Health Care

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) have issued a joint report on the state's "unique approach" to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The deadline for filing for health care insurance coverage through Obamacare is midnight tonight.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Department Stores and its charitable arm Kohl’s Cares have donated $1.7 million to the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen Southeast Wisconsin Affiliate.

Milwaukee-based Patient Care, a health care advocacy and transparency company, announced changes in its senior management structure.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is extending the open enrollment deadline in certain cases.

Milwaukee County ranks among the least healthy in the state and Ozaukee County ranks as the healthiest in the state, according to the annual County Health Rankings released today by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

All of the outstanding shares of Grafton-based Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals Inc. have been acquired by Albany, N.Y.-based Albany Molecular Research Inc. for $38.2 million. AMRI also assumed $2.8 million in liabilities.

All of the outstanding shares of Grafton-based Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals Inc. have been acquired by Albany, N.Y.-based Albany Molecular Research Inc. for $38.2 million. AMRI also assumed $2.8 million in liabilities.

With less than two weeks left to sign up for coverage in the health insurance marketplace, a consortium of healthcare, community and insurance agent organizations are sponsoring digital ‘count down’ billboards in the Milwaukee area.

Insurers on the federal health insurance marketplace did not receive payment for 20 percent of plans with Jan. 1 and Feb. 1 effective dates, according to the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.