Health Care

There may be no other industry that is regulated as much as health care. According to Adrian Velasquez, president of Wauwatosa-based Fi-Med Management Inc., declining reimbursement rates and a tough economy have increased audits and investigations of hospital systems across the country.

Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers left fielder and reigning National League MVP, has been named the honorary chair for AIDS Walk Wisconsin 2012.

Completing a succession plan announced more than a year ago, Catherine Jacobson has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of Froedtert Health.

BizTimes Media invites its readers to attend the Health Care Reform Roundtable to be held on Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee.

Business model innovation lessons abound in the daily news, and not just in the business section. CNN and Fox News provide recent examples. Both offered breaking but inaccurate news that the US Supreme Court ruled Obama’s signature healthcare reform – the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – as unconstitutional. Their paradigm – a mental model for how things work – coupled with competition to offer breaking news resulted in their reporting mistake.

The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which is commonly referred to as “Obamacare.”

The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which is commonly referred to as “Obamacare.”

Contestant nominations for individuals and corporate teams are being accepted for the annual BizTimes Fittest Execs Program.

Municipal and economic development leaders are downplaying a potential rivalry among communities vying for the location of a new medical college planned for central Wisconsin.

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s board of trustees has authorized the creation of new community-based medical education campuses in Green Bay and a yet-to-determined site in central Wisconsin.