Aurora Health Care, Inc.

Aurora Health Care, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit healthcare system based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, acts as a prime recipient on federal research grants from the National Institutes of Health and related agencies and as a sub-recipient on grants managed by universities and state entities, performing clinical research, health services surveillance, and community health intervention work. The organization operates as the parent entity of two named subsidiaries — Aurora Medical Group, Inc. and Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc. — both nonprofit organizations in healthcare delivery.

Aurora's federal footprint concentrates heavily in research grants administered through the Department of Health and Human Services. Three prime grants dominate the recent pipeline: a $1.471 million National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases award (CFDA 93.847) through June 30, 2030, to develop a semi-automated self-monitoring feedback system for weight loss interventions using Fitbit devices and weekly algorithmic feedback in community settings; a $471 thousand National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant (CFDA 93.113) running through August 31, 2028, examining how weather-related barriers affect primary care utilization in older adults with chronic conditions and whether telemedicine mitigation works; and a Cooperative Agreement from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (through September 29, 2027) leveraging Aurora's electronic health records to improve maternal-infant linkage surveillance using the largest single-instance Epic system in the world, serving Chicago and Milwaukee populations with priority focus on racial equity in linkage accuracy.

Aurora serves fifteen distinct federal agencies across prime and sub-recipient roles. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (three awards) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (three awards) anchor award count, though the top potential-value customer is the Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (two awards, $369 thousand combined potential value). Sub-recipient work flows through academic partners including Northwestern University (cardiovascular disease prevention), Marquette University (fall prevention and geriatric emergency care), Yale University (clinical trial agreements), and Rush University Medical Center (MIND Diet and dementia prevention), as well as state entities including the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Activity accelerated year over year from a single award in 2015 to eight in 2025, though 2026 has recorded three awards to date. Two awards are due for completion within the next twenty-four months, creating moderate recompete exposure.