Health Care

Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson has joined the board of directors of Socrates Health Solutions Inc. In addition to serving four terms as governor, Thompson was a U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under former President George W. Bush.

BizTimes Media is accepting nominations for its Health Care Heroes Awards, which honor individuals and organizations that are making a significant impact on the quality of health care in our area. The deadline is Friday.

Although no one has contracted the Ebola virus in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced it has plans in place to respond to the virus in the event a case of it appears in the state.

BizTimes Media is accepting nominations for its Health Care Heroes Awards, which honor individuals and organizations that are making a significant impact on the quality of health care in our area.

Health care information technology firm ConsortiEX Inc. is opening an office in Milwaukee with the help of a $250,000 loan from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

Milwaukee-based national nursing home company Extendicare Health Services Inc. will pay out $10 million in a settlement to resolve allegations that it provided unnecessary services to drive up Medicare billings.

Milwaukee-based Integrated Medical Partners, a full-service provider of profit-improvement solutions for medical practices, has hired Keith Chew as managing...

Free to Breathe, a Madison-based nonprofit organization dedicated to raising lung cancer research funding, is holding its fifth...

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research has received a five-year, $8.7 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health, which will fund its programs through its 25th year of existence.

John Flannery has been named president and chief executive officer of GE Healthcare, effective immediately. Flannery replaces John Dineen, who will leave the company.