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WTHR weekend anchor Pescovitz leaving for Minneapolis station

August 28, 2017

Naomi Pescovitz, a North Central High School graduate, will help to launch a 7 p.m. newscast at KMSP-Fox 9, which she said will “give me my weekends back and I’ll be able to turn off that 1:30 a.m. alarm clock.”

Anthem to hospitals: No more MRIs, CT-scans for outpatients without preapproval

August 28, 2017

Advanced imaging is a profit center at many hospitals, so the new policy will likely impose a hit on their bottom lines.

Lilly insulin prices come under microscope

August 25, 2017

Over the past 20 years, while the price of a gallon of milk climbed 23 percent and the sticker on a Dodge Caravan minivan rose 21 percent, the list price of the insulin Humalog shot up 1,157 percent.

IU Health chief wraps up statewide tour aimed at improving rapport with employees

August 18, 2017

In response to an employee survey two years ago that revealed shockingly low morale, IU Health executives respond with 33 town hall meetings over four months.

IU trustees approve design for new, $340M Bloomington hospital

August 14, 2017

The design features plenty of glass and natural light, along with Indiana limestone and brick highlights. The facility, scheduled to open in 2020, will replace an aging hospital about five miles away.

Medicare ruling casts cloud over miniature-hospital movement

August 10, 2017

Whether so-called micro-hospitals can succeed financially might depend on whether they can meet Medicare’s definition of a hospital: a medical facility that dedicates the bulk of its services to inpatient care.

MAURER: Embrace a decade of firsts, not lasts

August 10, 2017

I am disheartened over the melancholy exhibited by my contemporaries during what should be cheery occasions.

Medicare penalizing 62 Indiana hospitals for high readmission rates

August 7, 2017

The federal government says readmissions are often unnecessary and cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a year.

2017 CTO of the Year: Jeff Dodson

August 4, 2017

Jeff Dodson is a leader that is helping to transform UnitedHealthOne into what he call “a highly adaptable, consumer-centric digital payer organization.”

Anthem takes harder line on ER visits

August 3, 2017

Starting Oct. 1, Anthem said, it could deny claims for hundreds of non-emergency diagnosis codes, such as bruises, rashes, minor burns, swimmer’s ear and athlete’s foot.

Trump drug commission calls for emergency declaration

August 1, 2017

President Donald Trump's drug commission has called on him to declare a national emergency to deal with the country's opioid drug epidemic.

Community Health takes over a dozen Walgreens area clinics

July 31, 2017

The move could give Community a huge new stream of business. Thousands of people visit Walgreens stores in the Indianapolis area on a regular basis and about 40 percent of them don’t have primary care doctors.

Flat-fee payment model bypasses traditional health insurance

July 28, 2017

Without dozens of insurance claims to file and follow up, physicians cut administrative overhead, reduce costs and keep their practices limited to a few hundred patients, rather than a few thousand.

Longtime Colt stepping down after 33 years with team

July 25, 2017

The Indianapolis Colts are saying so long to one of their most valuable members. No, Andrew Luck is not retiring. But the all-star quarterback will no doubt feel the impact of the change.

Hospital systems blitzing area with urgent care centers

July 20, 2017

Urgent care centers, which already seem to have blanketed nearly every retail strip and neighborhood in central Indiana, are continuing to spring up at a surprising rate.

Indiana health care providers indicted as part of national crackdown on fraud

July 13, 2017

An Indianapolis-area chiropractor is among more than a dozen people in Indiana-based investigations and hundreds of people nationwide charged in health care fraud and opioid scams worth $1.3 billion.

Lilly Endowment giving IU medical school $25M to fund life sciences initiatives

July 11, 2017

The grant from the Indianapolis-based philanthropic giant is aimed at bolstering Indiana’s stature as a life sciences research hub.

St. Vincent unveils first of four planned micro-hospitals

July 7, 2017

The scale is small, and that’s what St. Vincent Health sees as a big selling point to its newest hospital: convenience and quick care—15 minutes or less to see a doctor, and just a few minutes from home for people who live in Noblesville.

Trump nominates Indiana health commissioner for surgeon general

June 29, 2017

Dr. Jerome Adams was first appointed state health commissioner in October 2014 by then-Gov. Mike Pence. He has focused on issues such as the state’s opioid epidemic, high infant mortality rate and high rate of smoking.

Federal judge blocks parts of Indiana’s new abortion law