Franciscan Health parent to shift 61 employees to outside firm
The moves will affect employees in Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Lafayette, Michigan City, Dyer, Crown Point and Munster.
The moves will affect employees in Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Lafayette, Michigan City, Dyer, Crown Point and Munster.
In her new role, Lori Price will oversee four facilities: Franciscan Health Indianapolis, Franciscan Health Mooresville, Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel and Franciscan Health Carmel.
Dr. James Callaghan, CEO of Franciscan Health’s central Indiana hospitals since 2015, has been named senior vice president and chief operating officer for Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance.
Jennifer L. Adams administered saline solutions instead of prescribed pain medication to between 30 and 40 patients, the court documents said.
Franciscan issued a three-paragraph statement, saying it had “re-examined its next steps” for the COVID-19 vaccine and was now adopting a Jan. 4 deadline to comply with the federal mandate.
The Catholic hospital system is stepping up its vaccination mandate for employees, telling them they must get their first dose by Oct. 15 and their second dose by Nov. 15, or submit to weekly testing.
Franciscan joins two other large hospital systems in central Indiana—Indiana University Health and Community Health Network—in laying down the new health requirement.
The project is the largest in a decade for the hospital in northern Morgan County, about 18 miles from Franciscan Health’s flagship hospital on the south side of Indianapolis.
The health system’s plan to build a $130 million orthopedic hospital and medical campus might be rejected if Franciscan doesn’t commit to paying property taxes in perpetuity.
Franciscan Health says its new micro-hospital will fill a service gap in Johnson County, giving patients more access. The small hospital could also stand to reap big bucks.
Lilly’s BLAZE-1 study examined antibody therapy engineered from one of the first individuals in the United States to recover from COVID and was specifically designed to attack the virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2.
Franciscan Health is the undisputed king of south-side health care providers, but its executives see a huge opportunity to expand services even farther south into fast-growing Johnson County.
The opening of the Franciscan Hospice House in 2015 gave the terminally ill a home-like place to die with dignity.
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Franciscan St. Francis Health and American Health Network continue to get deeper into the accountable care organization concept being promoted by the federal Medicare program under the 2010 health reform law.
Hospital system’s health insurance unit has IT infrastructure that will allow physicians to participate in Medicare’s shared savings program.
IU 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.
So much for that prediction. A week after a report declared Indianapolis hospitals near saturation on physician hiring, two more deals were announced.
Visiting Nurse Service Inc., a 200-employee agency based in Indianapolis, will operate under the umbrella of Franciscan St. Francis Health, the organizations announced Thursday.