Author: Tim Stumm

Marshfield Clinic Health System is set to become the latest system to join AboutHealth, bringing the network's total to eight, officials announced Tuesday morning. (WHN, 5/12)

Bellin-ThedaCare Healthcare Partners' Pioneer Accountable Care Organization saved Medicare more than $21 million during the first two years of the program, according to results recently released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (WHN, 5/12)

ProHealth Care and UW Health have signed an agreement to co-manage ProHealth's cancer center in Pewaukee set to open in August, the systems announced Thursday. In addition, several Aurora Health Care cancer specialists will deliver care at the center. Aurora said it's the first step toward "a more clinically integrated relationship with UW Health and ProHealth Care in cancer care." (WHN, 5/8)

Efforts to bring the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and the UW Medical Foundation into a single, integrated organization are a step closer to reality after receiving support from the hospital's board Wednesday. (WHN, 5/7)

The state budget committee voted Tuesday to eliminate a $70 annual fee on Wisconsin physicians, ending a key funding source for the Wisconsin Health Information Organization. (WHN, 5/6)