Employer clinics are latest health care disruption
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Health Care & Benefits Power Breakfast transcript
Indianapolis Business Journal gathered leaders in the state's health care and benefits sector for a Power Breakfast panel discussion Sept. 26. The panel discussed disruption of employer clinics, health care spending and more.
Company news
Major Health Partners will construct an $89 million hospital on the north edge of Shelbyville, after nearly a decade of shifting services to that location. According to the Shelbyville News, Major’s board voted Sept. 22 to build a 300,000-square-foot facility in the Intelliplex technology park along Interstate 74 and move from downtown Shelbyville. Construction on the project could begin as early as next month and take about two years to complete. Major first revealed detailed plans for the hospital six weeks ago, but the project could not go forward until the board’s 6-0 vote. The hospital will include 56 beds, all in private rooms, and 38 outpatient observation beds. Major’s current hospital has 72 beds in mostly semi-private rooms. When completed, the new complex will also have four operating rooms and house 57 physicians and a staff of about 930.
Researchers at Purdue University and the Indiana University School of Medicine have received a $3.7 million grant to study how blueberries reduce bone loss in postmenopausal women. The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine will pay for researchers to conduct human trials aimed at finding the most effective varieties and dosage levels of blueberriers for reducing bone loss. “This is one of the most compelling avenues to pursue in natural products research because blueberries would be a new alternative to osteoporosis drugs and their side effects,” said Connie Weaver, the head of Purdue’s department of nutrition science and one of the grant recipients.
Bernard Health, a health benefits brokerage firm based in Tennessee, opened its second retail store in Indianapolis last week. The 1,270-square-foot store is downtown on Pennsylvania Street, just north of Washington Street. Bernard, which now employs seven here in Indianapolis, opened its first local retail store in the Nora neighborhood in 2012 and now has 12 stores nationwide. For a fee, Bernard helps individuals and small businesses evaluate and purchase health benefits. It is one of several new models being tried out by benefits brokers in Indiana to adapt to new rules and opportunities under Obamacare.
The Indiana University School of Medicine received gifts totaling $1 million on the 40th anniversary of Dr. Larry Einhorn’s discovery of a drug combination therapy that nearly cured testicular cancer. In September 1974, Einhorn, a professor at the IU medical school, first tested the cancer drug cisplatin with two other cancer drugs—a combination that boosted survival rates from the cancer from about 20 percent to 95 percent. According to the medical school, 300,000 patients have survived testicular cancer after receiving the drug therapy Einhorn discovered. The most famous is Lance Armstrong, the cycling champion stripped of his victories after admitting to doping. The gifts will help launch a gene sequencing program among survivors so future patients can be given treatments that reduce side effects and complications. Half the donated money came from A. Farhad Moshiri of Monaco, who previously donated $2 million to IU. Another $300,000 will come from the children of local real estate magnate Sidney Eskenazi and his wife, Lois.
IU Health CFO: 3 years to go in difficult transition
In the past two years, IU Health has laid off 935 people, halted construction of a major bed tower, sold off health clinics and decided to close its proton-therapy center. But there are three more years of changes to come, said CFO Ryan Kitchell.Experts: Telemedicine can bridge mental health gap
Modern technology offers a way to deliver much-needed mental health care to rural sections of Indiana where little or none is available, experts told a legislative study committee Thursday.
The pain (and pleasure) that comes from paying more of our health care bills
Paying off medical debts over time is now a common experience for families with health insurance and becoming more so. And that is inducing big changes in the health care marketplace.
Major Health to put new $89 million hospital along I-74
Major Health Partners will construct the new hospital on the north edge of Shelbyville, after nearly a decade of shifting services to that location. Construction could begin next month.
IU Health to bypass Indy next year on Obamacare exchange
IU Health Plans, the insurance arm of the Indianapolis-based hospital system, is limiting itself to three middle-size markets next year—Bloomington, Lafayette and Muncie—even though the bulk of its facilities is in the metro area.
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Dr. Nicole King, an OBGYN, has joined Hendricks Regional Health at its New Life Associates practices in Brownsburg and Danville. She received her medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine.
St. Vincent Medical Group officials have added four physicians in Indianapolis specializing in critical care, pulmonary and sleep medicine. Dr. Edward Mintz, a pulmonologist, received his medical degree from Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Moayyed Moallem, a pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist, received his medical degree from the University Of Damascus School Of Medicine in Syria. Dr. Michael Shapiro, a pulmonologist, received his medical degree from the University of South Florida. Dr. Brent Toney, a pulmonologist, completed his degree in osteopathic medicine from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Abortion-related complaints filed against doctors
Attorney General Greg Zoeller's office filed licensing complaints Wednesday against an Illinois doctor facing misdemeanor charges in Indiana and against three physicians who perform abortions in Indianapolis.
Community Health plans $175M expansion of East facilities
Community executives said the investment and projects, which will begin this fall and extend over several years, prove their long-term commitment to the east side of the city.
People
Dr. Ingrid Mason, an internist, has been named vice chairwoman of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, which oversees medical practice and quality at 22 hospitals around the state. She was previously president of the medical staff at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. Mason earned a bachelor’s degree at Valparaiso University and received her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Lauren Ladd, a radiologist, has joined Eskenazi Health. She holds a bachelor’s in chemistry from Butler University and a medical degree from the IU School of Medicine.
Dr. Youssef Tahiri, a plastic surgeon, has joined Eskenazi Health. He earned his medical degree from McGill University in Quebec, Canada.
Dr. Peter Pang, an emergency physician, has joined Eskenazi Health. He received his bachelor’s from Brown University and his medical degree from the University of Texas-San Antonio.
Company news
The Community Health Network hospital system will purchase the Hilton Indianapolis North hotel along Interstate 69 and redevelop it as a facility for physicians and patients. The 221-room hotel sits on a nine-acre piece of land, adjacent to Community North Hospital, which is owned by the hospital’s foundation. The foundation has first-right-of-refusal to purchase the hotel from the current Hilton franchisee. The foundation announced Sept. 11 it would exercise that right, purchasing the hotel for an undisclosed amount. The hotel will continue to operate until the end of the year. “Community’s north region continues to expand its reach and needs the physical space to meet the growing demands of the marketplace,” said Joyce Irwin, president of the Community Health Network Foundation, in a written statement. “Opening up this prime area of real estate for health care services benefits the residents who live in the northern areas of central Indiana.” Community Hospital North opened in 1985 with 100 inpatient beds, emergency department and outpatient services. It has since expanded to include a 42-bed neonatal intensive care unit, a maternity unit with 60 private patient suites, a heart and vascular hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, and an oncology center.
Three years after its founding, Lafayette-based SpeechVive Inc. has launched its first product, a device intended to help people with a soft voice due to Parkinson's disease speak more loudly and communicate more effectively. Based on technology developed at Purdue University, the device is now available to try as a demo through the National Parkinson's Disease Foundation’s Centers of Excellence before purchasing. The technology was developed over the past decade by Jessica Huber, a professor in Purdue's Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. Huber co-founded SpeechVive in 2011 to bring the technology to market. According to SpeechVive, more than 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and about 89 percent of those with the disease have voice-related change affecting how loudly they speak.
The Indiana State Department of Health and the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community are offering $30,000 grants to as many as seven groups to use to improve the quality of nursing home care. The grants will be made to regional groups formed by health care facilities, provider associations, consumer advocacy groups and community organizations. The collaborative partners will work together to assess needs, design quality improvement plans and provide education and resources to nursing homes in their areas.
Bloomington inventor’s game explores origins of life
Mark White's newest invention is a 3D board game called "Mutation," a clicking, clacking puzzle ball. It's best described as tic-tac-toe on the surface of a sphere.
Entrepreneur to offer home brewing minus the hassle
The cost, time and mess that come with brewing beer at home scares a lot of beer connoisseurs, but a Greenwood health care executive thinks he has the answer.
Community Health buys Hilton North for redevelopment
The hospital network will close the 221-room hotel along the Interstate 69 corridor by the end of the year and will begin exploring redevelopment opportunities to meet the growth of the network.
Data deluge prompts teacher colleges to extend training after graduation
Rattled by new state teacher ratings, the colleges hope to avoid black eyes, themselves.
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Brian Schroeder has been named administrative director of Eskenazi Health Wellness, Eskenazi Health Occupational Health and Eskenazi Health Volunteer Services. He previously worked as a clinical practice administrator for the obstetrics and gynecology department of the Indiana University School of Medicine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public health and a master’s degree in health administration, both from Indiana University.
Dr. Beth Nagle, a family physician, has joined Franciscan Physician Network’s Beech Grove Family Medicine practice. She earned her medical degree at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis and received her undergraduate degree in biology from Taylor University.
Insurer competition stiffens, but tax credits may shrink, on Obamacare exchanges
When Hoosiers start shopping on the Obamacare exchanges again in November, they’ll find new, lower-priced competitors and modest price increases that are much lower than insurers initially proposed. But that doesn’t mean they’ll save money.