Area hospital construction taking break after expensive binge
Observers expect a lull with inpatient facilities for five years or more, but continued proliferation of outpatient
clinics and surgery centers.
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Witham planning bond sale to acquire Anson site
Lebanon-based hospital system also wants to refinance about $21 million in debt on new medical office building.
St. Francis sues OrthoIndy over new surgery center
Legal complaint alleges new $20 million facility in Greenwood breaches partnership deal struck in 2001.
Building trades leaders flock to Wishard meetings
Hundreds of potential contractors turned out for informational meetings this week about construction work on a new Wishard Memorial Hospital.
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.
Health care reform would push state to hike Medicaid pay to docs
An actuarial report prepared by the local office of Milliman Inc., a Seattle-based consulting firm, projects
that the state of Indiana would have to hike its Medicaid payments by one-third in order to entice more
doctors into the program.
HealthNet lands $10.5 million in stimulus funds
HealthNet said it will use the funds to expand and renovate two community health centers that have outgrown their space.
St. Vincent-Novia clinic partnership cuts out insurance middleman
The St. Vincent Health hospital system has joined with Indianapolis-based Novia CareClinics LLC to set up clinics on employers’
campuses, offering health care for their workers with no insurance companies involved.
Health reform prods partnership of St. Vincent, OrthoIndy
The specter of declining reimbursement, as well as the desire for statewide growth, lie behind St. Vincent Health’s decision
to form a physician management firm with OrthoIndy and buy a minority stake in its Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital.
St. Vincent, OrthoIndy form partnership
St. Vincent Health has acquired a minority interest in Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital and is in discussions with OrthoIndy physicians
and other independent doctors to create a management company that would oversee orthopaedic and spine services at St. Vincent
Indianapolis. The health care providers announced the deal early Friday.
Doctors balk at Senate attempt to cut out wasteful health care spending
The big goal of health care reform is to cut wasteful spending to pay for expanded health insurance coverage. But the way
the Senate Finance Committee bill tries to do that would be, according to some doctors, “disastrous.”
Afraid to die
Fear of death may be causing Americans to expect too much from our medical system when it comes to prolonging the lives of
the old and infirm.
Power Breakfast panel debates health care reform
As health care legislation
continues to wend its way through Congress, Indianapolis-area industry leaders still harbor strong
opinions about the issue. Five industry insiders discussed how to improve the health care system during
IBJ’s Power Breakfast Sept. 25 at the Westin Indianapolis.
KALSCHEUR: Doctors eye precautions as reform gains steam
Doctors are considering their options as health care reform gains momentum.
SMITH: Cut health care costs by limiting malpractice lawsuits
A peer-review panel of experts would help minimize unnecessary medical malpractice suits.
Doctors link together to experiment with ‘one-stop shopping’
Specialists are clustering to focus on a single ailment, such as pain, to cut costs and improve quality of treatment.
VIDEOS: IBJ panelists examine needs, options for health-care reform
Presenting five video excerpts from a free-wheeling panel discussion about health-care reform featuring five of the city’s
top minds and decision-makers. Reporter J.K. Wall moderates the IBJ’s Power Breakfast on Sept. 25, covering tort reform,illegal
immigrants, pay models and the role of insurance companies.
Indiana Health Information Exchange lands big insurer
UnitedHealthcare has become the second health insurer to join Quality Health First, a pay-for-performance program operated
by the Indiana Health Information Exchange, the exchange announced Tuesday.
VIDEOS: IBJ panelists examine needs, options for health-care reform
Presenting five video excerpts from a free-wheeling panel discussion about health-care reform featuring five of the city’s
top decision-makers. J.K. Wall moderates the IBJ’s Power Breakfast, covering tort reform,illegal immigrants, pay models and
insurance companies.
Health reform could swamp doctors
Health reform that would cover millions of uninsured Americans would theoretically send a flood of new
patients to physicians. Yet in Indiana and nationwide, there’s already a shortage of doctors.