Health Care

Milwaukee startup OnKol plans to move from Startup Milwaukee’s 96square co-working space to another collaborative community, Ward4 Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based development firm Irgens plans to build a 40,000-square-foot expansion onto the 60,000-square-foot Tosa Health Center building, located at the southwest corner of Mayfair Road and Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa, that it leases to Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin.

The Medical College of Wisconsin recently announced that it plans to build a 225,000-square-foot office building on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus in Wauwatosa.

As the American Cancer Society prepares for its 2015 Relay For Life of Milwaukee Fundraiser, now in its 21st year, the organization is working to recruit teams from area businesses, schools, families and community groups.

Waukesha-based Cardiac Science Corp., a manufacturer of automated external defibrillators, was recently awarded $22,991,985 in lost royalties in a breach of contract lawsuit. A 12-person jury in Los Angeles Superior Court unanimously decided in favor of the company's breach of contract claims against Zoll Medical Corp. and Zoll LifeCor Corp.

For the second consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin No. 5 in cardiology and heart surgery.

The Suburban Milwaukee H.O.G (Harley Owners Group) Chapter and Suburban Motors Harley Davidson in Thiensville will host the 7th annual Have a Heart Motorcycle Ride on Saturday to benefit the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Cardiovascular Center.

Annie Bartosz, the 13-year-old founder of the Hartland-based Gold in September charity, has been named a “100 Everyday Amazing” individual for her commitment to the fight against childhood cancer. Annie, who was selected from more than a thousand nominees, was honored on May 26 at the 8th annual “the one hundred” award ceremony in Boston.

AboutHealth, the statewide health care organization with members including Aurora Health Care, has reached an agreement with Arise Health Plan to offer co-branded individual and group coverage.

After a review of strategic alternatives for its health business, Assurant Inc. announced today that it will shut down its Milwaukee-based Assurant Health division in downtown Milwaukee over the next 18 months. The first phase of job reductions will occur this summer and affect an estimated 300 out of approximately 1,700 positions at Assurant Health.