Health Care

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch are scheduled to take part in a groundbreaking for the new Innovations & Wellness Commons on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at 1609 W. North Ave.

The Milwaukee-based AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will merge with the Madison-based AIDS Network on Feb. 1 in a move that leaders from both organizations say will preserve continuity of care for patients and clients.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health Team hosted a ribbon cutting this morning for the opening of the city’s first workplace clinic.  

UnitedHealthcare and the Business Health Care Group (BHCG) of southeastern Wisconsin today announced a multi-year relationship to deliver health benefits to employers in the greater Milwaukee area.

Milwaukee-based health care real estate investment trust Physicians Realty Trust has announced a public offering of 15 million common shares.

Radom Corp. of Hales Corners was one of eight Wisconsin companies to receive $75,000 grants from the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Advance Program, a $1 million initiative that provides capital to entrepreneurs to help commercialize high-tech innovation. Half of the recipients are high-tech medical companies.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which works to develop networks of ideas and institutions to advance teaching and learning, has awarded Community Engagement Classification to the Medical College of Wisconsin in recognition of its community engagement practices.

The U.S. Small Business Administration will present a series of informative seminars to help small employers and self-employed individuals navigate the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace and the Individual Marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin has named Leon Lamoreaux the new president of its Medicaid health plan, effective Jan. 12. In this newly created position, Lamoreaux will be responsible for leading the Medicaid business, focusing on long-term growth opportunities for Anthem Medicaid in the state of Wisconsin.

Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health in Wisconsin have finalized a previously announced agreement to join Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin, a clinically integrated network of major health care systems and the Medical College of Wisconsin.