Officials from three state universities seek almost $50 million in state funding for a planned medical school campus they would share in downtown Evansville. That’s up from the original plan of $35 million.
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 […]
A survey found that 81 percent of doctors say they are over-extended or at full capacity, and 44 percent plan to cut back on the number of patients they see, retire, work part-time or close their practice to new patients.
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?
U.S. health care spending grew by the slowest rate in more than a half-century last year, but a speed-up is expected as the economy finally gets traction.
About one month after receiving court approval to sell its 32-bed acute-care surgical hospital in Bloomington, Monroe Hospital LLC filed a Chapter 11 plan of liquidation.
Dr. Hari Kumar, a vascular surgeon, has joined Community Health Network in Indianapolis. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Navneet Lather, a cardiologist, has joined Community Physician Network in Indianapolis. He attended Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India, […]
PTS Diagnostics engineered an about-face on its business plan five years ago, ditching its retail strategy to focus on serving physicians and nurse practitioners. This year, PTS is on pace to record revenue of nearly $50 million, up from $17 million two years ago.
The U.S. health care system is so complicated, it now takes four years in college to learn how to navigate it. The University of Indianapolis has created Indiana’s first bachelor’s degree program in health care consumer advocacy, which is designed to train workers to help patients wend their way through the health care system. Health […]
In the case of Anthem, 12.5 percent of doctors were not at the address listed for them, while 12.8 percent were not willing to accept the health plans purchased on the exchange.
Oops. When Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. sent emails to remind its customers to get preventative screenings, it mistakenly included information in the subject line about whether they had received various screenings in recent years. One of the emails from a customer in California was sent to Reuters. That subject line read: " – Don't miss out […]
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 […]
Indianapolis-based IU Health saw big increases in outpatient surgeries and imaging tests in the three months ended Sept. 30, reversing year-long declines. Hospitals nationally are also posting improved performances.
