March 2, 2011
J.K. WallCommunity Health Network won a three-way race for a close partnership with Johnson Memorial Hospital, besting Franciscan St.
Francis and Indiana University Health.
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February 16, 2011
J.K. WallChanges unleashed by health reform are pushing Franciscan St. Francis Health’s expansion into Hamilton County—in
addition to the obvious pull of the area’s well-heeled population.
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February 14, 2011
IBJ StaffFranciscan St. Francis Health plans to open a short-stay medical center in Carmel, creating 76 jobs by 2015, the health system
announced Monday morning.
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February 12, 2011
J.K. WallThe president of the Indiana Primary Health Care Association wants to double the number of federally qualified community health
centers in Indiana in the next five years.
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February 2, 2011
J.K. WallAfter a federal judge in Florida struck down the entire health reform law, investors shrugged. But the uncertainty for executives
in health care companies increased.
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January 17, 2011
Construction is set to begin soon on Community Health Pavilion, a three-story, 55,000-square-foot medical building to be built
on six acres at 7910 E. Washington St.
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January 10, 2011
Associated PressCiting cash-flow problems, Allcare Dental and Dentures shut down operations in 14 states, including Indiana, last week.
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December 22, 2010
J.K. WallThe merger of Morgan Hospital & Medical Center into Clarian Health got the go-ahead from all parties in the past week,
opening the way for Morgan to bring on new doctors to its facilities.
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November 27, 2010
Scott OlsonInterest in primary care has fallen off markedly due partly to relatively low pay.
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November 27, 2010
Scott OlsonFive students at Indiana University School of Medicine contemplate whether to opt for family practice or a specialty.
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November 24, 2010
J.K. WallIndianapolis-area hospitals have negotiated reimbursement rates with private health insurers that are two and three times
higher than those paid by the federal Medicare program, suggesting the hospitals have the upper hand over insurers, according
to a new study.
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November 10, 2010
J.K. WallCould nurse practitioners get a promotion in the medical field? At least one health insurer is treating them like doctors
now.
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October 27, 2010
Mason King
Jan Roberts pairs numbers and nurturing—further fueled by a fight
with breast cancer —to power the city's fifth largest woman-owned business.
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October 14, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe city is kicking in up to $38 million for infrastructure upgrades to support a massive expansion of the Clarian Health
campus at 16th Street and Capitol Avenue.
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October 2, 2010
Scott OlsonIn this new age of health care, ushered in by President Obama’s signing in March of a sweeping health care reform law,
health care players are encouraged to remove the gloves if they want to reap the benefits of reform.
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September 25, 2010
Cory SchoutenFormer employees say Meridian Plastic Surgery Center violated their rights when it secretly recorded them in various states
of undress.
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September 7, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsLilly remains disinterested in making big acquisitions and aims to rely on the company’s own pipeline, CEO John Lechleiter
said Tuesday, re-emphasizing a strategy he has outlined several times in the past year.
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August 14, 2010
J.K. WallThe health care industry is responding to reforms that will pay doctors bonuses if they provide high-quality care and save
Medicare money.
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August 4, 2010
Scott OlsonNate Feltman, former state secretary of commerce, has left his partnership position at Baker & Daniels LLP to become president
of Home Health Depot LLP, a
growing home-medical-equipment supplier.
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July 26, 2010
J.K. WallMarion County survey finds 80 percent of respondents in debt to local hospitals, with about half saying they were never informed
about the availability
of charity care or payment plans.
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July 21, 2010
J.K. WallThe scramble by local hospitals to form their physicians and facilities into “clinically integrated” networks
that can do business with employers and health insurers has another huge motivating factor: Beginning January 2012, they can
also do business with Medicare, the massive federal program for seniors.
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July 10, 2010
J.K. WallUnemployment in Indiana has moderated slightly, but more than 313,000 Hoosiers remain out of work. And with attempts to extend
benefits for the jobless stalled in Congress, it’s likely more people will struggle to pay medical bills.
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July 3, 2010
Scott OlsonCaregivers anticipates coping with declining Medicare reimbursements while having to offer insurance to its employees.
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July 2, 2010
J.K. WallMore than 100 staff members of Indiana Medical Associates LLC likely will land at one of two area hospital systems. The move
mirrors national and local consolidation of practices with hospitals.
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June 23, 2010
J.K. WallPhysician offices will begin receiving payments from the Medicare that are 21.3-percent below
what they’ve been getting so far this year. Doctors still expect Congress to reverse the payment cuts, but physicians
and the Medicare program will have to reprocess claims, costing both extra money.
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Who makes Tater Tots? They would be a good sponsor, because $3 Million for the alleged "Greatest Spectacle In Racing" is taters. Tiny, tiny taters. But at least they are making up something of the losses accumulated over the years in this dying sport. Buttock in seat is certainly not doing it, nor eyeball on TV, as evidenced by the lack of both.
We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.
The Prestige was a great flick.
Larry - even though the race is on ABC, ESPN does all of the work, so that is why ESPN is mentioned. Most sports on ABC are called something like "ESPN on ABC."