Health Care
Get the latest updates on hospitals, health systems, and medical innovation in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
Dean Health Plan to enter Green Bay market
Madison-based Dean Health Plan has signed an agreement with Prevea Health and St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay to offer health insurance through a managed care network in northeastern Wisconsin.
Madison company adds Petasnick to board
William Petasnick, who recently retired as president and chief executive officer of Froedtert Health System in Milwaukee, is joining the board of directors of Erdman Company, a Madison-based national leader in health care consulting, facility planning, development, design and construction.
Cox is new CEO of MyHealthDirect
Brookfield-based MyHealthDirect, the nation's first and only health care scheduling exchange, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Tom Cox to be its chief executive officer.
Health care transformation boosts IT firms
On an 800-acre spread in Verona,Wis., is the headquarters of one of the largest health care-specific information technology firms...
Web tool provides health care analytics
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.
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Braun is chair of AIDS Walk
Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers left fielder and reigning National League MVP, has been named the honorary chair for AIDS Walk Wisconsin 2012.
Jacobson takes helm at Froedtert Health
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.
Conference to focus on impact of health care reform
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.
Don’t let paradigms preclude business model innovation
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.
