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- Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Campaign Nears $200,000, 136 Individual Contributors
- Hospital Board Education: Keeping Your Board Apprised and Legally Compliant
- GUEST COLUMN: Supercharging Your Health System Performance: The Key Metric to Understanding Patients as Consumers
- Nominations for WHA Awards and Board Positions Due Sept. 8
- Grassroots Spotlight: Congressman Steil Meets with WHA Hospital Leaders
- WHA, Others File Amicus Brief Opposing Pharmaceutical Companies’ Unlawful 340B Drug Rebate Model
- WI Worker’s Compensation Premiums Decrease for 10th Straight Year
- New Analysis Connects Better Outcomes for Hospitalized Surgical Patients to Improvements in Key Patient Safety Indicators
- WHA Financial Workshop Held August 8
- WHA 2025 Nominating and Awards Committee Seeking Nominations
- Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: Heat-Related Illnesses
- Only 1 More Day to Submit Your Nomination for the 2025 Global Vision Community Partnership Award
- BREAKING: Governor Evers Announces He Will Not Run for Reelection
- Gov. Evers Reappoints WHA’s Zenk to Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment
- Abbey Rude Joins WHA’s Government Relations Team
- The Business of Health Care: Leadership, Strategy, and Understanding the Business – Register today
- Guest Column: Compliance FYI - One Big Beautiful Bill Act Employee Benefits Provisions
- President’s Column: State Budget Will Have Lasting Impact on Access to Health Care
- Kyle O’Brien Begins Tenure as WHA President and CEO
- Christian Moran Joins WHA as Senior Director of Medicaid & Payer Reimbursement Policy
- Preventing Violence, Promoting Resilience: Hospital-Based Behavioral Safety Interventions Webinar Series
- Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: Summertime Injuries
- Press Release: WHA Applauds Bipartisan Budget for Hospitals
- WI State Budget Bill Includes Historic Medicaid Rate Increase for Hospitals
- WHA Foundation Announces Eric Borgerding Health Care Advocacy Scholarship
- Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Campaign Nears Halfway Mark
- Register Early for the 2026 WHA Health Care Leadership Academy
- Submit Your Nomination for the 2025 Global Vision Community Partnership Award
- Parliamentarian Rules out Key Medicaid Provisions in One Big Beautiful Bill
- Trump Administration Announces Agreement by Health Insurers to Improve Prior Authorization Processes
- WHA Board Convenes for June Meeting Amid Fast-Moving State and Federal Policy Activity
- Help Us Cross the Halfway Mark – Support the Wisconsin Hospitals PAC & Conduit Today
- Dr. Mark Thompson Returns to Wisconsin to Lead Upland Hills Health
- Register for Aug. 8 WHA Financial Workshop
- Gundersen Partners of WHA Celebrates 75 Years
- Lawmakers Circulate State-Level Hospital Price Transparency Legislation
- 2025 WHA Wisconsin Rural Health Conference in the Books
- WHA Expresses Continued Concerns over Low Payment Updates in 2026 Proposed Medicare Inpatient Rule
- WHA-led Coalition Requests Board of Nursing to Allow an Expanded Faculty Role for BSNs
- WHA Leads Healthcare Innovation Through Superior Health Quality Alliance's Expanded CMS Contracts
- 2025 Global Vision Community Partnership Award – Nominations are Open
- Wisconsin Hospitals Ranked Best in the Nation for Price Transparency
- Letter to Sen. Ron Johnson on House Budget Reconciliation Medicaid Cuts
- Council on Workforce Development Hosts Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara
- Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: Lyme Disease
- GUEST COLUMN: Leveraging “My Reports” to Distribute Information Throughout your Organization
- WHA Presents State Capitol Briefing on 2025 Health Care Workforce Report
- WHA Testimony Highlights Importance of Reducing Complexity in Child Mental Health Laws
- WHA's Wisconsin Rural Health Conference is NEXT WEEK!
- Register for WHA’s Financial Workshop
- Peer Support in Wisconsin Hospitals – We Want Your Input!
- U.S. House Passes Budget Reconciliation Legislation that would Severely Disadvantage Wisconsin
- President's Column: House Budget Proposal Unfairly Penalizes Wisconsin
- WHA-Backed Prior Authorization Reform Legislation Reintroduced
- ICYMI: WHA Capitol Briefing on 2025 Health Care Workforce Report
- Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Campaign Launches Strong
- WHA Workforce Forum Focuses on Partnering to Grow Faster
- Registration Now Open for the 2026 WHA Health Care Leadership Academy
- Time is Running Out to Register for This Year’s Wisconsin Rural Health Conference
- More Spots Added for the WHA Rural Conference Golf Outing
- WHAIC Welcomes New Software Engineer Jeff Schulz
- In Memoriam: Barb Peickert
- WHA and UW PROTEA Host Successful 11th Rural Health SUD Boot Camp in Hayward
- E&C Medicaid Package Would Severely Disadvantage WI
- President’s Column: More Than Health Care: Why Our Communities Need Strong Hospitals
- Gov. Evers Recognizes Wisconsin Hospitals in 2025 National Hospital Week Proclamation
- Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit 2025 Fundraising Campaign Kicks Off
- WHN Panel Discusses Challenges and Future of Prior Authorization
- GUEST COLUMN: What’s Driving Your Healthcare Spend
- HealthPartners Swing Bed Optimization Webinar
- DOJ: Large Health Insurers Knowingly sent Illegal Kickbacks to Brokers and Discriminated Against Disabled
- WHA and Members Back in D.C. Urging Congress to Reject Cuts to Medicaid that would Harm Wisconsin
- Last Chance to Register for the 2025 Workforce Forum
- WHA-Crafted Training Grant Awards Grow WI GME
- We're More Than Health Care - Celebrating National Hospital Week May 11-17, 2025
- WHA Information Center Highlights Data Tools for Mental Health Month
- Wisconsin Leads the Nation in Hospital Cleanliness Ratings
- Now Hiring: Senior Director, Medicaid & Payer Reimbursement Policy
- Time is Running Out to Register for the 2025 Workforce Forum
- DWD Recognition Offered for Veteran Ready Employers
- Guest Column: Compliance Considerations for Copay Accumulator Programs
- 2025 WHA Foundation Clinical Simulation Training Scholarships – Application Open
- Grassroots Spotlight: Ascension, Children’s testify at JFC hearing in West Allis
- Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur and Eric Borgerding Talk Leadership, Resilience at WHA’s Advocacy Day
- DHS Deputy Secretary Standridge Applauds WHA, Presents Governor’s Proclamation to Borgerding
- Cathy Jacobson Returns to Honor Eric Borgerding at WHA’s Advocacy Day
- WHA's 2025 Health Care Quality Showcase in the Capitol Rotunda
- Guest Column: A State of Emergency: Why Wisconsin’s Healthcare System Must Adapt to Survive
- ProPublica Article Highlights Pattern of Denying Payments for Previously Authorized Care
- Trump's Drug Pricing Executive Order Could Impact 340B Hospital and Off-Campus HOPD Reimbursement
- CMS Releases Proposed Medicare 2026 Inpatient Payment Rule
- Register Today for the 2025 WHA Workforce Forum
- Wisconsin Hospital Association Advocacy Day Draws 1,200 Advocates
- Beloit Health System Receives Wisconsin Hospital Association's Advocacy All-Star Award
- Sen. Romaine Quinn Receives 2025 Health Care Advocate of the Year Award from WHA
- DOJ Continues to Press Medicare Advantage Fraud Case Against UnitedHealth While CMS Clamps Down on Retroactive MA Denials
- WHA and the WHA Foundation Support HOSA State Leadership Conference
- Wisconsin’s Health Care Workforce Faces Ongoing Strain as Demand for Care Remains High
- Advocacy Day Registration at Capacity, Join the Wait List Now!
- 2025 WHA Workforce Forum – May 14 in Stevens Point
- Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- Grassroots Spotlight: Bergmann Testifies at JFC Hearing in Kaukauna
- Advocacy Day Bipartisan Legislative Panel Confirmed
- As Govt. Watchdogs Continue to Highlight Medicare Advantage Problems, Federal Lawmakers and Officials Take Notice
- GUEST COLUMN: The Critical Role of Employed Medical Group Productivity in Succession Planning
- 2025 Physician Leadership Development Conference - In Review
- Hospitals Cannot be Taken for Granted: Sen. Jeff Smith Discusses Closures, Challenges with WHA’s Public Policy Council
- WHA Urges Senate and Assembly Health Committees to Rein in Newborn Screening Hospital Fees
- House Passes CR with Health Care Extenders Through September
- WHA, Others File Amicus Brief Opposing J&J’s Unlawful 340B Drug Rebate Model
- Registration is Open for the 2025 Wisconsin Rural Health Conference
- Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Register Now: Advocacy Day 2025 Nearing 1,000 Registrations
- REMINDER: RSVP for the Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Kick-Off Breakfast
- Announcing the 2025 WHA Workforce Forum
- Highlights from the 2025 WHA Quality and Patient Safety Awards Celebration
- Grassroots Spotlight: Rep. Brown and Sen. Spreitzer Visit Edgerton Hospital and Health Services
- Sen. Marklein Discusses State Budget with WHA Board, Reaffirms Support for Wisconsin Hospitals
- WHA: Insurance, Third-Party Administrator Transparency Regulations “glaringly ignored by some here in Wisconsin”
- DOJ Launches Investigation into UnitedHealth's Medicare Billing Practices
- New AHA Report Highlights how Medicare Advantage Plans Underpay and Add to the Workforce Burden of Rural Hospitals
- WHA Expresses Concerns with House Budget Impact on Medicaid & Medicare as Congress Advances Plans for Reconciliation Package
- Health Care Emergency Readiness Planning: Hospital CEO Participation Needed for Upcoming Annual Surge Exercises
- WHA Launches an Improved Website
- Register Today: Cybersecurity Risks in Rural Health Care Webinar
- WHA Joins RWHC in Washington, DC
- Grassroots Spotlight: Congressman Steil Tours Beloit Memorial Hospital and Attends WHA Roundtable Discussion
- GUEST COLUMN: Compliance FYI: DOL Clarifies PFML & FMLA Paid Leave Rules
- Register Today: Cybersecurity Risks in Rural Health Care Webinar
- Expert Clinical Guidance for Challenging Addiction Cases
- Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur to be Keynote Speaker at 2025 Advocacy Day
- RSVP for the Wisconsin Hospitals State PAC & Conduit Kick-Off Breakfast
- Join Us at WHA’s Annual Health Care Quality Showcase on Advocacy Day 2025
- WHA Physician Leadership Development Conference Registration Closing Soon
- Spooner Health’s Schafer Recognized with WHA 2024 Distinguished Service Award
- Fast Facts from the WHA Information Center: February is American Heart Month
- Fast Forward Grants Can Help Grow the Health Care Workforce
- Wisconsin Medical Stockpile Resources Available
- Join WHA in Washington, D.C., May 5-6 for AHA Annual Meeting
- WHA’s Alig to Retire in June
- Request for Feedback on Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Opioid Overdose Response Surveys
- Grassroots Spotlight: Assembly Minority Leader Visits Aurora Facility
- Grassroots Spotlight: Rep. Glenn Grothman Tours Prairie Ridge Health
- Registration Now Open for WHA’s 2025 Advocacy Day – April 9
- WHA and RWHC to OCI: Help Us Reduce Unnecessary Patient Hurdles and Insurance Bureaucracy
- Guest Column: Compliance FYI: Changes to ACA Reporting Requirements
- Resource Spotlight: WHA Member Directory Mobile App
- Grassroots Spotlight: State Legislators Visit Spooner Health to Talk Rural Health Care
