Health Care

Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care has installed a ScriptPro inventory management system to improve its pharmacy processes.

Thanks to its efforts to ease children's access to health insurance, Wisconsin is slated to receive a near $14 million performance bonus from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the centers announced Monday.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association Board has named WHA Executive Vice President Eric Borgerding as the successor to president and CEO Steve Brenton, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Brenton, who has more than 23 years with the organization, will assume duties as WHA’s Senior Policy Advisor at that time.

Blast Fitness has opened a health club at 1300 N. 7th St. in Milwaukee's Haymarket Square neighborhood.

Blast Fitness has opened a health club at 1300 N. 7th St. in Milwaukee's Haymarket Square neighborhood.

Today was set to be the last day to sign up on HealthCare.gov in order to get coverage that starts on Jan. 1, but that deadline has been extended one more day.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association Board has named WHA Executive Vice President Eric Borgerding as the successor to president and CEO Steve Brenton, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Brenton, who has more than 23 years with the organization, will assume duties as WHA’s Senior Policy Advisor at that time.

Days before the Dec. 23 deadline to enroll for Jan. 1 coverage, HealthCare.gov suffered yet another outage.

Thanks to a $2 million donation from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin plans to create an outpatient treatment center for children impacted by cancer and blood disorders.
 

The Wisconsin State Senate will convene at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, for the special session called by Gov. Scott Walker to delay changes to BadgerCare.