For 13 years, In Business has celebrated the successes of rising business stars in our annual 40 Under 40 issue, and each year we have marveled at the vast richness and diversity of the young candidates. The competition is stiff. Not only are we looking for examples of business success and moxie, but also for people who demonstrate a firm commitment to the local community through board involvement, volunteerism, or other activities.
How big can a company get with just 50 employees? We're about to find out. Thousands of small businesses across the U.S. are desperately looking for a way to escape their own fiscal cliff. That's because ObamaCare is forcing them…
Madison is the second-best-run city in the country, according to 247wallst.com. Taking top honors was Plano, Texas. Madison scored highly on a variety of criteria, including health care, technology, its top bond rating, and the fact that 54% of its…
The Wisconsin Safety Council and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development are now accepting nominations for the 19th Annual Wisconsin Corporate Safety Awards. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, Jan. 25. Awards will be presented at the 71st Annual Wisconsin…
Remember the phrase “ignorance of the law is no excuse”? Less than one year before full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the number of business executives who have a firm grasp on how the landmark law will affect their companies is anyone’s guess. What is not subject to guesswork is that they need to get up to speed, because after its validation before the Supreme Court and the national electorate, the rules and regulations associated with the ACA are coming down fast and furious.
Turville Bay MRI & Radiation Oncology Center broke ground on a new MRI clinic in west Madison at 2275 Deming Way. The 4,200-sq.-ft. clinic should be completed by this spring. Turville Bay’s other locations are at Meriter and St. Mary’s…
UW Hospitals has purchased the 176-room Best Western InnTowner Hotel for $14.5 million. The hotel at 2424 University Ave. will be used to house out-of-town patients who need to remain in the area for extended periods during treatment. Parts of…
Wisconsin fell four spots in measures of adult health, according to United Health Foundation’s 2012 America’s Health Rankings. The latest report shows Wisconsin ranked 16th, down from 12th in 2011. The state scored well in high school graduations and the…
Thanks to their determination to pursue a fit lifestyle, they have more energy, focus, concentration, and stamina, which they translate into a higher level of individual business performance. “They” are the winners of IB’s first annual “Fittest Executive” contest, and knowing what wellness could mean for a productive workforce, they also encourage their employees to “chase fitness.”
As part of a streamlining effort, GE Healthcare announced it will reduce its Wisconsin workforce by 2%, meaning the loss of about 14 jobs at its Life Support Systems plant in Madison where the company employs about 700 workers. Reportedly,…
In a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has notified the federal government the state will have the feds set up a health care exchange called for under the Affordable…
It’s one of those “oh, wow” statistics that at first glance seems all but impossible to believe. Each year, diabetes sufferers endure more amputations than did all American soldiers in every major conflict since the start of the Civil War.
If there’s one thing you can say for certain about animal lovers, it’s that very few of them survive into adulthood without experiencing a broken heart. With the exception of tortoises and some parrots, pets rarely outlive their human companions, and that’s an unavoidable recipe for emotional upheaval.
After months of wrangling, a three-year contract has been agreed to by the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Inc. (UWMF) and Physicians Plus Insurance Corp. While the Physicians Plus new care navigation prior approval process will continue, Physicians Plus members…
An annual survey by the human resources consulting firm Aon Hewitt indicates that large employers in metropolitan Milwaukee will see a 5.2% increase in the cost of employee health insurance coverage, and their coverage costs will remain higher than the…
The ancient caveat that the cure is sometimes worse than the disease is, for the most part, not true when it comes to cancer. After all, cancer treatment is the ultimate life-or-death intervention, and most people would prefer to live with moderate – or even severe – discomfort if the prognosis included a happy and healthy life. But unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Some patients will decline cancer treatment simply because the side effects are too unpalatable or too onerous.
As anyone who’s ever owned a set of teeth knows, the only thing more boring than flossing is hearing your dentist talk about flossing. And while both the act and the exposition may seem to make time go infinitely more slowly, the truth is they may actually add years to your life.
While molybdenum-99 might sound like a term carefully crafted in the musty basement office of an aspiring Star Trek scriptwriter, it’s a real, and vitally important, isotope that’s crucial to many modern diagnostic procedures. Unfortunately, the only reason you’re likely to hear about it is that it’s in critically short supply. Fortunately, the market abhors a vacuum, and SHINE Medical Technologies, a Monona company that’s finalizing plans to build a new $100 million facility in Janesville, is gearing up to fill it.
There are lessons for the nation to learn in Wisconsin health care. That’s what Texas professor Leonard Berry thinks. It’s why he dedicated three months last year to study three health care organizations: Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse, Bellin Health…
The corridors of Trek Bicycle Corp. offer clues to why wellness is a point of emphasis. Photographs of cycling greats like Lance Armstrong and others who have competed with Trek bikes adorn walls that frame a collaborative workspace. Clearly, no company that manufactures world-class racing bikes can ignore wellness.
