Medicaid expansion could tax community health centers
The president of the Indiana Primary Health Care Association wants to double the number of federally qualified community health centers in Indiana in the next five years.
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New doc lifts Community breast biz
Community Health Network wooed Dr. Robert J. Goulet Jr. to join its breast-surgery team from the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center. The move fits nicely with Community’s focus on breast-care services and the economics of health care.
Med school students share their stories
Five students at Indiana University School of Medicine contemplate whether to opt for family practice or a specialty.
Indiana medical students opt for specialties, not family practice
Interest in primary care has fallen off markedly due partly to relatively low pay.
Community moves to integrate doctors
Community Health now has about 550 physicians, either on its payroll or committed through integration contracts, who have some of their pay hinge on measures of quality and communication. CEO Bryan Mills says the hospital system is looking to add even more.
iSalus sees business boom as docs chase stimulus cash
The company is seeing a rush of new sales for its Web-based electronic medical record system from doctors, who all stand to
receive bonus payments from the federal stimulus act for computerizing their patient records.
WellPoint, other health insurers race to join accountable care groups
The health care industry is responding to reforms that will pay doctors bonuses if they provide high-quality care and save
Medicare money.
Fort Wayne medical practice splits, following industry trend
More than 100 staff members of Indiana Medical Associates LLC likely will land at one of two area hospital systems. The move
mirrors national and local consolidation of practices with hospitals.
Doctors breathe a sigh of relief
As doctors threaten to drop Medicare patients, Congress delays cuts for another six months.
Hospitals stand to gain big by hiring docs
To understand why hospitals are so eager to employ physicians—and prevent them from owning their own facilities—look
no further than the latest data on how much doctors are paid compared with how much revenue they generate for hospitals.
IU study suggests that money does matter to doctors
Patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were 5-1/2 times more likely to receive routine cataract surgery
than patients at Veterans Affairs facilities, according to a new study.
Spine center offering quick care for pain
An Indianapolis doctors' office has started an offshoot practice that specializes in quickly seeing patients with severe
back pain.
Doctor’s license revoked over prescriptions
The Indiana State Medical Licensing Board voted Thursday to revoke the license of Dr. Beverley Edwards, who practiced in Anderson
from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s.
St. Francis acquires orthopedic surgery practice
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers has acquired Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana, a six-doctor practice that
operates in St. Francis' Mooresville hospital.
Indiana part of national medical school surge
Marian University’s planned medical school is one of two dozen nationally, but budget cuts are forcing Indiana University to retreat
on enrollment expansion.
St. Vincent to buy Care Group, city’s largest cardiology practice
St. Vincent Health is near an agreement to take over The Care Group LLC, the city’s largest independent physician practice
and largest cardiology group in the nation.
Osteopathy and Indiana Wesleyan
The Indiana Osteopathic Association passed over a virtually certain $75 million in startup funding from Indiana Wesleyan University
to choose Marian University for its new osteopathic college.
Doctors resume battle with Anthem, health insurers
Doctors are pushing again to strengthen their hands in contract negotiations with health insurers, especially market leader
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
St. Francis sues OrthoIndy over new surgery center
Legal complaint alleges new $20 million facility in Greenwood breaches partnership deal struck in 2001.
Judge fines woman waging Web war against plastic surgeon
Judge Sarah Evans Barker declared a Massachusetts woman in contempt of court for failing to remove her negative Internet
postings about an Indianapolis cosmetic surgeon.