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 […]
This spring, Keith Pitzele ended his company’s health plan and sent his workers to the Obamacare exchange. It was a bumpy experience he’s glad he won’t have to repeat next year. Does that mean most employers won’t follow suit?
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 insurer will not let customers who renewed their pre-Obamacare plans late in 2013 do so again this year. But switching to Obamacare-compliant plans could cause some premiums to spike and provider choice to dwindle.
Hendricks Regional Health is taking a revolutionary step—at least for the health care industry—by applying the retailer’s playbook. Health care executives say more hospital systems are likely to follow suit in the future.
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.
Community Health Network claimed 23.1 percent of the central Indiana market inpatient market last year, up from 21.5 percent the year before, while Indiana University Health saw its share of the inpatient market decline from 28.8 percent in 2012 to 27.8 percent last year.
Hospitals around the state have been trying to cut emergency room visits—and Obamacare was supposed to help. But the results have been mixed, according to some local hospitals.
