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Security Health Plan rated among top plans in Wisconsin by NCQA

MARSHFIELD – For the 14th consecutive year, Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., is among the nation’s highest-rated health insurance plans by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial plans. In the 2018-19 NCQA Health Insurance Plan Ratings released Thursday, Sept. 20, Security Health Plan’s Medicare plans were rated …

UW-Stevens Point announces Wausau and Marshfield branch campus names

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved name changes today for the UW-Stevens Point’s new branch campuses in Wausau and Marshfield. UW-Marathon County, located in Wausau and founded in 1933, is now the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau. UW-Marshfield/Wood County, founded in 1964, is the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Marshfield. All …

Regional employer survey shows local wage growth accelerating

The recently completed the 2018 Western & Central Wisconsin Wage Survey has revealed a 3.70% overall increase in its group of 35 benchmark jobs, an acceleration of last year’s increase of 2.99%. The increase is an “indicator of positive wage growth and robust market conditions,” notes Deborah Marshall, Senior Manager, HR Consulting, at Wipfli in …

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