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  • Group Insurance Board Takes Step Forward on RFP for Self-Funding
  • Advocacy Day Makes a Difference
  • New Legislator Profile: Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison)
  • Early Bird Discount for WHA Physician Leadership Conference Ends January 15
  • 2015 Fundraising Campaign Sets New Records Thanks to Supporters
  • New Law Provides Meaningful Use Hardship Exception Flexibility
  • Guest Column: A Message from WHA’s 2016 Board Chair
  • WHA Quality Launches New Year with Essential Safety Practices Webinar Series

  • Voters Say Health Care Important to Economy, Rank Health Care Value High
  • Medicaid Access Rule Requires State to Review Provider Payments
  • 2016 Advocacy Day: Register Today!
  • Worker’s Compensation Bill Receives Support
  • President’s Column: What WMC’s Voter Poll Tells Us About Health Care
  • WI Board of Nursing Considers Several Important Changes to Practice Rules
  • Nygren HOPE Legislation Passes Assembly with WHA-Backed Amendments
  • Feb. 25 WHA Webinar Focuses on Leader’s Role in Tackling Opioid Abuse
  • WHA Adds CDC Opioid Guidelines to WHA.org Resources
  • PSC Announces Application Period for Medical Telecommunications Grants
  • Member News: Turkal Will Chair AHA Section

  • HSHS Hosts Governor, Rep. Nygren at Community Listening Session on Opioid Abuse
  • Wisconsin Medical Examining Board Halts Action on Telemedicine Rules after Public Testimony
  • Governor Mentions Possible Savings from State Employee Health Insurance Reform in Annual Address
  • President’s Column
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospital Hosts Legislators
  • The Value of WHA Advocacy Day
  • New Measures Added to CheckPoint
  • Columbus Health Care Trustee Honored with WHA Award
  • Dibbert Joins WHA
  • Quality Residency Graduates First Class of Residents
  • ThedaCare, Bellin to Participate in Next Generation ACO Model
  • Member News: Rohrer is New Director of Madison VA Hospital

  • Assembly Committee Hears Agreed-To Work Comp Legislation
  • WHA to Federal Delegation: Fix HOPD Payment Prohibition
  • Assembly Lawmakers Release Rural Initiative, Residency Funding
  • Feb. 25 WHA Webinar Focuses on Leader’s Role in Tackling Opioid Abuse
  • Register Now for WHA 2016 Advocacy Day Scheduled March 30
  • CDC Issues Zika Guidelines; WHA Creates Resource Page
  • Member News: Burch Named CEO of Aspirus Riverview
  • Member News: ThedaCare Receives National Recognition for Community Service
  • SAVE THE DATE:

  • Bipartisan WHA Mental Health Bill Approved by Joint Finance Committee
  • WHA Advocacy Day 8 Weeks Away–Register Today
  • Feb. 25 WHA Webinar Focuses on Leader’s Role in Tackling Opioid Abuse
  • House Holds Hearing on Prescription Drug Price Hikes
  • Whole House Safety Huddles Expert Presents for WHA
  • After a Slow Start, Flu Cases Are Increasing in Wisconsin
  • CDC Releases New Zika Guidance Today; WHA Updates Resource Page

  • WHA Webinars Focus on Leaders’ Role in Tackling the Opioid Abuse Issue
  • WHA, Hospital Leaders Meet with Speaker Ryan
  • Exchange Enrollment Reaches 239,000 in Wisconsin for 2016
  • President Releases Proposed Budget Request
  • President Asks Congress for Zika Funding
  • Member News: Dr. Alan Kaplan Named Chief Executive Officer of UW Health

  • Schimel Receives Strong Support for Opioid Abuse Campaign from WHA Board
  • WHA Board Approves Aggressive 2016 Goals
  • GIB Approves Moving Ahead with RFP for Self-Funding State Group Health Plan
  • WHA Board Recognizes Inaugural Recipient of Brenton Health Policy Scholarship
  • WHA Legislative Priorities Receive Final Approval by State Assembly
  • WHA Health Care Leaders Coalition Meets with Rep. Nygren, AG Schimel
  • 24th Annual $2,500 Rural Health Prize - June 1 Deadline
  • WHA Member Forum Webinar Focuses on Leaders’ Role in Tackling Opioid Abuse
  • Wisconsin MEB Forms New Committee to Draft Telemedicine Rules
  • Chatterton Joins WHA as Education Coordinator
  • CMS Extends 2015 EHR Attestation Deadline
  • WHA Advocacy Day Closes in on 600 Registrations
  • WisHHRA Annual Conference for Human Resource Professionals, April 20-22
  • WONE Annual Convention for Nurse Leaders and Managers, April 13-15
  • Member News: Braun Named Flambeau Hospital Chief Administrative Officer
  • Member News: Mayo Announces Leadership Changes in Northwest Wisconsin

  • WHA Hails Package of Mental Health Reforms
  • “Opioids are Ripping the Fabric of Our Communities”
  • Guest Column: ISG Advisors Turns 35
  • WHA Telemedicine Task Force Responds to MEB’s Continued Push for Rule
  • WHA Physician Leaders Council Focuses on 2016 WHA Goals
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Congressman Glenn Grothman Tours Children’s Hospital-Fox Valley
  • Still Time to Register for Advocacy Day 2016 - March 30 in Madison
  • WHA to Host May 5 Community Benefit/Population Health Summit
  • Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program Trains International Nurses
  • Wisconsin Partnership Program Seeks Community Partners
  • Hospital Emergency Readiness Efforts on Display for Winter Storm

  • WHA Report Shows Hospitals Continue to Improve Quality, Reduce Infections
  • Legislative Panel Confirmed For WHA Advocacy Day, March 30
  • Worker’s Compensation Bill Signed Into Law
  • President’s Column: Health System Performance Good News for Milwaukee
  • CMS Issues Network Adequacy Standards, Policy Changes Impacting Hospitals
  • Lt. Governor Kleefisch Visits HSHS Western Wisconsin Hospitals
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Monroe Clinic Hosts DHS Secretary Rhoades, Rep. Novak
  • WHA to Host Symposium on Patient and Family-Centered Care and Engagement
  • Nygren Reflects on his Heroin, Opiate, Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) Successes and Urges “Cult
  • Registration Open for WHA Community Benefit/Pop Health Summit May 5
  • White House Recognizes Milwaukee for High Marketplace Enrollment Rate
  • CMS Extends Meaningful Use Hardship Exception Deadline
  • WHA Webinar Shares Wisconsin Best Practices in Tackling Opioid Abuse Issue
  • DHS Investigates Bacterial Bloodstream Infections
  • Member News: Wheaton Franciscan Becomes Part of Ascension Wisconsin

  • Governor Walker Confirmed as 2016 Advocacy Day Luncheon Keynote
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: March is Traumatic Brain Injury Month
  • Attorney General Schimel Confirmed to Keynote WHA Community Health Summit
  • Board of Nursing Approves Updates to APNP Rule
  • American Hospital Association Annual Meeting
  • WHA Member Forum: Health Care Leader Opioid Initiative Webinar Series
  • DHS/DQA 2016 Hospital Conference, May 12

  • WHA Applauds Continued Focus on Addressing Heroin and Opioid Addiction
  • Nationally-Recognized Collaborative Work in Wisconsin Reduces Infections
  • WHA Lauds Introduction of Physician Residency Bill
  • New CDC Guidelines on the Use of Opioids Added to WHA Resource Page
  • Medical Examining Board Holds First Committee Meeting on Telemedicine Rule
  • 2016 County Health Rankings Data Valuable to CHNA Process
  • Grassroots Spotlight: U.S. Rep. Moore Visits CSM Columbia College of Nursing
  • 2016 Advocacy Day Registrations Top 900
  • WHA Leadership Conference Valued by Physicians, Administrative Leaders
  • Final Numbers Show 239,000 Wisconsinites Select Health Plan in the Exchange
  • Wisconsin Health Centers Receive Over $1.7 Million to Battle Opioids
  • CDC Releases Health Care-Associated Infections Progress Report
  • WHA’s Symposium for Patient and Family-Centered Care and Engagement, May 20
  • WCMEW Council Reviews 2016 Physician Workforce Report
  • Member News: Jim Nelson Appointed to Worker’s Comp Health Care Committee

  • Kolste Discusses Recently-Enacted Laws with WHA Public Policy Council
  • Attorney General Schimel Confirmed to Keynote WHA Community Health Summit
  • Doeringsfeld Joins WHA Information Center
  • The Other March Madness
  • Save the Date for WCMEW Statewide GME Summit, May 25
  • Health Care Coalition Equips Hospitals with Portable UV Lights
  • Member News: Bernie Sherry to Lead Ascension Wisconsin
  • Is Your Benefits Program Multi-Generational?

  • WHA 2016 Advocacy Day Attracts more than 1,000 Hospital Supporters to Madison
  • Walker Tells Hospital Supporters: Health Care Supports Economic Development
  • WHA Legislative Panelists Debate Medicaid, but Agree Health Care is an Asset
  • WHA Hails Signing of Health Care Data Modernization Act
  • Kolste Receives WHA 2016 Health Care Advocate Award
  • Hospital Sisters Health System Receives WHA 2016 Advocacy All-Star Award
  • Following Briefing, Over 500 “Citizen Lobbyists” Head to State Capitol to Meet with Legislators
  • WCMEW to Host GME Summit May 25
  • In Memoriam: Dick Davidson Remembered
  • Member News: Bellin Health Leadership Changes

  • WHA Summaries of Recently-Passed Laws Now Available
  • WEDC Promotes High-Quality Health Care; Study Finds Wisconsin 6th Best for Coverage
  • New Legislator Profile: Rep. Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville)
  • WHA to Host May 5 Community Benefit/Population Health Summit
  • Webinar to Focus on Recent Ransomware Occurrences in Health Care, April 13
  • “We are Watching,” Dr. Keith Berge Warns Hospital Employees
  • WCMEW to Host GME Summit May 25
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: April is Sports Eye Injury Awareness Month
  • Resources Available to Help Hospitals Combat Emerging Cyber Threats
  • Health Systems Find Employee Wellness Programs Benefit Other Employers

  • GME Leaders from Georgia and Idaho to Headline WCMEW GME Summit, May 25
  • Register Now for WHA Symposium for Patient and Family-Centered Care and Engagement, May 20
  • New Legislator Profile: Rep. Terry Katsma (R - Oostburg)
  • Webinar Focuses on WI Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, April 27
  • Help Promote WI Drug Take-Back Day April 30
  • Guest Column: Wisconsin Technology Council Helps Move Ideas to Market
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Hosts Speaker Paul Ryan
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Reedsburg Area Medical Center Hosts Lt. Governor and Area Legislators
  • ISG Advisors: Understanding Financial Planning Designations

  • WHA on Track to Meet 2016 Goals; Board Approves Adding Two Physician Leaders
  • Additional WHA Summaries of Recently-Passed Laws Now Available
  • MACRA Implementation: Aurora’s Dr. Bailet Testifies Before Congress
  • CMS Overall Hospital Star Ratings Delayed
  • Wisconsin Gets an “A” for Palliative Care Services
  • WHA to Host May 5 Community Benefit/Population Health Summit
  • Wisconsin Eye Presents New Series: Dealing with Dementia Starting May 2

  • WHA Information Center Launches KAAVIO
  • Proposed Regulation on Physician Payments (MACRA) Released
  • New Legislator Profile: Amanda Stuck (D-Appleton)
  • CMS Finalizes “Mega Rule” on Medicaid Managed Care
  • All WHA Summaries of Recently-Passed Laws Now Available
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Ministry St. Elizabeth Hospital Highlights “Project Search” During State Rep.
  • WHA Members Preview New Wisconsin Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
  • WHA Webinar Aims to Debunk Myths on Opioid Prescribing, Patient Satisfaction
  • Fort HealthCare Transitional Care Program Reduces Readmissions
  • Last Chance to Register for WHA May 5 Community Health Summit
  • DPH Changes Impact Meaningful Use Reporting of Syndromic Surveillance

  • Registration Open for 2016 Wisconsin Rural Health Conference, June 29-July 1
  • HCAHPS, Patient Satisfaction & Opioid Prescribing: Debunking the Myths
  • Will You Be On the First Contributor Listing for 2016?
  • WHA Summit Focused on Collaborative Community Partnerships
  • President’s Column: Physician Payment Reform a WHA Top Priority
  • WHA, Hospital Leaders in DC and on Capitol Hill
  • Petasnick Receives AHA Distinguished Service Award
  • Celebrate National Hospital Week May 8-14: “Health Care from the Heart”
  • Wisconsin Medical Society Offers CME Webinar Series to Address Opioid Problem
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: Bicycle Injury Awareness

  • WHA Provides Online Resources to Help Members Understand CMS Payment Rules
  • Schimel: Employers Lose $26 Billion per Year as a Result of Opioid Abuse
  • WHA Submits Comment Letter to CMS on Proposed Part B Drug Model
  • AHA to Host Rural Hospital Policy Forum in DC
  • Rural Conference Keynote Focuses on What Makes Health Consumers Tick
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Rep. Hutton Tours Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Dental Clinic
  • WHA Webinar Aims to Debunk Myths on Opioid Prescribing, HCAHPS
  • WHA Members Celebrate National Hospital Week
  • Governor Walker Continues Listening Sessions Across State

  • WHA Prepares for MACRA as Proposed Rule is Released
  • HCAHPS, Patient Satisfaction & Opioid Prescribing: Debunking the Myths
  • Will You Be on the First Contributor Listing for 2016?
  • Group Insurance Board Details Self-Funding RFP Timeline
  • Statsick Joins Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC and Conduit Fundraising Team
  • Lt. Governor Kleefisch Visits Fort HealthCare
  • Hospital Package Released in Congress, Includes Targeted HOPD Fix
  • WHA Signs On to Alliance for American Hospitals Letter
  • Medical Examining Board Telemedicine Subcommittee Proposes Simplified Rules
  • WHA Physician Leaders Council Focuses on Key 2016 WHA Goals
  • Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on White Collar Exemptions for Overtime
  • DHS Now Accepting Applications for 2015 Physician Meaningful Use Payments
  • Call for Nominations: 2016 Global Vision Community Partnership Award
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: May is National Stroke Awareness Month

  • U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Amends Hospital Package
  • WHA Information Center Adds "Quick Reports" to KAAVIO
  • Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Campaign Tops $120,000
  • Guest Column: Keeping Your Organization’s Retirement Plan on Track
  • WHA Thanks WI Delegation for Signing onto Bipartisan Dear Colleague Letters
  • Chiropractic Associations Spar in Senate Health Committee Informational Hearing
  • Patient Safety Expert to Lead WHA Fall Prevention Practices Workshop, Aug. 17
  • WHA Hosts Symposium for Patient and Family Centered Care
  • WCHQ Statewide Quality Improvement Event

  • IPFCF Assessments Reduced by 30% for 2016-17
  • State, Federal Candidates File Nomination Papers
  • New Legislator Profile: Rep. David Steffen (R-Green Bay)
  • Rural Conference Keynote Focuses on What Makes Health Consumers Tick
  • CMS Clarifies Meaningful Use Measure for Hospitals Starting in 2018
  • WHA Launches Webinar Series Focused on Legal and Regulatory Hot Topics
  • Webinar Focuses on National Call to Action to Eliminate Health Care Disparities
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: June is Cataract Awareness Month

  • WHA Staff Shares MACRA Overview with Board, Reports on 2016 Goal Progress
  • U.S. House Passes Hospital Package
  • Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit
  • Concerns about Self Funding Highlighted at News Event
  • EMTALA Compliance Focus of July 13 WHA Member Forum Webinar
  • July 19 Webinar Examines DOL Final Rule on Overtime Exemptions
  • WHA’s Opioid Misuse and Abuse Webinar Series Now Available On Demand
  • New Resource on Prescription Opioids Added to WHA Resource Page
  • Eliminating Health Care Disparities Focus of July 21 Webinar
  • Gov. Walker Joins Hospitals to Celebrate Project SEARCH Graduates
  • New Resources Available on WHA Zika Web Page
  • Member News: SSM Health President/CEO Thompson to Retire in 2017

  • WHA Meets with CMS’s Slavitt on Physician Payment Reform
  • WHA Comments on DSH, Quality Programs Proposed Changes
  • Medical Examining Board Considers New Opioid Rule and Guideline
  • WHA Compiles Wisconsin-specific Exchange Enrollment Data Tables
  • Variety of Legal and Regulatory Hot Topics Focus of Webinar Series
  • WCMEW and AHEC to Jointly Sponsor Conference
  • Rusk County Memorial Hospital to Host Upcoming H2H Meeting
  • Reminder: Meaningful Use Hardship Exception Deadline Is July 1
  • Workshop to Focus on Fall and Injury Prevention Practices, August 17
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center
  • AHA Releases Tool for Assessing and Improving Community Health
  • DHS and Partners Conduct Large-Scale Anthrax Response

  • WHA 2016 Nominating Awards Committee to Meet in Early September
  • EMTALA Compliance Focus of July 13 WHA Member Forum Webinar
  • Annual Workshop for Hospital Foundation Leaders Scheduled August 16
  • Fall and Injury Prevention Expert Pat Quigley to Lead Workshop, August 17
  • Call for Nominations: 2016 Global Vision Community Partnership Award
  • President’s Column: “We are all in this together” – In Remembrance of Kitty Rhoades
  • Hospitals and Partners Practice Plan for Responding to Highly Infectious Diseases
  • ISG: Benefits Can Help Cultivate a Happier, Healthier, More Loyal Workforce

  • WHA Submits Comments on MACRA Proposed Rule
  • WHA Submits Comment Letter to CMS Opposing CAH Reimbursement Changes
  • WHA Information Center Inpatient Psychiatric Bed Locator Now “Live”
  • Political Action Spotlight
  • ETF Releases Draft RFP for Self-Funding
  • WHA, Rural Leaders in Washington, DC
  • Duplicative DHS 124 Hospital Regulations Sunset on July 1
  • WI Trained Physicians Eligible for Primary Care and Psychiatry Grant Program
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center

  • Wisconsin Rural Hospitals Support Essential Health Care Infrastructure Statewide
  • The State of Health Care in Wisconsin: WHA, RWHC Share Rural Perspectives on Key Issues
  • Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Top $160,000
  • MCW Central Wisconsin Welcomes First Students at White Coat Ceremony
  • CMS Releases Proposed FY 2017 OPPS Rule
  • Rich States, Poor States Report Ranks Wisconsin 9th in Economic Outlook
  • New Position in WI Worker’s Comp Division to Focus on Workplace Safety
  • DEADLINE CHANGED: Seeking Presentation Proposals for WCMEW and AHEC Conference Submission
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin In Washington, D.C.
  • HHS Says Pain Management Questions Will be Removed from HCAHPS Surveys
  • Final Call for Nominations: 2016 Global Vision Community Partnership Award
  • Hot Topics of EMTALA and DOL’s OT Exemptions Focus of July Webinars
  • July 21 Webinar Highlights National Initiative to Eliminate Health Care Disparities
  • WHA Workshop Focuses on Hospital Foundations
  • Register Today for WHA Fall and Injury Prevention Practices Workshop
  • Flu Mist Option Not Recommended for 2016-17 Influenza Season
  • Member News: PAM Specialty Hospital Receives Respiratory Failure Certification
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: Be Safe in the Sun

  • Opioid Treatment Program in Green Bay Shows the Importance of Collaboration
  • Guest Column: Advocacy Is Our Obligation
  • Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit, Part of WHA’s Integrated Approach to Advocacy
  • CMS’ FY 2017 OPPS Rule Contains Proposals for Meaningful Use Flexibility
  • Variety of Legal and Regulatory Hot Topics Focus of Webinar Series
  • Final Chance to Register for July 19 Webinar: DOL Overtime Rule
  • Hospital Foundation Workshop Focuses on Engaging Donors, Board Members
  • Patient Safety Innovations Expert Pat Quigley to Lead Session on Falls and Injury Prevention
  • ISG: Engaging Retirement Plan Participants

  • Wisconsin Health Care Maintains Rank among Best in Nation
  • Senators Act on WHA-Backed Rural Recommendations
  • WI Scores High on Commonwealth Report on Local Health System Performance
  • Telemedicine Subcommittee Announces MED 24 Ready for Full MEB Board Review
  • Wisconsin Delegation Sends Letter to CMS on Mixed-Use Space
  • MEB Approves Final Version of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
  • WHA Seeking Nominations for 2017 Board, Including Two Physician Leaders
  • Rottmann Named COO of WISHIN
  • New Victim Advocate Law Takes Effect August 1
  • Maximum Medical Record Copy Fees Adjusted Upward for Inflation
  • New Lab Testing Information Available on WHA Zika Web Page

  • ETF Issues RFP for Self-Funding
  • Wisconsin Work Comp Premium Rates Lowest Among Neighboring States
  • WHA Provides Medicare PPS Rule Summaries and Hospital-Specific Analysis on Medicare Reimbursement
  • Register Today for Hospital Foundation Workshop, August 16
  • Save the Date: November 10-11, 2016 Interprofessional Collaborations: Advancing Wisconsin’s Healthca
  • New Zika Presentation Added to WHA Online Resources

  • WHA Board Planning Session Helps Set WHA Course for the Future
  • WHA MACRA Webinar Focuses on Implementation of MIPS
  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Tops $190,000
  • Managing Risk in Telemedicine Platforms Focus of WHA Member Forum Webinar
  • Legislative Study Committee on Rural Broadband Holds First Meeting
  • Public Service Commission Releases Survey on Broadband Service
  • Governor Appoints Seemeyer to Lead Department of Health Services
  • Still Time to Register for Annual Hospital Foundation Leaders Workshop, Aug. 16
  • WHIO Names Richardson CEO
  • Help WHA Tell Your Story in the 2016 Community Impact Report

  • WHA Sponsors WisconsinEye Candidate Interviews
  • Primary Elections Set Stage for State and Federal Races
  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Campaign Tops $200,000
  • WHA to Lead September 13 Washington DC Fly-in
  • Register today for WHA Webinar Focused on MACRA
  • CMS Final IPPS Rule for 2017 Issued
  • WHA Legal & Regulatory Webinar Series Highlights Hot Topics for Hospitals
  • No Locally Transmitted Zika Cases in Wisconsin, Response Plan in Place

  • State Employee Health Care Program Rates to Increase Just 1.6% in 2017
  • WHA Task Force Close to Finishing Work on MEB Telemedicine Regulations
  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Contributors: Who Made The List?
  • WHA Submits Comments on CMS Proposed Rule to Update the CoP
  • Fund Created to Assist Hospital Employees Devastated by Louisiana Flood
  • WHA Sponsors Fall Prevention Workshop
  • MACRA, New WHAIC Data Tool Highlight WHA Finance Council Meeting
  • Guest Column: Tackling HR’s Top Challenge

  • Key to Solving Wisconsin’s Physician Shortage May be the “86 Percent Equation”
  • Rohrkaste Tells WHA Council Low Medicaid Rates Drive Health Care System Issues
  • WHA Sponsors WisconsinEye Candidate Interviews
  • Save the Date: Nov. 16 – WHA Conference for Emerging Health Care Leaders
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Lt. Governor Visits Crossing Rivers
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Holy Family Memorial Hosts Senator Devin LeMahieu for HEAT Roundtable
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Governor Walker’s Health Care Staff Tours Safety-Net Hospitals, Family Medicin
  • DHS Application for Mandatory Pain Clinic Certification Now Available
  • WHA Legal & Regulatory Webinar Series Highlights Hot Topics for Hospitals
  • Enrollment Conference September 19-20
  • Register for the 2016 Wisconsin Healthy Hospitals & Clinics Forum
  • December 9 Seminar to Focus on 2017 Updates for the Chargemaster
  • DHS to Host Zika Webinar for Health Care Providers August 31

  • WI Health System-Employer Partnerships Make Health Care More Accessible
  • WHA Courtroom Advocacy: Court Refuses to Extend State Right to Sue in Medical Records Case…
  • WHA’s Emerging Leaders Conference, Nov. 16 to Focus on Consumer Perspective, Patient Experience
  • WHA Presents Sepsis Improvement on CDC National Call
  • WHA Education: Health Care Administrative Professionals Conference, Oct. 13
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Lt. Gov. Kleefisch Visits Southwest Health Center
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Sen. Vinehout Meets with WHA Western Region Leaders

  • WHA Submits Comments on OPPS Proposed Rule
  • Assembly Republicans Release Forward Agenda
  • Disburse Conduit Funds by November 8
  • Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities: A Future Leader’s Guide to Wisconsin Health Care
  • CMS Announces New Options for MACRA Compliance Beginning January 2017
  • WHA and HSHS Testify at Rural Broadband Committee
  • UW Launches Nation’s First Rural Residency Program in Ob-Gyn
  • WHA Legal & Regulatory Webinar Series Highlights Hot Topics for Hospitals
  • Enrollment Conference September 19-20—Registration Closes September 13
  • WCMEW and Wisconsin Collaborative for Rural GME to Host Conference November 15
  • Help WHA Tell Your Story in the 2016 Community Impact Report
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

  • WHA Convenes Leaders in Health Care from Around the State to Develop Action Plan to Battle Ongoing O
  • WHA Physician Leaders Council Discusses Regulatory Reform, MACRA
  • Hospital Leaders, WHA in DC
  • Registration Open for Wisconsin GME Summit, November 15 in Madison
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Sen. Marklein Discusses Medicaid, Workforce and Rural Broadband with Hospital
  • Donohue and Baird Keynote WHA’s Future Health Care Leaders Conference, November 16
  • CMS Finalizes Emergency Preparedness Rule for Hospitals & Other Providers
  • WHA Webinar Series Highlights CMS Alternative Payment Programs, Sept. 20
  • WHA Foundation’s 2016 Global Vision Award Honors Two Community Initiatives
  • 25th Annual $2,500 Rural Health Prize -­ June 1, 2017 Deadline

  • Governor Walker Creates Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse
  • WI Board of Nursing Begins Drafting Responsible Prescription Drug Guidelines
  • Conduit Contributions Heat Up—Disburse Funds by November 8
  • MEB Work on Telemedicine Rules Nears Completion
  • November 15 WCMEW Summit to Focus on GME
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Sen. Ringhand Joins Hospital Leaders in Janesville for WHA HEAT Roundtable
  • WHA Webinar Series Highlights National Antitrust Trends, October 12
  • Invite Your Rising Stars to WHA’s Emerging Leaders Conference, November 16
  • Prepare Your Chargemaster for 2017 at WHA Seminar, December 9

  • Wisconsin Hospital Quality Work to Continue in the Hospital Improvement Innovation Network
  • Elections 40 Days Away: Disburse Dollars Now
  • Register Today for Wisconsin GME Summit, November 15
  • Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities: A Future Leader’s Guide to Wisconsin Health Care
  • Second Stephen F. Brenton Scholarship Award Recipient Announced
  • WCMEW and AHEC November 10-11 Conference – Reminder
  • Three Wisconsin Physicians Receive Awards from the AAFP
  • Member News: Mayo Clinic Health System President/CEO Linton Announces Retirement

  • WHA to Employers: Healthy Hospitals Possible Only if Businesses Remain Strong
  • Action Required Now to be on Federal Essential Community Providers List
  • Rural Broadband Committee Includes Health Care Component in Grant Process
  • WHA Sponsors WisconsinEye 2016 Election Coverage
  • Donohue and Baird Keynote WHA’s Future Health Care Leaders Conference, November 16
  • Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Update
  • New Workforce Grants Available to Milwaukee Health Systems
  • Member News: Wolf Named Chief Administrative Officer for Marshfield Hospital
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center

  • Wisconsin Lawmakers Release Rural Health Care Proposals
  • CNA Workforce Issues Remain Front and Center for WHA Members
  • Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit: Contribute & Disburse
  • WI Delegation to CMS: Change OPPS Proposed Section 603 Implementation
  • CMS Announces Rural Health Council Solutions Summit
  • Anthony Mirasola Joins WHA Information Center
  • National Attorneys General Meeting Focuses on Opioid Abuse
  • November 16 WHA Conference Focuses on Role of Future Health Care Leaders
  • Registration Deadline Fast Approaching for Wisconsin GME Summit
  • WCMEW and AHEC November 10-11 Conference – Reminder
  • WHA Webinar Series Highlights Critical Issues for CAHs, November 3
  • WHA “Members Only” Portal Offers Custom Reports, Analysis
  • MetaStar Health Care Quality Symposium Features WHA Staff and Members
  • Partners of WHA Honors Ned Wolf with “Best of the Best Administrative Award”
  • Partners of WHA Recognize, Celebrate Volunteer Excellence at Annual Convention
  • Member News: ThedaCare President/CEO Gruner Announces Retirement

  • As Year Winds Down, WHA Staff Considers 2017 Goals
  • Van Meeteren to Serve as WHA 2017 Chair-Elect
  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit: Under Three Weeks to Elections—Disburse Dollars Now
  • President’s Column: Telling the WI Health Care Story, Again and Again…
  • WHA Board Approves Nominating Committee Recommendations
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Grassroots Spotlight: WHA West Central Region Hosts HEAT Roundtable with Sen.
  • Neufelder Receives WHA Distinguished Service Award
  • CMS Finalizes MACRA Rule
  • WHA MACRA Webinar Examines Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
  • Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities: A Future Leader’s Guide to Wisconsin Health Care
  • Chairman Johnson Letter to CMS on HOPD/OPPS Rule
  • Exchange Marketplace Open Enrollment Set to Begin
  • Upcoming Webinar Series Highlights Critical Issues for CAHs and Clinical Integration Strategies
  • Member News: Coffman Appointed to Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse

  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Moving Full Speed Ahead
  • Governor Walker Announces Members of the Task Force on Opioid Abuse
  • MEB Approves New CME Requirement Regarding Opioid Prescribing
  • Upcoming MACRA Resources from WHA include Webinar and Physician Video
  • Make Sure Your Rising Stars Have a Seat at the WHA Emerging Leaders Conference, November 16
  • WHA Member Forum: Legal & Regulatory Webinar Series
  • WCMEW Council Reviews Legislative Workforce Initiatives, Discusses Health Educator Challenges
  • Member News: Sauk Prairie Healthcare CEO Larry Schroeder to Retire
  • Western Wisconsin Health Participates in Community-Wide Active Shooter Drill

  • WI CEOs Say Health Systems Will Continue to Evolve as Market Moves to Value
  • MACRA Final Rule and Alternative Payment Models Focus of Dec. 7 Webinar
  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Tops $290,000
  • Rose Joins WHA Advocacy Team
  • CSB Reports Prescriptions for Controlled Substances Decrease
  • WHA November 16 Conference Focuses on Consumerism, Patient Experience
  • CMS Removes Pain Control Dimension from Hospital Value-Based Purchasing
  • CMS Releases Final OPPS Rule, Section 603 HOPD Implementation
  • OPPS Final Rule Addresses Meaningful Use & Other Topics
  • Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse Meets in Green Bay
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

  • Power Shifts in DC, Full Republican Control
  • Trump, Johnson Wins Trickle Down to GOP Successes in State Legislative Races
  • President’s Column: Caution Ahead
  • 12th Annual WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference, Mar. 10-11, 2017
  • Wisconsin is 7th Best State in CMS Quality Incentive Program
  • Quality Residency Program Graduates 21 Residents
  • MACRA – Final Rule Update and Pathway Toward Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
  • Richards Joins WHA Quality Team
  • Prepare Your Chargemaster for 2017 at WHA Seminar, December 9
  • Dec. 6 Webinar Highlights Clinical Integration Strategies
  • Gov. Walker Proclaims November 17 Wisconsin Rural Health Day
  • Member News: Gundersen Tri-County CEO Theiler Announces Retirement
  • Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
  • On November 9, 21 quality professionals completed the highly popular Quality Residency Program. The

  • WHA Public Policy Council Sets Focus on 2017 Legislative Agenda
  • WHA Conference Draws More than 100 Emerging Health Care Leaders
  • New CME Requirements on MEB Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Now Effective
  • Registration Open for WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference
  • Be Involved—Join a WHA Council or Committee
  • MEB Approves Final Telemedicine Rule Language
  • Grassroots Spotlight: SSM Health St. Clare Hosts Sen. Erpenbach
  • WHA Member Forum: Post-Election Analysis
  • Mercyhealth Board Member McClellan Receives 2016 WHA Trustee Award
  • WHA Foundation Campaign Supports Health Care Quality, Workforce Initiatives
  • Clinical Integration Strategies in Changing Payer Environment, Dec. 6 Webinar

  • Wisconsin Hospitals’ Statewide Community Impact Totals $1.7 Billion
  • WHA Launches Great Lakes Hospital Improvement Innovation Network
  • WHA MACRA Webinar Examines Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
  • Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse Meets in Wausau Area
  • WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference - Register Now
  • Looming HOPD Reimbursement Changes Focus of December 8 Webinar
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Spooner Health Hosts HEAT Roundtable with Sen. Janet Bewley
  • Plan to Participate in the Next Webinar in WHA Member Forum: Legal & Regulatory Series
  • Ose Receives 2016 WHA Distinguished Service Award
  • O’Hern Receives WHA Trustee of the Year Award
  • In Memorium: James J. Sexton
  • WHA Leads Discussion of CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule

  • GIB Discusses Pros/Cons of Self Funding State Employee Health Care Program
  • Newly-Appointed HHS Sec. Price Visited Wisconsin Hospitals, Clinic
  • Congressional Lame-Duck Session, 21st Century Cures Includes Mid-Build HOPD Language
  • Opioid Abuse Listening Session Held at Capitol
  • Oland to Chair WHA Rural Council
  • Dec. 7 MACRA Webinar Examines Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
  • Register Today for WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference
  • East Tennessee Wildfires Impact Local Hospital Employees

  • Congress Passes Package that Includes WHA-Supported HOPD Mid-Build Fix
  • WHA Physician Leaders Council Discusses Wide Range of Topics
  • WHA Joins Panel of Experts to Discuss Scope of Practice and Team-Based Care
  • WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference, March 10-11, 2017
  • Olson Receives ACHE Chair-Elect Nomination
  • Webinar Available On-Demand to Satisfy MEB Opioid CME Mandate
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Senate Health Committee Chair Meets With Hospital Leaders in Wauwatosa
  • Muralli Joins WHA Quality Team

  • WHA Leaders Discuss ACA Changes with Speaker Ryan
  • Walker Discusses ACA Replacement with WHA Board
  • New WHA MACRA Physician-Focused Education Video Now Available
  • Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Shatters 2016 Fundraising Goal
  • Group Insurance Board Delays Decision on Self Funding/Regionalization Model
  • Grassroots Spotlight: Hospital Members Meet with Senator Luther Olsen, Sen.-elect Patrick Testin
  • IPFCF Board Votes to Reduce Assessments by 30 Percent
  • Save the Date, Call for Speakers on Health Literacy Summit
  • DWD Assistant Deputy Secretary Visits Aspirus Youth Apprenticeship Program

  • Retirements, Aging Population Fuel Health Care Workforce Shortages
  • WHA Hosts Legislative Briefing on Health Care Workforce Reports
  • Hospitals in SE Wisconsin Hold the Line on Rate Increases
  • Regulatory and Compliance Hot Topics Focus of WHA Jan./Feb. Webinars

  • President’s Column: WHA 2016 Results: Accountable to Our Members
  • WI Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Surpass Disbursement Goal
  • Register Today for WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference
  • Regulatory and Compliance Hot Topics Focus of WHA January/February Webinars

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