Health Care

The vast majority of Wisconsin residents will have a range of choices for health care insurance through the exchanges that will be created by the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report issued today by Citizen Action of Wisconsin.

Employers and human resource managers throughout southeastern Wisconsin are invited to attend the BizTimes Media Health Care Reform Breakfast Forum, which will take place on the morning of Friday, Sept. 13, at the new Milwaukee Marriott Downtown.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's administration is working aggressively to make sure people who need to sign up for a private health insurance exchange under new federal rules have the information they need on time, Wisconsin's Medicaid director Brett Davis said Tuesday.

Wisconsin would cut more people from Medicaid than any other state as part of a plan advanced by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, according to an independent analysis of data by Kaiser Health News.

The Sleep Wellness Institute announced that Alexander Villareal, M.D., has been named medical director of the West Allis and Mequon Sleep Centers.

Health care insurance executives have their hands full as they deal with the implementation of Obamacare, but they face even bigger challenges from more fundamental reforms driven by payers in the private sector.

Lisle, Ill.-based Catamaran Corp. plans to buy Milwaukee-based Restat from its parent company, Milwaukee-based Dohmen, for $409.5 million, in a deal slated to close in the fourth quarter of this year.

As home to some of the nation's leading medical imaging and technology companies, Wisconsin is a leader in health care technology, research and development. Ranging from small start-up companies to long-established manufacturers, the state's health care technology sector is developing products that are improving health care delivery and patient lives around the world.

The Obama administration this week launched a website that the White House says will provide employers with information on how the Affordable Care Act may affect their businesses.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced that implementation of the Pay or Play Rules of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") will be delayed one year until January 1, 2015.