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Think again: Why Obama’s disclosure of hospital charges won’t help you
In the first post on my new blog, The Dose, I explain why the recently released Medicare charge data are meaningless for everyone but uninsured patients.
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Dr. Thomas Lahr, a family physician, has joined the Franciscan Physician Network and Martinsville Family & Internal Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry at IUPUI, as well as a master’s in physiology and a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Pamela Phillips, a psychologist, has joined the outpatient behavioral health services division at Franciscan St. Francis Health. Phillips recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and earned a master’s and a doctorate in clinical psychology at the Argosy University/Georgia School of Professional Psychology.
Dr. Jason Cheng-En Sea has joined Wishard-Eskenazi Health in the urology department. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Indianapolis hospitals hit with tough bargaining environment
Aggressive construction wiped out historical territories, thus opening the door to insurers playing hospitals off each other.
Are hospitals on trajectory to pair up?
Indianapolis-area hospitals are undergoing such profound and permanent changes that some predict, eventually the four major hospital systems will merge and shrink down to two.
Fishers, Noblesville put cuffs on charities to recoup tax revenue
Two growing Hamilton County communities looking to build their commercial tax base are taking steps to ensure land targeted for development doesn’t end up in the hands of organizations that don’t pay taxes.
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Affiliates of Planned Parenthood in Indiana and Kentucky plan to merge on July 1 in an effort to pool resources, meet the challenges of the changing health care landscape, and potentially expand their reproductive-health services. The new not-for-profit is expected to be named Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky—or PPINK—and continue to operate the 28 existing health centers, with 26 of those in Indiana. Three of those Indiana centers perform abortions, but the Kentucky centers do not. The group will be based in Indianapolis, and employ 190 people in its health centers and administrative office. Betty Cockrum, president and CEO of the Indiana organization, will serve in the same role for the merged group. Mergers are common among the Planned Parenthood affiliates, according to the organization. At one time, the national Planned Parenthood family had more than 200 affiliates; there are now just 73. PPIN merged multiple times to become a statewide affiliate in 2004.
Indiana University Health has agreed to sell its eight occupational health clinics to a California-based chain that specializes in Workers' Compensation cases. US HealthWorks Medical Group, which already operates nearly 200 clinics in 17 states, agreed in May to acquire the eight clinics from IU Health, the largest hospital system in Indiana. The deal is expected to close before July. Neither entity disclosed the purchase price. US HealthWorks has offered jobs to 126 of the clinics' 149 workers. IU Health, which will maintain a role in serving clinic patients, has offered positions to 20 of those not hired by US HealthWorks and is working to place the remaining workers. US HealthWorks has been expanding rapidly even as the number of workers' comp cases trends down nationally. US HealthWorks operates occupational health clinics in Elkhart, Goshen, Muncie and Warsaw.
Franciscan St. Francis Health will close two After-Hours Clinics on the south side of Indianapolis at month’s end. The hospital system offered no explanation for the closures. It noted that it will keep operating a third After-Hours Clinic in Mooresville, and also will maintain two other immediate care clinics in the southern suburbs of Indianapolis. The clinics that will close are in Beech Grove at 2030 Churchman Ave. and near Franciscan’s Indianapolis hospital at 7855 S. Emerson Ave.
The state of Indiana plans to spend $37 million more each year reimbursing health care providers who treat Medicaid patients, partially reversing a 5-percent rate cut the state adopted in 2010 while struggling through the impacts of the national recession. A spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Pence said the increase would amount to 2 percent more for hospitals, nursing facilities, home health and immediate care providers. Cuts in how much the state Medicaid plan pays for dental, vision, medical transportation and other areas will be fully restored. The Legislature paid for the increased rates in their recently passed, $30 billion biennial budget.
Marian University in Indianapolis has announced it has reached its limit of 162 students for the incoming class of its new College of Osteopathic Medicine. School officials said they have received tuition deposits from 162 applicants. They say those students can still pursue their education elsewhere, but the school has a waiting list. They said they are confident they can fill any vacancies that arise.
The Indiana Blood Center is streamlining its blood mobile operations, closing a donor center and taking other cost-cutting measures in response to shrinking revenue from hospitals. The not-for-profit blood center announced June 4 that demand from hospitals has fallen 24 percent over the past year. That is forcing it to take steps that also include freezing management salaries, eliminating 45 positions, and discontinuing a therapeutic phlebotomy program. The blood center supplies more than 60 Indiana hospitals. It is funded by fees it charges those facilities to recruit donors and collect, test, process, label, store and distribute blood.
Doctors caught in cost-cutting crossfire
Physicians employed by Indianapolis-area hospitals are likely to see their pay cut in the next few years unless the hospitals find new ways to be significantly more efficient.
Marian’s med school quest was leap of faith
Marian University, a small Catholic college started by Franciscan nuns, next month will launch just the second medical school in Indiana. Marian President Dan Elsener is credited with pulling off the audacious move with a mix of big dreaming, careful planning, deft networking and “don’t take no for an answer” fundraising.
Franciscan doubles down on accountable care
Franciscan St. Francis Health earned a $6.6 million bonus from the Medicare program for its success at keeping central Indiana patients out of the hospital and the emergency room. So the hospital system will expand its participation in so-called accountable care programs to all its Indiana territories.
EDITORIAL: Marian’s bold act is inspirational
About a decade ago, when Marian University came up with the outlandish idea of starting a medical school, few imagined it would really happen.
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Dr. Aisha Hashmat, a family medicine physician, has joined Community Physician Network in Anderson. She previously ran a family medicine practice on the south side of Indianapolis. Hashmat received her medical degree from Khyber Medical College at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan.
Dr. Daniel Kim, a neurosurgeon, has joined Community Physician Network, treating patients in Indianapolis and Anderson. Kim, a former attorney at the Indianapolis law firm Ice Miller LLP, received his medical degree from the Indiana Unviersity School of Medicine.
Steven Jones has been promoted to vice president of human resources for the Indiana University Health hospital system. An IU Health veteran for the past decade, Jones most recently served as executive director of talent management and diversity. Jones has a bachelor’s in economics from Wabash College.
Dr. Barbara Sturm, a dermatologist, has joined Franciscan Physician Network. She previously operated an independent practice, Dermatology of Stones Crossing, which was affiliated with Franciscan St. Francis Health. Sturm has a bachelor’s in biochemistry from Purdue University and a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
BioCrossroads drops dreams for hospital innovation
In this age of austerity, there’s almost no chance of Indianapolis hospitals creating a Cleveland Clinic-like hub of innovation.
2013 Healthiest Employers: Franciscan St. Francis Health
1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES When it comes to wellness, Franciscan St. Francis Health is a pioneer. Certain components of the hospital’s program are more than 25 years old, so perhaps it’s no surprise that more than 90 percent of hospital employees participate. Franciscan St. Francis Health has had plenty of time to fine-tune the program and build […]
$11M Irvington apartment project entering second phase
Irvington Lofts, a 50-unit affordable housing project, is slated to open in the fall, as construction begins on a nearly 6,000-square-foot adjacent medical office that will be occupied by Franciscan St. Francis Health.