My Choice Family Care and Care Wisconsin Plan to Merge Early 2020

OCTOBER 1, 2019—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

My Choice Family Care and Care Wisconsin Plan to Merge Early 2020 Pending regulatory approval, two Wisconsin-based MCOs look to combine strengths, leverage networks

Milwaukee, Wisconsin—My Choice Family Care and Care Wisconsin are pleased to announce they have signed a letter of intent to explore the feasibility of merging into one entity. Any final merger would be subject to regulatory approval. This entity would provide a comprehensive array of services and network of integrated care throughout Wisconsin. Services will include Family Care, Family Care Partnership, SSI Managed Care, Medicare Dual Advantage and Badger Care Plus.

My Choice and Care Wisconsin have strong individual histories of care and service to their members and the communities they serve. My Choice began providing services as one of the original Family Care pilot counties in 2000. Care Wisconsin began as the first adult day care center in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1976 and in 1995 became the first Wisconsin agency to enroll people in the Partnership program.

The organizations have a history of collaboration and are very excited to begin this new chapter together. This merger will build upon the established strengths of both organizations and enhance their ability to effectively coordinate acute, primary, community-based and long-term care services for members with a focus on quality outcomes, member satisfaction, and a robust provider network.

Care Wisconsin Interim CEO Amy Ackerman said “The Care Wisconsin story began more than 40 years ago and we are excited that the next chapter includes merging with My Choice. Like us, they’ve been deeply rooted in and committed to the communities they serve. Our companies have a shared vision and passion for improving our members’ lives.”

This newly merged organization will continue to focus on members first, ensuring continuity of care and services for them, and continued effective and positive relationships with its valued network of providers and community partners.

“My Choice was one of the first Family Care MCOs in Wisconsin” said My Choice CEO Maria Ledger, “but we always strive to be innovative and creative. Care Wisconsin has been a great collaborator over the years and we are very much looking forward to this merger with them. I know we have a lot to learn from each other and we are very excited to get started.”

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For more information, contact:
My Choice Family Care CEO, Maria Ledger | maria.ledger@mychoicefamilycare.org | 414-287-7600
Care Wisconsin COO, Karen Hitchcock | Hitchcockk@carewisc.org | 608-245-3076

CEC Announces New, Bigger Locations in Madison and New Berlin, WI

Hiawatha, IA (Sept. 16, 2019) – CEC, a nationally recognized technology systems integrator in the Midwest, is excited to announce the relocation of two of its Wisconsin offices this month.

To better support CEC’s growing operations team – which continues to serve more customers in the southern Wisconsin area – CEC has relocated its Madison and New Berlin offices to larger spaces. This relocation will accommodate more employees and provide additional meeting and collaboration spaces for teams to work together as they create technology solutions that help clients meet business goals.

These larger office locations will help support the company’s recent acquisition of Milwaukee-based Select Sound and addition of 30+ employees, expanding CEC’s ability to provide Rauland Responder nurse call systems to Wisconsin hospitals and long-term care facilities.

The move also bolsters CEC’s commitment to providing technology solutions for educational institutions, given the company’s recent announcement about becoming the exclusive provider of Rauland Education Solutions across the entire state of Wisconsin.

CEC’s new Madison office is located at 2902 Dairy Drive, which is part of the Femrite Business Park. CEC’s New Berlin office is located at 3080 South Calhoun Road, which is part of the New Berlin Industrial Park.

“We’re excited about what these relocations will allow us to do,” says Matt Dlouhy, CEO at CEC. “By providing more space for our employees to create innovative solutions and work side by side with team members to solve problems, we’ll be able to help our Wisconsin customers better apply technology to improve communication, efficiency, and safety.”

To learn more about CEC and the technology solutions it provides to customers, visit www.cecinfo.com.

About CEC
With offices in the Midwest serving local and national customers, CEC offers solution design, integration, and technical services specializing in audio/video, fire and security, healthcare communications, IT, and two-way communications. Focused on the customer experience, CEC teams partner with clients to understand their businesses, tailor solutions, and plan for future technology needs. To learn more, visit www.cecinfo.com.

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CG Schmidt Purchases Building for New Office

Madison, WI – CG Schmidt, a Milwaukee-based construction management and general contracting firm, announced today the purchase of the office building located at 433 West Washington Avenue in Madison. This building will serve as CG Schmidt’s permanent Madison office, replacing the current office space the firm occupies on the fourth floor of 10 West Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square. CG Schmidt has been building in the Madison area for more than 40 years, with a dedicated Madison office since 2006. 2020 marks the construction company’s 100-yearanniversary.

“This move has been in the works since we first established a Madison office thirteen years ago. We want to make the statement to our clients, partners and the community as a whole that we are committed to being a Madison construction firm, being a Madison taxpayer, and that we are putting down permanent roots in Wisconsin’s Capitol City,” said CG Schmidt, Senior Vice President and Owner, Eric Schmidt. “It has taken our family a while to find the right location that meets our needs as a growing office and to define collaborative spaces that help us to serve our clients more efficiently. We now have that with this new building.”

The five-story, 34,255 square-foot commercial office building was purchased from Keller Real Estate Group and will be completely remodeled with a modern design and features, and updated for efficiency and sustainability. The design for the building was created by Kahler Slater Architects. Construction has begun and it is slated for completion in July of 2020. CG Schmidt will occupy three floors, with two floors available for commercial and retail lease.

CG Schmidt is a family-owned and operated construction management and general contracting firm, headquartered in Milwaukee, specializing in community, commercial, industrial, healthcare and educational facility construction throughout Wisconsin. 2020 marks the firm’s 100^th year in business. Several of the firm’s notable Madison projects include UW-Madison Union South, St. Paul University Catholic Center, Hovde Properties 316 West Washington Avenue Building, and the new Madison Youth Arts Center, which is currently under construction.

For more information, please contact Sarah Dunn, Vice President, at (608) 960-4102 or sarah.dunn@cgschmidt.com.

Attachment: Exterior Building Rendering (View from the North on West Washington Avenue)

Mead & Hunt acquires “boutique” transportation consulting firm Sabra & Associates, Inc.

Mead & Hunt, a large, well-known national architecture-engineering firm, has acquired Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI), a multi-disciplinary consulting firm with a strong emphasis on the transportation sector.

SAI has a heavy presence in the mid-Atlantic states with five offices spanning the area, including offices in Columbia, MD, Washington, DC, Vienna, VA, and two in Baltimore, MD. They have 120 team members.

This move gives both firms the opportunity to provide clients expanded consulting resources and service areas. SAI brings sophisticated multi-modal transportation planning, travel demand modeling, GIS, traffic engineering, and highway design and construction inspection to Mead & Hunt’s Transportation team, which excels at roadway and bridge design and construction inspection.

In addition, SAI brings strength in urban transit, freight logistics, signals and intelligent transportation systems planning and design, which is vital to many of our clients across the country. The two firms offer complementary services, making this combination beneficial for SAI and Mead & Hunt clients alike.

“The convergence of SAI and Mead & Hunt’s areas of expertise supports clients and communities by creating greater access to vital transportation services nationwide,” said Rick Plymale, Vice President for Mead & Hunt’s Transportation. “I’m confident that together we can do more for our clients than either of us could alone.”

The two firms are an ideal cultural fit, with both fostering people-first values. According to Andy Platz, Mead & Hunt’s CEO, “Keeping all of our clients, employees and communities at the forefront of our decisions is key to our overall success.”

Similarly, Ziad Sabra, former owner of SAI and now Mid-Atlantic Business Unit Leader at Mead & Hunt stated, “We remain committed to retaining the close client relationships we’ve fostered over the past several years, and we look forward to maintaining these relationships well into the future. Above all, this allows us to offer expanded resources to our clients and offers our employees additional opportunities to grow.”

Mead & Hunt is an employee-owned consulting firm and remains strong on ENR’s Top 500 design firm list with a national ranking of 119 in 2019. The firm employs nearly 900 employees from 35+ offices located across the nation. They were named by Zweig Group as one of the Best Firms to Work For, and by CE News as one of the top 10 engineering companies to work for in the nation.

Media Contacts:

• Andy Platz, CEO/President, andy.platz@meadhunt.com, 608-443-0600
• Rick Plymale, Vice President/Transportation, Richard.plymale@meadhunt.com, 681-313-4615
• Meghan Stiklestad, Marketing Director, Meghan.stiklestad@meadhunt.com, 608-443-0378

M3 Expands to Rockford, Illinois

M3 Insurance is excited to announce its expansion to Rockford, Illinois.  Effective July 1, 2019, M3 opened its sixth location with an office at 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford.

This new location allows us to maintain and expand our client, community, and insurance carrier relationships in the Rockford marketplace. We have assigned M3 account executives who specialize in employee benefits and property and casualty to serve the market.

“M3 Insurance is always looking for ways to better serve the needs of our clients by providing them with world-class resources and individual, personalized attention, and this expansion is just another example of that commitment,” said Mike Victorson, president and CEO. “We look forward to building long-lasting and meaningful relationships with business partners and being a positive member of the Rockford community.”

M3 Insurance is a member of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.

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About M3

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