Health Care

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 voted 6-3 to uphold the provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows people using the federal health insurance market to receive tax subsidies.

Sunburn ranks as the top summer health concern in Wisconsin and the nation, according to the Quarterly Health of Wisconsin Report, published Tuesday by Aurora Health Care.

The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin was selected as one of 15 nonprofit and non-governmental organization sites in the United States and Canada to participate in “Change in Mind: Apply Neuroscience to Revitalize Communities,” a three-year initiative of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Norlien Foundation. The Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital in the nation that was chosen to participate in the Change in Mind initiative.

ProHealth Care’s expanded and renovated Mukwonago emergency department is set to open on Monday. Located at the D. N. Greenwald Center campus at 240 Maple Ave., the updated emergency department was a $38 million investment.

The U.S. Supreme Court today voted 6-3 to uphold the provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows people using the federal health insurance market to receive tax subsidies.

The Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Southeast Wisconsin will be holding a Health care Innovation Pitch Event modeled off of the ABC Network show “Shark Tank.” The event will be done in collaboration with the Wauwatosa-based Bridge to Cures Inc.

The State of Wisconsin on June 18 officially received notice from Assurant Inc. that the company will lay off 1,200 workers in Milwaukee beginning in August.

According to the 2015 Home Care Plus Benchmarking Study, Tender Hearts Senior Care in Sheboygan had an employee turnover rate of less than 25 percent in 2014. That is compared to a rate of 88 percent of care giving organizations in the Great Lakes region and 62 percent study wide.

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Neuroscience Research Center Board will host the annual Imagine More Dinner on Sunday at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee. The event focuses on research, prevention and treatment of diseases impacting the brain.

Children’s Community Health Plan (CCHP) announced it has met or exceeded performance measure goals defined by the Department for BadgerCare Plus members in southeastern Wisconsin.