Health Care
BizTimes Morning Headlines: – Medical colleges target Fox Cities for expansion
Appleton may be among a handful of cities across the state to land the first wave of expansions by medical colleges trying to cope with a projected physician shortage.
Lutheran Home adds new directors
Lutheran Home and Harwood Place have added new members to their board of directors.
Bravo! Winner: Lori Zindl, president, OS inc.
Lori Zindl
President
OS inc.
W237 N2920 Woodgate Road, #100, Pewaukee
Employees: 70
Bravo! Winner: Kyle Weatherly, president, Solaris
Kyle Weatherly
President
Solaris
6737 W. Washington St., Suite 3260, West Allis
www.solarismed.com
Industry: Health care; durable medical equipment
Employees: 52
IQ Winner: Perfect Cross LLC
Perfect Cross LLC
W332 N6011 County Road C, Nashotah
Industry: Health care
Innovation: RapidForce Kinetic Performance Systems, shortening the gap in adhesive muscle support products
IQ Winner: GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare
9900 W. Innovation Dr., Wauwatosa
Innovation: Created the Vscan, a portable handheld ultrasound device
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IQ Winner: Bruno Independent Living Aids Inc.
Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc.
1780 Executive Dr., Oconomowoc
www.bruno.com
Industry: Independent living devices for vehicles
Innovation: The Chariot, a lifting device for small and mid-sized vehicles
Don’t hold breath for health insurance rebates
Consumers and businesses in Wisconsin will receive about $16.8 million in rebates from health insurance companies that spent more on administrative expenses and profits than allowed by the federal health care reform Affordable Care Act, according to an analysis by the Menlo, Calif.-based Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Feds allocate $16.1 million for community health centers in Wisconsin
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $16.1 million in grants to be awarded to community health centers in Wisconsin.
Medicaid managers are like deer in headlights
To put it in Heartland terms, state Medicaid managers are like deer in the headlights. The costs keep escalating beyond any ideas they have about control and management of the fiscal disaster that the program represents.
