Health Care

Kenosha County-based United Hospital System and Humana Inc. have announced a new three-year accountable care agreement and partnership beginning on Thursday that will increase access for Humana Medicare Advantage members.

According to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 92,398 people in Wisconsin selected plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace leading up to the Dec. 15 deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1.

Amy Newman, a nurse practitioner in pediatric oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, has won an $18,789 nurse researcher grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting childhood cancer. Newman is also a doctoral student at Marquette University.

Clinical psychologist Melinda Stolley has been named the associate director of prevention and control for the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center. In addition to that role, Stolley will serve as professor of medicine at MCW.

Therese Pandl, former executive vice president and chief operating officer at Columbia St. Mary’s, will begin her service on Thursday as chair of the Wisconsin Hospital Association in 2015. Pandl is now the president and chief executive officer of the Hospital Sisters Health System’s eastern Wisconsin division.

According to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 92,398 people in Wisconsin selected plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace leading up to the Dec. 15 deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic recently received a donation of 43.2 acres of farmland at U.S. Highway 12 and state Highway 67 in Elkhorn, according to state records.

Kate Hogan switched industries, but she said there are commonalities between running retail operations for the Green Bay Packers and managing wellness programs for Prevea Health.

Arthur Nizza, a hospital president in Poughkeepsie, New York, has been named president and chief executive officer of Meriter-UnityPoint Health.

Clement Manor Inc. in Greenfield announced the appointment of Dennis Ferger as its new chief executive officer.