Health Care

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Sixteen community health centers in Wisconsin will receive a total of $1.8 million to help enroll people in the Affordable Care Act's new coverage options.

Sixteen community health centers in Wisconsin will receive a total of $1.8 million to help enroll people in the Affordable Care Act's new coverage options.

Madison-based Cellular Dynamics International Inc., a developer and manufacturer of fully functioning human cells in industrial quantities to precise specifications, today announced that it has commenced an initial public offering.

Brookfield-based Connecture Inc. announced that the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Privacy and Security Task Force has published a white paper titled, “Affordable Care Act Requirement: Health Insurance Marketplace Overview – Part 1.”

Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, says the administration is listening to the business community to gather ways to improve the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Do you think you have what it takes to be a Fittest Exec?

From the start, this Administration has encouraged an ongoing dialogue with the leaders of our nation’s businesses, large and small. There’s more to do, but working together we’ve helped rebuild our economy. Businesses have added 6.9 million private-sector jobs in the past 39 months and we’ve helped strengthen the middle class. Today, most Americans get their health insurance through their jobs and that will be the case moving forward.

On July 2, 2013, the Treasury Department and White House announced in separate blog posts that the Pay or Play Rule (also called the “Employer Shared Responsibility” or Code Section 4980H rules) will be delayed for one year.

In less than 90 days, on Oct. 1, open enrollment for government-run health care exchanges is scheduled to commence as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.