Franciscan plans to build $130M orthopedic hospital in Carmel
The hospital system said the facility would help meet the soaring demand for hip and knee replacements while also serving patients with the “most complex” orthopedic conditions.
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YMCA ready to kick open doors to $24M CityWay facility
The $24 million, three-story building at the southeast corner of Delaware and South streets downtown is set to open to the public Dec. 15.
Mega-mergers pressure small health insurance plans
Mega-mergers among Anthem Inc. and its fellow health insurance giants could put pressure on provider-owned health plans such as Advantage Health Solutions and Indiana University Health Plans.
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Wayne DeVeydt, chief financial officer of Anthem Inc., and Dan Evans, CEO of Indiana University Health, are two of the four health care executives that serve on the 118-member board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has come under fire for blocking anti-smoking policies in countries around the world. Bill Barnett has been named […]
No 1,000-percent markups at Indy’s hospitals
But hospitals’ list prices in Indiana are more than three times what the federal Medicare program pays.
Indiana medical software company says networks hacked
A medical software company is notifying patients of the health care providers it serves—including Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis—that their private information may have been exposed when its networks were hacked.
Health insurers press gas on value-based payments
In Indiana, Anthem has struck accountable care organization deals with 14 health care provider groups and signed up nearly 2,900 primary care providers to its medical home program. And it’s pushing for more in the future.
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Franciscan Alliance has offered to take over Jasper County Hospital in exchange for accepting all of the hospital's liabilities and debt, according to the Rensselaer Republican. A proposed asset purchase agreement was discussed May 13 by a joint meeting of the hospital’s board of trustees, the Jasper County Commissioners and the Jasper County Council. The […]
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OurHealth, which operates employer clinics, has named Katie Meister Vicars vice president of engagement. She was most recently a national accounts management executive for Anthem Inc. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Thomas More College.
Dr. Thomas Webb has been named co-medical director of vascular services at Franciscan St. Francis Health. Webb was director of vascular surgery for Catholic Health Initiatives at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Webb earned his medical degree from Medical College of Virginia.
Moody’s likes what it sees at Community
Hospital system tripled its profit last year by wooing patients to its physicians, trimming hospital and clinical staff by more than 400. The rating agency Moody’s says things look even better in 2015.
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Hendricks Regional Health will construct a 100,000-square-foot emergency room and outpatient center on the north side of Brownsburg by early 2017, in an attempt to capitalize on an underserved part of the state’s second-fastest-growing county. The Danville-based hospital system expects to spend $40 million on the facility, hoping it gives the small player a leg […]
Hospitals hiring scribes to tame electronic medical records
A growing number of hospitals locally and nationally hiring scribes to help doctors fill out electronic medical records, which were billed as a time-saver over paper charts.
Former St. Francis Beech Grove hospital attracts suitors
Franciscan St. Francis Health has finally found a buyer for its former hospital campus in Beech Grove. Trouble is, it’s found two.
Hospitals’ occupancy declining over long term
Advances in non-invasive surgeries, changes in health care financing and now increasingly price-sensitive patients accelerate what has been a 40-year decline in the number of patients spending the night in hospitals.
Local sports magazine in financial peril
VYPE High School Sports Magazine is facing fourth down. But the owners of the seven-year-old publication are considering all options to keep it alive.
Hospitals might limit executives’ pay hikes after run of big increases
Before local hospitals slashed staff and expenses last year, they had been boosting the pay packages of their top executives faster than hospitals around the country. Seven of every 10 senior executives at the major hospital systems in Indianapolis saw their total compensation rise more than 10 percent from 2010 to 2012.
Hospitals rethinking a la carte pricing
Indianapolis hospitals have begun to offer joint replacement surgeries to employers and insurers using “bundled prices.” That means, instead of billing piecemeal for each individual service and supply, the hospitals wrap everything needed from just before to just after surgery into a package deal.
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Dr. Anthony Sorkin, an orthopedic trauma surgeon, has been named system medical director of Indiana University Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Sorkin joined IU Health Physicians a year ago to treat patients with traumatic injuries at IU Health Methodist Hospital. Prior to IU Health, Sorkin served as director of orthopedic traumatology for Rockford Orthopedics in Illinois. Sorkin earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Miami and his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Sachin Mehta, a rehabilitation and physical medicine doctor, has joined Franciscan Physician Network Rehabilitation Specialists in Indianapolis. He most recently served as medical director of the brain injury and rehabilitation programs at Marianjoy Medical Group, Wheaton, Ill. He received a bachelor’s degree in biology at Lehigh University and a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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Beth A. Keultjes has been named vice president and chief operating officer of home health and hospice for Franciscan VNS. She replaces John Pipas, who will retire as president of Franciscan VNS, which partnered with Franciscan St. Francis Health in 2011. For the past three years, Keultjes worked at the Cassopolis Family Clinic in Michigan. Before that, she had worked for Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend. Keultjes has a bachelor’s in business administration from Indiana University and a master’s in administration from the University of Notre Dame.