Category: Expansions/Relocations
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WPS Health Solutions partners with TriWest Healthcare Alliance to begin health care delivery in VA Community Care Network Region 4
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
DeAnne Boegli, Director of Communications
608-977-7343
deanne.boegli@wpsic.com
WPS Health Solutions partners with TriWest Healthcare Alliance to begin health care delivery in VA Community Care Network Region 4
MADISON, Wis.—June 11, 2020—WPS Health Solutions has joined TriWest Healthcare Alliance in beginning health care delivery under the new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Network (CCN) in Region 4, encompassing 13 western U.S. states. WPS is a subcontractor, providing claims processing services for the contract.
Health care delivery began June 8 in Montana and Eastern Colorado and will expand to 11 more states by the end of August 2020.
“WPS is pleased to be able to continue to support our veterans, TriWest, and the Department of Veterans Affairs with the highest level of service,” said Rani Connely, Vice President for WPS Military and Veterans Health.
The Region 4 team at WPS consists of about 350 people, including remote claims processors and staff in West Frankfort, Ill., and Rothschild, Wis., along with business and technology staff in Madison.
The Community Care Network (CCN), created by the MISSION Act of 2018, is a network of credentialed community health care providers that work with VA medical professionals. The purpose of CCN is to help ensure veterans are provided the care they need when they are unable to receive that care at a VA medical facility. CCN is designed to strengthen partnerships with community care providers, ensure robust care coordination, and improve veterans’ access to health care they have earned through their service.
Once fully implemented by late August 2020, CCN will replace the Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3) Program as the preferred national network VA uses to purchase care for veterans in their community. TriWest’s current network serves as a critical bridge until CCN is fully deployed to ensure veterans continue to receive the care they need.
“VA deserves enormous credit for its collaboration and steadfast approach in staying focused on the tasks at hand in launching the new community care network despite the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said David J. McIntyre Jr., TriWest President and CEO.
For more information, please visit: www.va.gov/COMMUNITYCARE
About WPS Health Solutions
WPS Health Solutions is a nationally regarded government contractor and a leading Wisconsin not-for-profit health insurer. The WPS Health Insurance division offers affordable health plans and benefits administration. The WPS Government Health Administrators division administers Part A and B Medicare benefits for millions of seniors in multiple states, and the WPS Military and Veterans Health division serves millions more members who are active in the U.S. military, veterans, and their families. Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS Health Solutions) has been based in Madison, Wis., for more than 70 years. For more information, please visit wpshealthsolutions.com.
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Lift Consulting, LLC Launches New Company, Pareto’s Talent
Pareto’s Talent, a Lift Consulting, LLC company
434 S. Yellowstone Dr.
Madison, WI
Contact: Laura Mael, Chief People Officer
Laura.mael@sandler.com
608-561-7714
Lift Consulting, LLC Launches New Company, Pareto’s Talent
Madison, WI June 8, 2020 – Lift Consulting, LLC, has launched a new company with a focus on connecting high performing, driven individuals with organizations where their talents are needed, recognized, and rewarded. Today more than ever, companies are reconsidering their workforce – what roles, what skills, and how an ideal employee fits into a landscape that is changed. Now more than ever is the time for individuals to know their professional story and share it with a company that needs to and wants to listen to it. Pareto’s Talent is the place to start.
“Nurturing talent is all we do. If an organization needs a firm that is in-tune with the newest procedures, technology, and talent, that is us. If not, we are likely not the best fit”, says Matthew Pletzer, CEO Lift Consulting, LLC, and Pareto’s Talent.
Marketplace veteran Laura Mael will lead Pareto’s Talent. As Chief People Officer, Laura’s role will be to ensure clients professional stories are well-crafted and that they have the structural components (resume, cover letter, etc.) needed to obtain employment. With the passion and experience to help individuals navigate career transitions successfully, “clients know that working with me is a relationship based on hard work and a genuine passion for partnering together to reach their career goals,” says Mael.
Individuals will have the option of participating in a subscription-based service (available in four levels – Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze) or standard ala carte career services including, but not limited to:
- Career Coaching
- Resume and cover letter development
- Interview coaching and practice
- Targeted job notifications
- Personalized customer assessment results and development plans
- On-going connection to a career development professional
- Pareto’s Talent Certification
Pareto’s Talent is a Lift Consulting, LLC company, led by CEO, Matt Pletzer, and CPO, Laura Mael, and provides talent strategy for individuals and organizations. Pareto’s Talent, based on the Pareto Principle that states that for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Pareto’s Talent focuses on working with individuals who want to be the 20% cause that creates 80% of the effect and connects them to an employer that can support that.
For more information, contact Laura Mael, CPO Pareto’s Talent at laura.mael@sandler.com or phone or text at 608.561.7714 or go to www.paretostalent.com.
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Per Mar & Midwest Alarm Services Expand in Nebraska
DES MOINES, Iowa – Per Mar Security Service, a leading provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients and the parent company to Midwest Alarm Services, is pleased to announce it has acquired GT Fire & Security based in Grand Island, NE. GT Fire & Security was founded by Gary and Tracy Hesman in 2008.
Brian Duffy, COO of Per Mar, said, “GT Fire & Security is a great company founded by wonderful people. We are happy to have found such a perfect mutual fit.”
Gary and Tracy Hesman and the technicians from GT Fire & Security will be joining the Midwest Alarm Services team, and will continue to provide service from the Grand Island, Nebraska office.
“This is a merger of two companies who prize their employees and customers above all else,” said Doug Richard, President of Midwest Alarm Services. “By combining operations, both Midwest Alarm Services and GT will be able to improve their delivery of products and services.”
About Per Mar Security Services
Established in 1953, Per Mar Security Services is the largest, family-owned, full-service security company in the Midwest with more than 2,300 team members, operating in 23 branch locations. The company provides full-service security solutions for homes and businesses including security officer services, smart home automation, burglar and fire alarms, access control, security cameras, alarm monitoring, investigative services and background checks. For more information about Per Mar Security Services, please visit permarsecurity.com.
About Midwest Alarm Services
Established in 1950, Midwest Alarm Services is a family-owned company specializing in life safety systems across four states. The company is a leading NOTIFER dealer, and provides life safety systems and services including card access systems, fire alarm systems, fire extinguishers/hoods, fire inspections, master clock systems, monitoring, nurse call systems, fire alarm system design/layout and video surveillance. For more information about Midwest Alarm Services, please visit midwestalarmservices.com
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Thysse Acquires Sign Edge, Expanding Their Specialty Graphics Capabilities
CONTACT: Brooke Barney, Thysse, 608.249.6951
OREGON, WI, March 3, 2020 — Thysse announced today that it has acquired Sign Edge, a Middleton-based specialty graphics firm.
“For the past 25 years, I’ve used my experience and expertise to creatively help clients with their brand, always working to offer them more,” said Jim Hagen, Sign Edge. “Joining the Varsity Squad at Thysse, I can now offer my clients a far greater spectrum of brand development solutions. Teaming with the like-minded professionals at Thysse is truly incredible.”
Combined, the companies share the same vision, to develop innovative ways to creatively and effectively develop, deploy and promote your brand. New and increased resources and capabilities include the production and installation of vehicle and ATM wraps, decorative and protective film for glass, wall murals, dimensional logos and lettering, floor graphics and more.
Hagen will be joining full time as Director of Specialty Graphics.
“Adding Jim and Sign Edge to the Thysse team is a vision turned reality for us,” said Dean Bott, General Manager, Thysse. “Besides Jim being extremely talented, he is a great guy and a perfect fit for our culture. The additional capabilities will allow us to better serve our existing clients and serve markets we have been eager to reach.”
About Sign Edge
A premier graphics and wrap company in Middleton, WI, Sign Edge, founded in 1994 has helped small businesses bolster their brand.
About Thysse
Thysse is a third-generation, innovative company in Oregon, WI, specializing in visual communication. We are a design, printing and manufacturing company and we have the imagination and tools to customize projects, whatever they may be. We think about how your story is being told through your direct mail, your catalog, your fleet vehicles, your apparel, the sign outside your door, and the design of the lobby inside your door. We are where you go with your brand. For more information about Thysse, please visit www.thysse.com.
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The Alexander Company Welcomes Gravity Photo Co. to the Novation Campus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Steve Daubs, Owner
Gravity Photo Co.
Office: 608-620-8304
Cell: 608-630-0117 (call/text)
steve@gravityphoto.com
NEW PHOTO EXPERIENCE STUDIO OPENS ON MADISON’S SOUTH SIDE
Gravity Photo Co. brings a new look and name, and a highly personal approach to photography
MADISON, WI – February 24, 2020 – A new kind of photographic experience comes to Madison with the opening of Gravity Photo Co. Owners Steve and Olga Daubs embrace everyone’s need for connection, helping people pay attention to the important relationships in their lives and celebrating them through amazing photographic experiences.
The new studio at 2500 Rimrock Road in the Novation Campus will be holding a grand opening party on March 5, from 5-8 p.m. The studio will be providing drinks, light hors d’oeuvres, a grand prize drawing, and special offers for those who attend.
Gravity Photo is a different kind of photographic experience. The Daubs take a highly personal approach, including pre-session interviews with family and friends to find out what’s truly behind the individual, the couple or the family, and use those insights to create unique sessions that focus on the experiences and emotions of their clients. Creating photographs that truly matter to clients also means creating custom artwork for clients’ walls so that they can see what’s wonderful about the people in their lives every day.
“You wouldn’t believe what a difference a personal approach makes in creating meaningful wall art,” says Steve. “We created Gravity to embrace everyone’s need to connect, and to help you be more mindful of the important relationships in your life.”
Steve and Olga began their photographic journey eight years ago with a focus on weddings, and they’ve developed an approach that brings the candid emotions from their wedding photography into everyday photo sessions. Gravity Photo offers full-service photography of families, couples, pets, high school seniors, head shots and branding, weddings and more. The studio has won numerous local, national, and international awards for their wedding and portrait photography.
“This location at the Novation Campus was ideal for us given its accessibility and proximity to a wonderful coffee shop – Finca Coffee,” says Steve. “It’s five minutes from downtown, and about 10 minutes from the east and west sides – it’s important to us that everyone have access.” In addition to the easy access of Madison’s primary thoroughfares (Beltline Highway at Rimrock Road and Highway 14), Novation is accessible via Madison’s network of bike paths and the Madison Metro bus system.
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