Health Care

Carrie Killoran has been named the new president of Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Vivent Health will open a new, expanded HIV health clinic at 1311 N. Sixth St. in the Hillside neighborhood near the Deer District in downtown Milwaukee.

Scott Charmoli, a Grafton resident who worked as a dentist at a practice in the Washington County village of Jackson has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for purposefully damaging the teeth of several patients during hundreds of crown procedures. He was also ordered to pay over $1 million in forfeiture.

Milwaukee-based Vivent Health announced that it has named Brandon Hill as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Milwaukee-based Sift Healthcare, a data science company that helps health care providers receive increased patient payment and payer reimbursement, has closed a $9 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Allos Ventures and First Trust Capital Partners. The Winnebago Seed Fund is one of several early investors in the company.

Wauwatosa-based My Choice Wisconsin (MCW), a Medicaid managed care organization serving customers throughout the state, has been acquired by Long Beach, California-based Molina Healthcare, Inc. Molina Healthcare will pay approximately $150 million, net of expected tax benefits and required regulatory capital, to acquire substantially all the assets of MCW.

Milwaukee-based Versiti, a company specializing in blood health solutions, has acquired Lees Summit, Missouri-based Ethical and Independent Review Services (E&I).  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Rogers Behavioral Health this month will welcome patients into its new residential care center in Brown Deer.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development on Thursday announced $2 million in worker training grants, including four grants for southeastern Wisconsin companies that will support training for up to 286 workers in the region.

Wisconsin’s health care costs are higher than the national average and a huge driver of those increased costs are higher hospital costs. This puts Wisconsin employers at a significant disadvantage and makes it more difficult for them to provide high-quality, affordable health care for their employees.