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Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam becomes a part of UW Health
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. UW Health and Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam have officially reached an agreement to bring the Beaver Dam medical center into the UW Health system of care. “This is an important milestone,” Carey Gehl, chief strategy officer of...
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Medical centers reach agreement
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SSM Health challenging votes in nurses' union election
MADISON, Wis. — In June, nurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital voted overwhelmingly to form a union. Now, they’re speaking out again, after SSM Health filed a challenge to some of the votes with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Zakeriah Amro has been an intensive...
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SSM Health challenging recent union election at St. Mary’s hospital in Madison
SSM Health is challenging the results of a recent union election at its hospital in Madison. Last month, nurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital voted 511-63 to unionize with the Service Employees International Union Wisconsin. Ahead of the vote, the health system challenged the eligibility of the hospital’s...
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Events in Madison parks remain popular years after COVID disruptions
The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. Madison took more events outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn’t looked back. What started as an effort to limit public health risks has...
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SSM Health seeks to toss St. Mary’s nurse union election
The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. More than 500 registered nurses at SSM Health’s St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison voted last month to unionize, but the Missouri-based health system is now asking federal labor officials to throw out the election results, arguing that certain nurses with higher-level duties should not have been allowed to vote.
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Associated Physicians celebrates 80 years of independent, community-based healthcare in Madison
MADISON, Wis. — [June 21, 2026]— For 80 years, Associated Physicians has been a trusted healthcare partner for generations of families throughout the Madison area, providing personalized, physician-led care while remaining steadfastly independent in an increasingly consolidated healthcare landscape. Founded in 1946, Associated Physicians has grown alongside Madison...
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Protesters rally in front of Wisconsin GOP headquarters over gutting of health care in “Big, Beautiful Bill”
A state-wide tour in protest of gutting health care came to a close in Madison in front of the Wisconsin GOP headquarters as it drew attention to the effects of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” near its first anniversary. On June 30, doctors and community leaders from around the...
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Some Medicaid members’ information released to old addresses.
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, some Medicaid members receiving benefits from the state’s Supplemental Security Income program had letters with personal and private information sent to outdated addresses. This happened on April 30,...
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Lodi nursing home unveils wheelchair-accessible golf cart
LODI, Wis. (WMTV) - Dove Health Care has unveiled a new wheelchair-accessible golf cart intended to expand community access for its nursing home residents. The facility surprised residents with the cart, which was purchased after years of fundraising efforts. The cart is registered as a street-legal vehicle, giving residents access to the surrounding community.
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Everyday Hero: UW Health leader helping respiratory care breathe into the future
MADISON, Wis. — After a lifetime in respiratory care, Kris Ostrander still finds the greatest reward in helping patients. “I will say that still, after 40 years, the most satisfying part of my profession is working with the patients,” said Ostrander, who serves as the director of respiratory care at UW Health.
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Surgeons accused of leaving patients unattended on operating table while under anesthesia
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR/Gray News) - Three former employees from OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center traded the operating room for a conference room on Tuesday. In their attorney’s office in Oak Brook, the women publicly shared their experiences at the Rockford hospital. “It’s been really emotional. It still is,” Cindamon...
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Great Primary Care Deserves the Spotlight
Primary care is where better health begins. It’s where a parent brings a child for immunizations, where a physician catches high blood pressure before it becomes a crisis, where someone with diabetes gets the support they need to stay on track, and where prevention becomes real for families in our communities. When primary care works well, patients feel it. So do employers, health plans, and the healthcare system as a whole.
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Former OSF leaders sue hospital over neurosurgery safety concerns
Three former surgical services leaders at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Ill., have filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging patient safety violations within the hospital’s neurosurgery service line and retaliation for reporting concerns, according to a June 23 report by CBS affiliate WIFR. The lawsuit was filed by...
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YMCA of Dane County to build new facility in Fitchburg that will include Access Community Health Centers’ primary clinic
The YMCA of Dane County will build a new, state-of-the-art 97,200-square-foot facility in Fitchburg as it launches a partnership with Access Community Health Centers by locating a 10,000-square-foot clinic within the facility. Over the past two years-plus, the Y’s Community Building Community Campaign raised more than $31.2 million toward the...