Dane County plans to stop making unmarried fathers pay back the state Medicaid program for birth costs of their children in cases before 2020, a step the county took that year with new cases.
DANE COUNTY | MEDICAID BIRTH COSTS
Dane, Milwaukee counties stop making unwed fathers pay for Medicaid birth costs
Lennise O’Dwyer, left, with her daughter, Alyssa, visits with doula Tracey Russell at O'Dwyer's home in Madison. Russell worked with O'Dwyer before, during and after Alyssa's birth, in an effort to improve outcomes. O'Dwyer was not involved in Medicaid birth cost recovery, which opponents say can contribute to poor outcomes.
The report by nonprofit Kids Forward also suggests that anti-Blackness and racism can continue to undermine the county's cultural vitality, ec…
Infant mortality, which has long been more of a problem among Black babies than white babies in Dane County and throughout Wisconsin, continue…
The Hispanic infant mortality rate is now highest of any group, including Blacks, for which the level has long been high.
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UW-Madison's Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, with participants now turning age 84, has produced hundreds of findings on how many life factors in…
The 56-bed hospital, by Encompass Health of Alabama, joins 50-bed UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital on Madison's Far East Side as Dane County'…
Madison-based Exact Sciences says St. Louis-based Geneoscopy's new ColoSense test violates a patent on collecting and processing stool samples.
Activity picked up this week, with a peak likely around Christmas, officials said. There's still time for vaccines to provide protection.
The measure would let hospitals and fire and police stations install boxes for parents to privately relinquish infants under 72 hours old.
Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association, which has two free medical clinics and an education center inside a barbershop, is adding a free dental clinic.
Hospital officials cited a recent rise of COVID-19, flu and RSV cases in Dane County, as expected this time of year.
The change is expected to feature a new Metro route through the heart of municipal Monona, along West Dean Avenue and parts of Winnequah, Nich…
UW Hospital asked a judge to dismiss the case, filed last month by a woman who claims her uterus and breasts were removed as gender-affirming …
Health officials urge vaccination against RSV, flu and COVID-19, and staying home if sick.
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A master plan for the property along Lake Monona doesn't resolve the question of whether to restore the historic Frank Allis house or build a …
