The Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health has announced publication of a new fact sheet on disparities in youth justice and what communities can do to make a difference. It can be found at children.wi.gov.

UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health are among the first sites in the country to study whether an investigational vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca can prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Each day across the United States, an average of 20 veterans or active military members die by suicide. In Wisconsin, the most recent report on the impact of suicide found that, from 2013 to 2017, veterans accounted for almost one out of every five suicide deaths.

Aspirus has named Jeff Wicklander as the new president of Aspirus Wausau Hospital and Central Region. He assumed his role on Oct. 26 and reports directly to Matthew Heywood, president and CEO of the Aspirus system.

Ascension, Aspirus and Marshfield Clinic Health System have issued a joint statement, encouraging the community “to take the steps we know can reduce the spread of COVID19,” encouraging community members to follow “the guidance of public health agencies by wearing a face covering, practicing…

UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health are among the first sites in the country to study whether an investigational vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca can prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Kathy Palm, trauma and EMS coordinator for Aspirus Riverview Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, is the recipient of the first annual Spirit Award.

Marshfield Clinic Health System is now welcoming patients to Cattails Cottage, a home on the Marshfield Medical Center campus in Marshfield for oncology patients to stay while undergoing cancer treatments.

US News and World Report announced its annual list of Best Hospitals for 2020. Of the 146 Wisconsin hospitals it evaluated, 15 hospitals met what US News and World Report describes as their “high standards.”

The city of Wausau announced that a $25M rehabilitation hospital will be constructed on the city’s westside. However, an exact location has not yet been determined.

ThedaCare Medical Center-Waupaca has been recognized as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in the nation by the Chartis Center for Rural Health. The recognition was announced at the virtual National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Critical Access Hospital Conference, held Sept. 23-25.

Mental Health Unit in Stevens Point is the 2020 recipient of the Providing Hope Award from the Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Coalition of Portage County. It is awarded annually to individuals or agencies that provide hope to the community for people who struggle with mental …

The Wisconsin Technical College System Board and Mid-State Technical College have honored Aspirus Riverview Hospital and Clinics in Wisconsin Rapids with the 2020 Futuremaker Partner Award.

Security Health Plan of Wisconsin Inc. urges Wisconsin residents who have lost their health insurance in 2020 to see if they qualify for the recently-announced national emergency special enrollment period (SEP). It is available to any Wisconsin resident who qualified for a SEP in 2020 but mi…

Aspirus Arise, a Northcentral Wisconsin health-plan provider serving 20 counties, will change its name to Aspirus Health Plan, effective January 2021. 

Security Health Plan  is offering Wisconsin employers a new health-plan option for 2021 that has a predictable monthly cost, opportunity for refunds, protection against catastrophic expenses and transparency on how dollars are spent. 

Data reported Aug. 19 from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) from COVID-19 contact tracing indicates that the percent of people with confirmed cases after attending a gathering with people outside their home grew from seven percent of cases in May to 21 percent in June and 20…

In recognition for achievements and innovation in healthcare sustainability, three Aspirus Hospitals have received the 2020 Partner Recognition Award from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in healthcare. 

Monica Hilt, regional president of Ascension Wisconsin Fox Valley and Stevens Point Hospitals, has been named chief operating officer of Ascension Wisconsin.

Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) completed its acquisition of Ascension St. Clare’s Hospital in Weston and is renaming the hospital Marshfield Medical Center-Weston. Approximately 350 St. Clare’s employees became MCHS employees. 

Three Aspirus hospitals were honored by University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation for their ongoing commitment to saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation.

Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua opened its new hospital with a ceremonial ribbon cutting July 27. Construction began in late 2018 on the 72,000-square-foot hospital attached to its existing clinic at 9601 Townline Road.

The most recent report from the American Association of Medical Assistants reports that medical assistant graduates from Nicolet College in Rhinelander consistently outperform other graduates from across the country on the national certification exam.

During the last few months, many businesses have been asking for liablity waivers (“exculpatory clauses”) to be signed by their customers in order to insulate themselves from damage claims relating to potential exposure to the COVID19 virus. That assignment may seem simple enough, but, in fa…

Ascension Wisconsin Spirit Medical Transport (Spirit) has announced discontinuation of service of the Spirit 2 helicopter based at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff by the end of 2020 and the sunset of an operational agreement at the end of August for Spirit 3, a fixed wing aircraft ba…

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has awarded more than $2 million to North Central Health Care (NCHC) in Wausau as well as Milwaukee and Ashland counties to support the development and initial operations of three youth crisis stabilization facilities.This new residential care trea…

North Central Health Care (NCHC) of Wausau has selected Cerner Corporation, a global healthcare technology company, to implement its electronic health record (EHR) at three multi-specialty behavioral health care facilities across Wisconsin. Through this agreement, NCHC will use Cerner’s indu…

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Children's Wisconsin in six specialties as part of the new 2020-2021 Best Children's Hospitals rankings. Those specialty rankings include cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and…

The most recent report from the American Association of Medical Assistants shows that Nicolet College graduates consistently outperform other graduates from across the country on the national certification exam.

Aspirus Arise Health Plan will give back more than $580,000 in premium rebates to fully-insured individual members and employers. The rebates are the result of an overall drop in medical costs due to COVID19.

Aspirus has been named among the nation'’s 15 Top Health Systems by IBM Watson Health for 2020. It was honored among the top five small health systems.

Data released by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) features three significant points: fewer Wisconsin youth report drinking alcohol, adult binge drinking is higher than the national rate and deaths attributed to alcohol are increasing.

ThedaCare has announced its Community Commitment and Financial Stabilization plan following suspension of services recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in order to devote resources to the COVID-19 pandemic.

...was named a top-10 school in Nursing Schools Almanac’'s 2020 rankings of the best nursing programs, earning its place at number six in the list of best associate degree nursing programs in the state, out of 20 institutions evaluated. The designation adds to the top-10 ranking the program …

Marshfield Clinic Health System and Security Health Plan have announced grants from their COVID-19 Community Support Fund.

Helping businesses adapt to “a new normal” is the focus of Aspirus health system's new Work Well.

With the health and safety of patients and team members a priority, all of the area’s major healthcare providers are resuming various in-person services and elective procedures as they continue to assess the prevalence and impact of COVID-19.

Marshfield Clinic Health System has announced it will open Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua by the first week of July.

“As families stay safe at home, there are more middle, high school and college-aged students who are providing care,” said Brandy Breuckman, dean of Northcentral Technical College’s School of Business, Community Services & Virtual College. “We need to equip those who are watching over ch…

Ascension Wisconsin is reminding Central Wisconsin residents not to delay seeking emergency care, emphasizing that their hospitals are equipped to safely protect patients from potential exposure to COVID-19. “We are seeing a concerning drop in the number of people coming in for serious non-C…

Marshfield Clinic Health System, was awarded $143,490 by the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health to reduce the risk of child maltreatment in Wood County families as a result of parental stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some UW-Stevens Point employees found their jobs shift recently to do work that supports healthcare providers and first responders needing protection from COVID-19. 

The app COVID-19 Wisconsin Connect has been launched by the Center for Health Enhancement System Studies at UW-Madison in partnership with statewide government, academic, medical, business and community organizations.

Ascension Medical Group Wisconsin has launched three area respiratory-care sites dedicated to COVID-19 suspect or confirmed patients. 

The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW) of the Medical College of Wisconsin has awarded $4.8 million in funding to 17 projects designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact across Wisconsin. This includes one specifically for Central Wisconsin and 11…

Aspirus health system announced has temporarily furloughed or reduced work hours of some employees because of the organizational impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This primarily impacts employees who do not work in direct patient care. 

Marshfield Clinic Health System is now doing in-house COVID-19 testing, currently focusing on patients who need to be hospitalized and healthcare workers. 

National speaker and employee benefit con - sultant, Dean M. Hoffman, will present a seminar entitled “Self-Funded Health Plan Options for Businesses” at the Westwood Conference Center in Wausau from 8-11 a.m., May 13.

(Wausau, WI) National speaker and employee benefit consultant, Dean M. Hoffman, will present a seminar entitled “Self-Funded Health Plan Options for Businesses” at the Westwood Conference Center in Wausau on Tuesday, June 23 from 8 am to 11 am. This seminar was recently scheduled for May 13.…

Ascension Medical Group Wisconsin has opened drive-through testing locations for COVID-19 in the region.