Month: May 2012

Access to health care declines in Wisconsin, nationwide

Access to basic health care for adults declined in Wisconsin and nearly every state from 2000 to 2010, according to a study released Monday. An estimated 13% of the adults under 65 in Wisconsin reported not seeking health care because of the cost in 2010, according to the study. That was up from 8.5% in 2000. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/8)

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UW Health ramps up expansion work

UW Health is keeping construction crews busy, with work on a new clinic underway, demolition for another clinic to start this month, expansion of the children’s hospital to start in August and a groundbreaking in September for a complex to include a new hospital. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 5/7)

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Jacobson tapped to navigate Froedtert through health care change

Catherine Jacobson, who will become chief executive of Froedtert Health on July 1, stood out in her career because of a lesson she learned at a young age. In 1990, when Jacobson was 27, she was promoted to chief financial officer of Rush Health Plans, a large but struggling health insurer affiliated with what is now Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/7)

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