When CEO Dan Evans relinquishes the reins of Indiana University Health in April, he will hand his successor Dennis Murphy a hospital system with a pristine balance sheet. That’s a big change for IU Health, which when the Great Recession hit was debt-laden and cash-strapped.
Vicki Perry, the longtime CEO of Advantage Health Solutions Inc., has been replaced after a financial review found “significant un-reported losses” at the Indianapolis-based health insurer.
Bob Brody, CEO of Franciscan St. Francis Health, will take a new job July 1 as chief operating officer for ambulatory services for the entire 13-hospital Franciscan Alliance. Brody will be replaced by Dr. James Callaghan, president of Franciscan St. Anthony Health facilities in Michigan City. Brody, who became Franciscan’s Indianapolis CEO in 1996, holds […]
Dr. James Callaghan will replace Bob Brody as CEO of Franciscan’s three hospitals in Carmel, Indianapolis and Mooresville. Brody will oversee all ambulatory centers and physician offices in the entire Franciscan health system.
By subtly threatening the loss of patients via a new “reference lab network,” the Indianapolis-based health insurer has persuaded 63 Indiana hospitals to slash their prices for blood and tissue testing by as much as 80 percent—beyond the discounts Anthem had already negotiated with them.
Dr. Beth Johnson, a psychiatrist, has joined Franciscan Physician Network and will serve as a psychiatric liaison to clinicians who provide care to inpatients at Franciscan St. Francis Health’s Indianapolis hospital. She most recently worked as a psychiatric hospitalist at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hazard, Ky. Johnson received an undergraduate degree in Russian language at […]
Two Beech Grove officials said a $3.75 million agreement between Franciscan Alliance and Los Angeles-based DealPoint Merrill expired on Tuesday without closing, leaving the future of the mammoth campus in question.
In an effort to reduce Indiana’s shortage of psychiatrists, Community Health Network will establish a psychiatry residency program in 2016 to provide specialized training to recent medical school graduates. According to Community, 43 of Indiana’s 92 counties have no practicing psychiatrist. “Based on the state’s population, there should be 650 psychiatrists in Indiana, but in […]
After cutting staff sharply in 2013, Franciscan enjoyed more revenue and big profits in 2014. The key question for its and other hospitals’ future is whether they can keep up these gains in productivity to handle looming payment cuts from Obamacare.
Nearly eight years after announcing the closure of its Beech Grove campus, Franciscan St. Francis Health has two serious suitors for the 14-acre property. Los Angeles-based DealPoint Merrill signed an agreement months ago for $3.75 million, including transaction costs. DealPoint plans to fill the 869,000 square feet of rentable space with medical tenants. But closing […]
Ronda D. Freije has been appointed director of pharmacy services for Franciscan St. Francis Health. She most recently served as pharmacy operations manager, where she oversaw daily operations at Franciscan’s Indianapolis hospital campus. She holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Butler University and an MBA from the University of Indianapolis.
Amey Lupinsky has been named marketing manager for Franciscan St. Francis Health. She previously served as a marketing specialist and office manager. Lupinshy earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from Marian University. Susie Betulius Bixler has been selected marketing director for Franciscan Physician Network, which is part of the Franciscan St. Francis Health […]
Indianapolis hospital leaders have spent the past two months ironing out a plan to deal with any cases of Ebola that emerge in Indiana. The plan is aimed at ensuring effective care while minimizing the need to bring other hospital services to a virtual halt while patients are under care. Eskenazi Hospital, St. Vincent Indianapolis […]
Dr. Amanda Swingley, an internist and gastroenterologist, has joined St. Vincent Medical Group in Indianapolis. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder and a degree in medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Mazen Alsatie, an internist and gastroenterologist, has joined St. Vincent Medical Group in Indianapolis. Alsatie received […]
Community Health Network named Joseph Hooper president of Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo. When he begins Dec. 15, Hooper will replace Ron Lewis, who has served as interim president for the region over the past six months. Hooper comes to Community from OhioHealth, where he most recently served as chief operating officer for Marion […]
Dr. Meghana Raghavendra, an internist and medical oncologist, has joined Franciscan Physician Network’s Oncology & Hematology Specialists, a practice that provides care at Franciscan St. Francis Health’s Indianapolis, Mooresville and Carmel hospitals, as well as in offices around central Indiana. She earned her medical degree from BLDEA’s Shri B.M. Patil Medical College in India. Dr. […]
The Indiana University School of Medicine has hired Dr. Richard Zellars as professor and chairman of radiation oncology. Zellars, a breast cancer researcher, will come to IU in January from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He previously was on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Zellars earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Amanda Houchens, a family physician, has joined Franciscan Physician Network’s Carmel Family Medicine. She earned her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and her undergraduate degrees in biology and Spanish at IU.
Dr. Jerome Cordova, an internist, has joined Franciscan Physician Network’s Indiana Heart Physicians as a hospitalist, where he will treat patients staying as inpatients in one of Franciscan’s Indianapolis-area hospitals. Cordova earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a medical degree at the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque.
Dr. Ryan Jaggers joined Methodist Sports Medicine in Avon. Jaggers earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Indiana University.
In a video presentation to his employees, Community Health CEO Bryan Mills discusses the threats hospitals face from retail clinics and employers—and how Community briefly discussed laying off 1,000 workers last year.
While the biggest hospital profit margins are made in the suburbs, the biggest pile of cash—$353 million in 2012—is made at the three downtown campuses run by Indiana University Health. In fact, those hospitals generated 32 percent of all operating gains posted by central Indiana hospitals in 2012.
Dr. Reva Sharma has joined McFarland Internal Medicine, part of the Franciscan Physician Network. She was most recently a hospitalist at Franciscan St. Francis Health-Mooresville. Sharma earned her medical degree at the Lady Harding Medical School at Delhi University in New Delhi, India.
Chase Kunkel has been appointed accountable care organization counselor for Senior Promise at Franciscan St. Francis Health. Kunkel, a licensed health and life insurance agent, most recently served as a financial consultant for Northwestern Mutual. He earned his undergraduate degree in social and behavioral science at Indiana University.
WellPoint, Inc. named Thomas Zielinski general counsel effective June 2. He replaces John Cannon, who was dismissed without cause from the Indianapolis-based health insurer in March. Zielinski most recently was a partner in the law firm of Morgan Lewis and has been retained as interim general counsel for WellPoint since February 2014.
Peter Haytaian has been named president of WellPoint’s government business division. He replaces Dick Zoretic who announced he will retire from WellPoint on May 31. Haytaian most recently served as president of the Medicaid business in WellPoint’s government business division.
