Valued Voice

WHA joined Congressman Scott Fitzgerald on June 22 for a health care roundtable hosted by Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital. The group thanked Fitzgerald for his efforts working with the Trump Administration and the rest of the Wisconsin Congressional Delegation to ensure Wisconsin’s Medicaid program would be grandfathered at the higher level approved in the most recent State Budget. The group also discussed important issues such as the 340B prescription drug discount program, prior authorization and a request for relief from the $100,000 fees for new H1-B Visas for health care workers.L to R: Mandy Potapenko, Director, Government Relations, Froedtert ThedaCare Health; Maureen McNally, VP, Governance and Government Relations, Froedtert ThedaCare Health; Lindsay Punzenberger, Children’s WI Director of Federal Government Relations; Teri Lux, President, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital; John Russell, President & CEO, Prairie Ridge Health; Congressman Scott Fitzgerald; Allen Ericson, President, Froedtert West Bend Hospital; Kurt Schley, CEO, Ascension SE WI Hospital-Elmbrook Campus; Jon Hoelter, VP, Federal Affairs & Advocacy, WHA; Alec Knutson, Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension WI.