution has changed our members’ relationships with physicians in particular, with more than 75 percent of practicing physicians in Wisconsin being a financial part of WHA member organizations.
WHA Contact
Matthew Stanford
General Counsel
608-274-1820
EMAIL:
Matthew Stanford
As WHA’s members’ operations and interests have evolved beyond the traditional walls of the hospital, so too has WHA. With the physician and clinic components of health care becoming a larger proportion of WHA members’ enterprise, WHA has proactively responded to those changes by enhancing Association activities to incorporate issues, opportunities and initiatives in support of integrated system physicians.
Physician Resources
WHA Physician Leaders Council
Established in 2014 to tap into the significant resources and perspectives that WHA member physician leaders bring to Wisconsin’s health and hospital systems, WHA’s Physician Leaders Council consists of Chief Medical Officers, Vice Presidents for Medical Affairs and other physician leaders in WHA’s member organizations. The Council meets quarterly and provides key input and guidance on WHA efforts to help address a wide range of policy and other needs facing physicians and physician leaders in WHA’s member organizations.
Contact WHA Chief Medical Officer
Chris Green, M.D.
at 608-274-1820 for more information about the WHA Physician Leaders Council.
WHA Valued Voice - Physician Edition
The WHA Valued Voice – Physician Edition is a bi-weekly newsletter of WHA articles relevant to WHA member physicians and physician leaders. To subscribe to the WHA Valued Voice – Physician Edition, contact
Shannon Nelson
, WHA Communications Manager at 608-274-1820.
WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference
First held in 2006, WHA’s Physician Leadership Development Conference provides a resource for hospitals and health systems to help existing or emerging physician leaders develop advanced physician leadership skills.
Physician Workforce Reports
Ensuring Wisconsin has a sufficient physician workforce is of critical importance to WHA members and the communities they serve. Building upon WHA authored 2004 and 2008 physician work force reports, WHA’s 2011 report “
100 New Physicians a Year: An Imperative for Wisconsin”
has served as Wisconsin’s physician workforce blueprint for driving targeted, effective public policy to expand Wisconsin’s physician capacity.
In 2014, WHA lobbied to secure funding for the Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce, Inc., (WCMEW) – an organization co-founded by WHA - to continue to support research and efforts to maintain a workforce that meets current and future health care needs for Wisconsin. As follow ups to WHA’s 2011 report, WCMEW has released subsequent updates to Wisconsin’s ’s physician workforce projections and recommendations.
WHA Physician Engagement and Retention Toolkit: Critical Questions for Organizational Self-Assessment
Developed in consultation with the WHA Physician Leaders Council and created as a benefit of WHA membership, the toolkit compiles a set of potential ideas, strategies, and resources that administrative and physician leaders of integrated care organizations can use to help guide and internally develop a customized physician retention strategic plan unique for their organization.
Key Resources
07.22.2019
WHA Proposal for MEB to Add Physician Licensure Processing Time Measures as a Standing Agenda Item
10.23.2018
Comment Letter to CMS: Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019
01.01.2018
Mapping Our Way to Success: Wisconsin’s Physician Workforce Wisconsin Council on Medical Education & Workforce
01.12.2016
WHA Physician Engagement and Retention Toolkit: Critical Questions for Organizational Self-Assessment
01.01.2016
A Work in Progress: Building Wisconsin's Future Physician Workforce - Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce
01.01.2011
100 New Physicians a Year: An Imperative for Wisconsin - A Report by the Wisconsin Hospital Association
Newsletter Articles and Press Releases
10.04.2022
WHA Physician Leaders Council Calls for Continued Work on MEB Chaperone Rule
09.22.2022
WHA Physician Leaders Council Calls for Continued Work on MEB Chaperone Rule
12.23.2021
WHA Physician Leaders Council Identifies Workforce and Post-Acute Care as Biggest Hospital Capacity
12.09.2021
Updated Physician Study Released, Flaws Remain
08.26.2021
Physician Leadership Development Conference moving to virtual platform
06.17.2021
WHA Physician Leaders Council Discusses Vaccine Acceptance, APRN Bill and Kohler Event
03.18.2021
Two-Part WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference Kicks Off with Inspirational Messages from
03.11.2021
WHA Physician Leaders Council Reviews COVID-19, Vaccines and More
01.21.2021
WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference to Feature Separate Virtual and In-Person Events
12.30.2020
WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference to Feature Separate Virtual and In-Person Events
12.10.2020
WHA Physician Leaders Council Discusses Political Landscape, COVID-19, Physician Leadership Develo
12.03.2020
CMS Releases Final Physician Fee Schedule and Outpatient Rules for Calendar Year 2021
12.03.2020
WHA Names New Chief Medical Officer
11.25.2020
In Win for Hospital Value-Based-Payments, HHS Finalizes Reforms to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statu
10.29.2020
WHA Physician Leaders Council Considers Key Policy Issues
08.13.2020
Rural Physician Leaders Roundtable Grapples with Common COVID-19 Challenges
02.27.2020
WHA Rural Physician Leaders Roundtable Holds Inaugural Meeting
02.20.2020
WHA Legislative Priorities Move through State Assembly
01.02.2020
WHA to Establish Rural Physician Leader Roundtable
12.19.2019
WHA Physician Leaders Council Tackles Myriad Issues
11.27.2019
Governor Evers Signs WHA-Priority Bills into Law
10.24.2019
Assembly Health Committee Hears Legislation Removing Barriers to Team-Based Care
10.24.2019
WHA Physician Leaders Council (PLC) Provides Input on Key Advocacy Issues and WHA’s Future Physician
10.15.2019
CMS Releases Long Awaited Changes to Stark/Antikickback Proposed Rule
10.01.2019
WHA Submits Comments on CMS’ 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
08.06.2019
CMS Issues Proposed Rule on 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Measures
06.25.2019
HHS & Wisconsin Providers Discuss Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Coordinated, Value-Based Care
06.18.2019
Epic Systems Hosts WHA's June 10 Physician Leaders Council Meeting
04.30.2019
Wisconsin Congressional Delegation Supports Stark Law Reform
03.19.2019
MD Engagement Strategies Shared at 14th Annual WHA Physician Leadership Conference
02.12.2019
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Release WHA-Backed Legislation to Extend Physician Licensure Compact
02.12.2019
High Retention Rate Grows Rural Physicians for Wisconsin
12.11.2018
WHA Physician Leaders Council Advances Regulatory Relief Agenda
10.23.2018
New Report Analyzes Wisconsin Psychiatry Shortage
10.23.2018
WHA Physician Leaders Council Guides MD Regulatory Burden Agenda
07.13.2018
New Report Lends Urgency to WI Health Care Workforce Shortages
Other Resources
Physician Compass
Physician Leader Resources (pdf)