Health Care

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has joined the Greater Plains Collaborative, a multi-state network linking 10 medical centers in seven states.

As Wisconsin faces steep Alzheimer's diagnosis rates in its aging population, the Helen Bader Foundation has stepped in with a $1.5 million grant to help the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute step up its research and outreach efforts surrounding the disease.

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In this week's issue of BizTimes Milwaukee magazine, Wisconsin Hospital Association president Steve Brenton took a look ahead at trends in health care for 2014.

The Wisconsin Athletic Club (WAC) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:50 p.m. today for its new fitness center at the southwest corner of Pilgrim Road and U.S. Highway 41/45 in Menomonee Falls.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a new report titled “Marketplace Enrollment as a Share of the Marketplace Eligible Population” that shows Wisconsin has enrolled 8.5 percent of its eligible population.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) has issued a new report that shows Wisconsin hospitals have reduced health care costs in the state by $45.6 million.

Milwaukee-based Promentis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has raised almost $3 million in a series B financing round.

Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, a nonprofit insurer selling on the new health care marketplace, has enrolled 8,000 people for coverage.

Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, a nonprofit insurer selling on the new health care marketplace, has enrolled 8,000 people for coverage.