http://milwaukeecourieronline.com "THE NEWSPAPER YOU CAN TRUST SINCE 1964" Wed, 23 May 2012 12:45:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/department-of-health-services-to-hold-town-hall-meetings-on-draft-proposal-for-virtual-pace/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/department-of-health-services-to-hold-town-hall-meetings-on-draft-proposal-for-virtual-pace/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:34:07 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11924 The Department of Health Services is holding public meetings to solicit comments on a draft proposal for Virtual PACE, a program to integrate the care for people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. More than 120,000 Wisconsin residents receive their health care through a combination of their Medicare and Medicaid benefit. This proposal [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/department-of-health-services-to-hold-town-hall-meetings-on-draft-proposal-for-virtual-pace/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/10/01/department-launches-website-on-medicaid-savings-initiatives/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/10/01/department-launches-website-on-medicaid-savings-initiatives/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:52:33 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7351 MADISON – Department of Health Services Secretary, Dennis G. Smith, today launched a website that outlines initiatives designed to keep the state’s Medicaid program sustainable, fair and equitable. The site was developed in an effort to ensure that the cost savings measures are posted for the public to see prior to any formal submission of [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/10/01/department-launches-website-on-medicaid-savings-initiatives/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/07/16/moore-lauds-secretary-smiths-reversal-on-support-of-milwaukee-grant-application/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/07/16/moore-lauds-secretary-smiths-reversal-on-support-of-milwaukee-grant-application/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:16:09 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=6516 Washington, DC – This week, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) lauded Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis Smith for an apparent turn-around to support the city of Milwaukee’s application for Federal grant funding to help fight and prevent chronic diseases. Last month, Secretary Smith said that he would not write a letter of support [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/07/16/moore-lauds-secretary-smiths-reversal-on-support-of-milwaukee-grant-application/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/12/11/wisconsin-receives-two-awards-for-health-care-program/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/12/11/wisconsin-receives-two-awards-for-health-care-program/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:12:46 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=4052 BadgerCare Plus & ACCESS.Wisconsin.gov Programs cited for innovative, customer-focused approaches MADISON – Wisconsin ’s BadgerCare Plus program received a national “Innovation” award recently from the Council on State Government (CSG) and its ACCESS selfservice web portal received an honorable mention in the Stockholm Challenge, an international award program for projects using information and communication technology [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/12/11/wisconsin-receives-two-awards-for-health-care-program/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/12/02/wisconsin-child-care-providers-join-the-fight-against-childhood-obesity/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/12/02/wisconsin-child-care-providers-join-the-fight-against-childhood-obesity/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:30:34 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=3996 State program seeks to create foundation for physical activity in young children MADISON – Promoting physical activity to help prevent childhood obesity is the goal of a new grant awarded recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Department of Health Services (DHS). The funding targets two to five-year-olds in 20 regulated [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/12/02/wisconsin-child-care-providers-join-the-fight-against-childhood-obesity/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/05/06/new-lead-paint-prevention-rule-protects-our-kids/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/05/06/new-lead-paint-prevention-rule-protects-our-kids/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 22:11:54 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=1990 By Karen Timberlake, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Widespread use of lead based paint in older housing throughout Wisconsin has poisoned more than 46,000 Wisconsin children since 1996. More than 1,000 Wisconsin kids are reported each year with newly diagnosed lead-poisoning. Although the use of lead in house paints was prohibited in [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/05/06/new-lead-paint-prevention-rule-protects-our-kids/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/01/15/health-official-to-focus-on-vaccinations/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/01/15/health-official-to-focus-on-vaccinations/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:32:30 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=586 Minority groups 2-3 times more likely to be hospitalized with H1N1 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services kicked off National Influenza Vaccination Week this week by calling on local public health departments to step up their H1N1 vaccination efforts in minority communities. DHS released a report showing that H1N1 hospitalizations for minority populations were higher [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/01/15/health-official-to-focus-on-vaccinations/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2009/12/19/states-managed-care-changes-could-cost-local-economy-hundreds-of-jobs/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2009/12/19/states-managed-care-changes-could-cost-local-economy-hundreds-of-jobs/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:36:37 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=290 A decision by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) to make changes to state health care programs in Southeast Wisconsin could adversely impact the local economy, affecting hundreds of jobs in Milwaukee. DHS announced in late July that they would terminate contracts with private companies involved in the BadgerCare and Medicaid programs effective at [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2009/12/19/states-managed-care-changes-could-cost-local-economy-hundreds-of-jobs/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2009/11/28/state-expands-h1n1-vaccine-group/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2009/11/28/state-expands-h1n1-vaccine-group/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:12:55 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=133 Healthy school age children and young adults added back into target group The Department of Health Services (DHS) announced this week that it is expanding the H1N1 vaccination group to include healthy school age children and young adults. During the past few weeks, DHS has been monitoring the vaccine supply with public and private providers, [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2009/11/28/state-expands-h1n1-vaccine-group/feed/ 0