Health Care

Ninety percent of the 177,157 Wisconsin consumers who have selected or were automatically enrolled in the Health Insurance Marketplace as of Jan. 16 are receiving financial assistance to lower monthly premiums, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

BizTimes Media will host an interactive workshop designed to help business owners value their businesses and prepare them for sale.

Pine Haven Christian Communities, based in Sheboygan Falls, has announced the retirement of chief executive officer Roger Leys, effective in April, in line with the organization’s board-approved succession plan.

The Medical College of Wisconsin has been awarded a $1 million grant to pilot a Child Psychiatry Consultation Program in Milwaukee County and 15 northern Wisconsin counties. The recent announcement came from Wisconsin Department of Health Services secretary Kitty Rhoades.

Titan Spine, a Mequon-based medical device surface technology company focused on developing innovative spinal interbody fusion implants, announced this week that it has achieved 27,000 implantations of its Endoskeleton interbody fusion devices since its inception.

Milwaukee Public Schools' employee wellness program recently earned a gold designation from the American Heart Association's Fit-Friendly Worksite Wellness Program. MPS is one of two school districts in Wisconsin to earn the recognition.

Nine health promotion professionals from Wisconsin have been named to the Top 100 Health Promotion Professionals by the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA).

The Wisconsin EMS Association’s Working Together Emergency Services Midwest Conference & Exposition begins today at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee, where it will draw more than 2,000 emergency personnel, first responders, EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, educators and other health care professionals.

The Medical College of Wisconsin has been awarded a $1 million grant to pilot a Child Psychiatry Consultation Program in Milwaukee County and 15 northern Wisconsin counties. The announcement came from Wisconsin Department of Health Services secretary Kitty Rhoades on Thursday.

Midwest health care companies attracted $1.8 billion in new investments across 243 companies in 2014, according to the Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report released today. The totals are the highest recorded in both dollars and number of companies funded since BioEnterprise, a Cleveland-based business formation initiative, began compiling the report in 2005.