Health Care

You’ve likely heard the “set it and forget it” line from Ron Popeil on countless TV infomercials over the years. Unfortunately, when it comes to our personal health, too many of us are not setting annual checkups and are forgetting to talk to our doctors about routine screenings.

Milwaukee-based Community Care Inc. (CCI) announced that Kenneth Munson, former regional director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, has been named chief executive officer.

This year’s Milwaukee Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, held on May 4 at Veterans Park, raised $500,000 toward the fight against breast cancer through the generosity of more than 7,000 walkers.

The Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative will present a series of community seminars in May and June to explain the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance reforms coming in 2014.

The federal government has met its deadlines, tested its system and collected insurance plan information critical to rolling out the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the White House and other federal officials say, despite the rumors of “train wrecks,” delays and bare-bones health care exchanges rocking Washington.

The Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative has organized a series of educational seminars focused on explaining health insurance reform guidelines to be enacted in 2014. The seminars will run throughout May and June and will be tailored toward uninsured individuals, self-employed individuals, small business owners and leaders and nonprofit executives. Each seminar covers the same material including insurance marketplaces, subsidies for purchasing insurance, and the individual mandate among other critical points.

AptarGroup Inc., a dispenser manufacturing company based in Crystal Lake, Ill., announced today it will invest $50 million in its Mukwonago manufacturing facility.

Anytime Fitness Cudahy has opened its newly expanded and remodeled facility.

Conversations with loved ones should take place throughout the year, not just during October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month – because one conversation can save a life says Nikki Panico, a breast cancer survivor and executive director of the Southeast Wisconsin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Milwaukee-based Community Care Inc. (CCI) on Monday announced that Kenneth Munson, former regional director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, has been named chief executive officer, effective on Monday.