February 11, 2013
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Don Kelso is executive director of the Indiana Rural Health Association. The trade group is trying to help
its members navigate the changes coming from health care reform and the financial pressures being created by federal budget
cuts. The association recently launched a service for its members called SuiteStats, which is data-management software to
help hospital executives identify areas ripe for cost-cutting.
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September 4, 2012
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based St. Vincent Health will manage operations at Monroe Hospital in Bloomington under an agreement announced
on Tuesday. Monroe gives St. Vincent a line of hospitals stretching from Indianapolis to Bedford and even farther south to
Salem and Evansville.
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May 23, 2012
J.K. WallThe merger of Kokomo’s Howard Regional Health System into Indianapolis-based Community Health Network received final
approval Tuesday night.
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October 4, 2011
J.K. WallThe integration of the two not-for-profit hospital systems, approved by Howard Regional's board in late May, is now dead,
the two hospitals announced Monday.
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August 15, 2011
J.K. WallIU Health Morgan Hospital sued Dr. Dianna Boyer on Aug. 3 to stop her from moving her practice to a facility Franciscan St.
Francis Health is building in Martinsville.
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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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July 9, 2011
Marc D. AllanPartnership combines wellness, hospital services.
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June 27, 2011
J.K. WallHelp with physician recruitment is a big factor pushing small-city hospitals into the arms of Indianapolis’ four major
hospital systems. So how do the big boys entice doctors to the small towns?
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June 27, 2011
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Jim Alender has been CEO of Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo since 1997. He recently negotiated a
letter of intent to merge the hospital with Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health. He spoke about the major factors
that led to that decision, and the benefits he hopes to come from it. The deal, which still requires approval from Howard
County officials, could close before the end of this year.
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June 20, 2011
J.K. WallBattered by stagnant population growth and blue-collar job loss, Howard Regional Health is merging with Indiana University
Health—a deal that reflects the challenges faced by hospitals in Indiana’s outlying cities.
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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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January 5, 2011
J.K. WallMobile medicine has arrived. Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg became the first hospital in Indiana to start
using AirStrip OB, a patient-monitoring system that sends things like the heartbeat waves of patients directly to physicians’
iPhones, BlackBerrys or other mobile devices.
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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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December 9, 2010
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based hospital system’s board of directors could vote to acquire the 25-bed hospital as early as next
week, but might put off a decision till February.
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August 3, 2010
Tom HartonSatori Pointe is being marketed as a campus where medical offices, fitness-oriented retailers and residents would co-exist.
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January 6, 2010
IBJ StaffLebanon-based hospital system also wants to refinance about $21 million in debt on new medical office building.
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November 14, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe $7.8 million medical office building in McCordsville will allow the hospital to tap patients with private insurance.
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December 15, 2008
Chris O'MalleySt. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is seeing higher-than-projected use of a newly added emergency department that has firmed
up its status as a full-service hospital.
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November 17, 2008
J.K. WallMarion County hospital systems anticipate more mergers, possibly with each other.
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November 17, 2008
Because major employers in Shelby County have laid off workers, Major Hospital isn't getting as much income from employer-based
medical insurance plans.
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December 10, 2007
J.K. WallClarian Health officials say the only way they can keep operating their medical centers downtown is to support them with profitable
suburban hospitals. So far, it seems Clarian is on the right track. As Clarian moves forward with a new, $180 million hospital
in Fishers, its two existing suburban hospitals are starting to make money.
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July 9, 2007
J.K. WallAggressive expansion plans by Indianapolis' three biggest hospital systems have pushed Greenfield-based Hancock Regional Hospital
to change up its plans to build an outpost of physician offices in northwest Hancock County, near the borders of Marion and
Hamilton counties. But Hancock Regional isn't backing down.
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September 18, 2006
Tom MurphyClarian North Medical Center has stumbled out of the gate, with the Carmel hospital reporting losses in its first six months
of operation that "well exceed" expectations, a new report says.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!