April 6, 2013
J.K. WallBrian and Emily Kahn had virtually identical physical therapy. He paid much more than she did. Why? Because of where the therapy
took place.
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March 2, 2013
J.K. WallThe five-year trend of physician practices marrying up with hospitals has made it harder and harder for independent physician
practices to spend time in more than one hospital system.
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March 1, 2013
J.K. WallThe sequestration plan kicking in Friday will chop Medicare payments to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes by 2 percent,
beginning April 1. One study estimates that the cuts could result in 10,000-plus job losses in Indiana alone.
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February 25, 2013
J.K. WallBetween the new Marian college of medicine and an enrollment expansion at the Indiana University School of Medicine, the state
will have 88 percent more med students by next fall.
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February 9, 2013
J.K. WallAcross the four largest hospital systems in central Indiana, six physicians received more than $1 million in compensation
in 2011 while two others received more than $900,000 and nine others received $700,000 or more, according to the hospitals’
most recent reports to the IRS.
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January 28, 2013
J.K. WallMarian University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine—only the second medical school in Indiana—will enroll
162 students this fall, about 8 percent more than it planned.
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August 28, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Cancer Care Group in Indianapolis said a laptop computer bag containing private information on as many as 55,000 patients
has been stolen.
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August 8, 2012
J.K. WallDr. Craig Brater, 66, has worked at the Indianapolis-based school for 26 years, including the past 12 as dean. The school
is the second largest medical school in the nation and the only one in Indiana.
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July 23, 2012
J.K. WallOnly 1 percent of the jobs given to Texas-based Merritt Hawkins over the past year were for solo practitioners, the physician
recruiting firm reported this month. That’s down from 22 percent of all searches in 2004.
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May 26, 2012
J.K. WallAs St. Vincent Health has nearly doubled the number of physicians it employs over the past two years, the losses on those
practices have mounted. And the same thing is happening at all the major Indianapolis hospital systems, as all have spent
the past four years aggressively acquiring physician practices.
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May 7, 2012
J.K. WallDr. Malaz Boustani, the medical director of Wishard Health Services’ Healthy Aging Brain Center, thinks
pop-up alerts for physicians that are part of many electronic medical record and e-prescribing systems are ineffective and
need to be re-engineered.
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April 23, 2012
J.K. WallA group of 123 doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants have formed the Eskenazi Medical Group in order to focus
on maximizing patient care and related bonus payments at Wishard Health Services.
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March 3, 2012
J.K. WallAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has renewed its push to bring online care to the Indiana market, including video. It has
asked the state’s Medical Licensing Board to relax a 2003 rule that stands in its way.
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January 14, 2012
Sam StallA new onslaught of Medicare data might shine more light on providers, but tricky questions abound.
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December 17, 2011
J.K. WallIndependent health care facilities, like Body One Physical Therapy, are seeing referrals from physicians beginning to slacken
as more and more doctors become employees of hospitals. The hospitals request that doctors send patients to their in-house
physical therapy practices.
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November 26, 2011
Michael Brown / Special to IBJRaising prices is easier when numbers are limited.
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October 31, 2011
J.K. WallThe number of payments in excess of $1 million didn’t change substantially from year to year, but orthopedic companies
sharply cut their fees to surgeons who received the smallest amounts.
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October 29, 2011
J.K. WallRepuChek software tracks, analyzes what's being said about doctors on the Internet.
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October 10, 2011
J.K. WallMedical residents are getting more job offers than before, yet greater numbers of them say if they had it to do over again,
they would not go to medical school.
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October 1, 2011
Reform-induced changes dominate health care panel of health care experts convened by Indianapolis Business Journal.
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September 26, 2011
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Indianapolis’ largest independent physician group, American Health Network, doesn’t want to sell to a hospital,
but its CEO hopes it can hold on until accountable care kicks in.
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July 16, 2011
J.K. WallNine family-practice doctors are set to leave their large physician group and join Noblesville's Riverview Hospital, more
than tripling their revenue-generating potential.
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June 17, 2011
J.K. WallCentral Indiana Cancer Centers sold its five facilities to IU Health and transferred its 150 employees to the Indianapolis-based
hospital system. The 16 physicians in the practice will remain independent, but they have signed a service agreement with
IU Health that pulls the two entities into a tight embrace.
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May 31, 2011
J.K. WallIndianapolis may be reaching a saturation point for hospitals employing physicians, according to the latest report from the
Center for Studying Health System Change.
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May 23, 2011
J.K. WallOrthoIndy, the physician practice that owns the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, was able to open a new outpatient facility this
spring by working around growth restrictions in the 2010 health care reform law. But its choices for further growth are much
starker—which is why it's lobbying to repeal that provision of the law.
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Doug Henning!
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?