Ascension St. Vincent provided a sneak peak Monday of its Women and Infants Hospital, a $200 million project with 30 maternity suites and 109 neonatal intensive care unit rooms.
The Conrad 30 federal waiver program is a great tool to recruit international physicians to work in underserved areas, but it does not fully address the challenges of retaining physicians in these areas long term.
In response, an Indianapolis medical practice is trying to train more early-career physicians in the field of hematology to reverse the trend of dwindling numbers of physicians entering the field.
Indiana physicians are keeping an eye on the trend of large insurers dropping medical practices from their networks, which they call a classic case of David versus Goliath.
In contrast to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who largely stayed out of ongoing legislative negotiations, Braun firmly put his thumb on the scale in favor of one perspective over another across several contentious, ongoing discussions.
Recurrent shortages, shifting insurance coverage, indecision and a lack of guidance about side effects and dosing have led to challenges for some patients prescribed Mounjaro, Ozempic, Zepbound or Wegovy.
Eliminating prior authorization would greatly increase out-of-pocket burden and medical debt for working families and premiums paid by employers by billions of dollars.
The letter is the latest sign that the battle between the brand-name drug manufacturers and the companies that make and sell the compounded versions has intensified.
Nationally, the average cost of employer-sponsored health plans is expected to grow 9% next year if companies don’t find ways to cut costs, according to an Aug. 15 report by professional services firm Aon.
The providers—including the regional Planned Parenthood affiliate—had sought a permanent injunction to expand the near-total ban’s medical exemptions and to block its requirement that abortions can only be performed at hospitals.
The university plans to launch degree programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy and other rehabilitative health care services, and expand undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, with additional locations.
City-County Council President Vop Osili has authored a proposal to elevate the Indianapolis mayor’s annual salary by 31%, as well as increase salaries for seven other elected positions.
A national proposal to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports could have a significant impact in Indiana, where the percentage of residents with delinquent medical debt is higher than in 39 other states.
Granting full practice authority to APRNs would allow us to use our extensive training and experience to provide high-quality care without the burdensome and unnecessary physician collaboration agreements.
The lab, which will be located on the second floor of the 11-story IU Medical Education and Research Building, will emphasize hands-on physical dissection as a vital component of medical training.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office in its own dismissal filing said the case was no longer necessary because discovery in the case has shown IU Health has taken actions to satisfy deficiencies in its policies.
Last month, the federal Medicare program proposed a 2.9% cut to physician pay for 2025. That marked the fifth straight year that regulators proposed cutting payments to doctors for thousands of services, from stitching a wound to replacing a knee.
