Health Care

Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care purchased a 71-acre site in Burlington where it plans to build a new ambulatory surgery center and clinic.

Through a program called Striving to Quit, adult BadgerCare Plus members in Milwaukee County can get free help to quit smoking and may be eligible to receive $80 in gift cards for participating.

From now until April 30, the Health Insurance Marketplace is providing individuals and families who owe a fee for not having coverage in 2014 with one last chance to get covered for 2015.

Graduating medical students at the Medical College of Wisconsin learned where they will be serving their post-graduate residency training on “Match Day.” Held on March 20, a nationally administered computerized system gives the results of the matches it has made between medical students and residency training programs across the country.

Dr. Joseph Shaker, professor of clinical medicine and senior medical director for ambulatory services at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been named Clinician of the Year by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry.

Aurora Health Care has received a $50,000 grant to help further enhance its Biorepository and Specimen Resource Center (BSRC), located at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee.

A new report by the Wisconsin Hospital Association cites the aging workforce at Wisconsin hospitals and suggests multi-disciplinary teams as a way to ensure that patient care will continue to be accessible, affordable and effective, especially for those with chronic or complex diseases.

President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell today introduced the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, which aims to bring public and private sector actors together to build on the Affordable Care Act's efforts to improve the quality of care that patients receive.

Each year, about 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 people die from it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Online registration closes today for the 2015 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Wellness Summit presented by BizTimes Media. The theme is “The Competitive Advantage of a Mentally Healthy Workplace.”