A new recommendation from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, if enacted, would likely end one of the ways Indianapolis-area hospitals have generated healthy revenue from their recent spree of physician acquisitions.
Starting July 1, pharmacists will be able to offer a much wider variety of immunizations to customers, in an effort from lawmakers to make health care more accessible.
While Bloomington-based medical-device maker won approval for new bile duct stent, it has recalled its hot-selling arterial stent from all global markets.
US HealthWorks Medical Group, which specializes in workers’ compensation cases, agreed in May to acquire the eight clinics. The deal is expected to close before the end of June.
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.
Marian University in Indianapolis has announced it has reached its self-imposed limit of 162 students for the incoming class of its new college of osteopathic medicine. It will be the first medical school to open in Indiana in more than 100 years.
Cornerstone plans to use sale proceeds to help finance projects in the works in Indianapolis, Noblesville, Bloomington and West Lafayette, in addition to one in Mississippi.
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.
Three years ago, the physician practice American Health Network was concerned that the boom in employer on-site clinics would hurt its business. So it launched a program aimed at managing the health of employers’ workers. And it has come up with some impressive results. Carmel-based American Health’s Employer Health Management program sends nurses to all […]
Aggressive construction wiped out historical territories, thus opening the door to insurers playing hospitals off each other.
This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they have acquired on campus. Some of those parents may wonder how they can undo the brainwashing that has become so common in what are supposed to be institutions of higher learning.
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.
Three years ago, the physician practice American Health Network was concerned that the boom in employer on-site clinics would hurt its business. So it launched a program aimed at managing the health of employers’ workers. And it has come up with some impressive results.
Joe Swedish, a career hospital executive, is now two months into his job at the helm of Indianapolis-based WellPoint, the nation’s second-largest health insurer. In his first interview since starting work, Swedish indicated he’s taking his time to learn the people and the culture of the vast organization he now leads.
St. Vincent Sports Performance will occupy a building in Clay Terrace originally occupied by Circuit City.
With premiums for health insurance likely to head north next year as President Obama’s health care reform law fully takes effect, both individuals and employers will pay for more health care out of their own funds and buy less insurance.
The Indiana University School of Medicine chose Dr. Jay Hess as its next dean, pending approval by the IU trustees at their meeting next month. Hess, 53, is chairman of the pathology department and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. Hess would succeed Dr. Craig Brater, who is retiring June 30 after 13 years as dean and 27 years at IU.
Dr. Azita Chehresa, a family physician, has joined American Village as an attending physician. American Village is one of roughly 60 long-term care facilities operated by Indianapolis-based American Senior Communities.
Paul C. Bateman Jr. had pleaded guilty in January to his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
