Retail clinics, apps change doctor-patient relationship
A shortage of primary care physicians and emerging alternatives such as retail clinics and smartphone apps are changing the way patients access the U.S. health care system.
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UPDATE: Pence, other governors order Planned Parenthood probes
Gov. Mike Pence has directed the Indiana Department of Health to investigate whether organs from aborted fetuses are being sold.
Walgreens, insurers push expansion of virtual doctor visits
Millions of people will be able to see a doctor on their smartphones or laptops for everyday ailments once the nation's largest drugstore chain and two major insurers expand a budding push into virtual health care.
Injured diver starts clinic that fills void in therapy
Chris Leeuw opened the doors of the NeuroHope rehab clinic on Feb. 18 to offer patients more time to recover and to help them remain healthy in spite of their immobilizing spinal cord and brain injuries.
Health clinic operator plans HQ expansion, 203 new jobs
Activate Healthcare LLC, an Indianapolis-based workplace health clinic operator, plans to expand its local operations, adding as many as 203 employees over the next nine years, state economic development officials announced Friday morning.
OurHealth to add employer clinics, 450 jobs by 2018
The 5-year-old firm has pledged to invest $20 million to double the size of its corporate headquarters in Indianapolis and lease real estate for a series of 3,500-square-foot health clinics across the state.
Clinic operator Novia to be purchased by Wisconsin firm
Indianapolis-based Novia CareClinics LLC was a pioneer in operating primary care clinics for employers. In 2012, Novia had 175 employees and more than $15 million in revenue.
OurHealth readies citywide network of employer clinics
In a bid to make employer-sponsored health clinics available to companies of all sizes, Indianapolis-based OurHealth will open a network of seven offices around Indianapolis next year.
New law lets pharmacists provide pneumonia, HPV vaccines
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.
Planned Parenthood affiliates in Indiana, Kentucky to merge
The new not-for-profit organization is expected to be named Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky—or PPINK—and continue to operate the 28 existing health centers between the two states.
Novia opens first multi-employer clinic in downtown Indy
Novia CareClinics LLC, which operates 50 clinics statewide, made its latest clinic open to other employers. Harrison College, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP and McFarling Foods Inc. have joined.
Multi-employer health clinic to open downtown
NoviaCare Clinics LLC will open a multi-employer health clinic in downtown Indianapolis this fall, opening the door for smaller employers to add the service to their health benefits.
Purdue looks to new clinic to cut health costs
Purdue University's trustees approved plans Friday for a new campus medical clinic that administrators expect eventually will cut the school's health care costs for employees and their families.
Quest to rein in health care costs gives momentum to on-site clinics
Health care firms have opened a flurry of clinics at Hoosier employers the past two years as businesses increasingly embrace the concept as a way to restrain employee health costs.
HealthNet names new president and CEO
The Indianapolis-based not-for-profit network of health care centers said J. Cornelius Brown, who arrives from Swope Health Services in Kansas City, Mo., will replace the retiring Booker Thomas.
Walgreen marks retailers’ push into health care
Health care reform is projected to cover 30 million more people with health insurance—and overwhelm the nation’s doctors. That’s why retailers like Walgreen and Wal-Mart are moving into the space in a big way.
BROWN: The real reason hospitals are buying doctor offices
Raising prices is easier when numbers are limited.
Carmel free clinic drawing jobless professionals
Trinity Free Clinic in Carmel began in 2000 to serve a growing Hispanic immigrant population. Since the latest recession, so many people—including unemployed professionals—have found their way to the clinic that the portion of white patients has grown from one-third in 2008 to 47 percent last year.
Wishard to use $8.3M grant to stem substance abuse
At three community health centers, all patients will be asked about their alcohol and drug usage confidentially, as part of an early-intervention approach designed to cut down addictions and reduce hospitalization.
Advanced Physical Therapy acquired by Illinois company
Bolingbrook, Ill.-based ATI Physical Therapy has acquired Advanced Physical Therapy, which has 175 employees and ranks among the city’s largest operators of physical therapy clinics.