Health Care

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) are blocking passage of a bill that would help Wisconsin cancer patients receive chemotherapy pills.

Marshfield Clinic Health System announced last week election results for key leadership positions in the Clinic’s new governance structure.

Hospital Sisters Health System, a partial owner of Community Memorial Hospital since 2011, is looking to take full ownership of the critical access hospital.

State Medicaid director Brett Davis has resigned from the Department of Health Services for a job in the private sector.
His last day at DHS will be Friday, March 21, 2014.

A bill creating a tax credit for businesses that offer workplace wellness programs has been passed by the Wisconsin State Legislature and is on its way to being signed by Gov. Scott Walker.

With five of six months completed in the Affordable Care Act’s inaugural open enrollment period, more than 71,000 Wisconsinites have signed up for marketplace coverage, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Affordable Care Act provides comprehensive health insurance reforms designed to ensure Americans have access to quality, affordable health care coverage, and with only a couple weeks to go during this open enrollment period, now is the time for self-employed business owners to sign up for a plan.

BizTimes Media invites business leaders and human resources directors interested in creating or improving their corporate employee wellness programs to attend the Anthem Wellness Summit, which will be held Thursday, March 27.

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