Health Care

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.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $16.1 million in grants to be awarded to community health centers in Wisconsin.

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.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $16.1 million in grants to be awarded to community health centers in Wisconsin.

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating, often deadly disease that attacks the body's central nervous system.

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.

When researchers used federal funding to genetically mutate the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus to make it capable of respiratory transmission between ferrets, the U.S. government was caught flat-footed on how to proceed with this potentially dangerous research.

BizTimes Media LLC has produced a digital edition of the Humana Wellness Summit, which provides insights from experts about starting and growing corporate employee wellness programs.

A wellness research study being conducted by Marquette University, Medical College of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seeking employers interested in promoting wellness programs to their employees.