Indiana’s Monroe Hospital files Chapter 11 liquidation plan
About one month after receiving court approval to sell its 32-bed acute-care surgical hospital in Bloomington, Monroe Hospital LLC filed a Chapter 11 plan of liquidation.
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IU Health’s third-quarter profit nearly quadruples
Indianapolis-based IU Health saw big increases in outpatient surgeries and imaging tests in the three months ended Sept. 30, reversing year-long declines. Hospitals nationally are also posting improved performances.
Hendricks Regional Health dangling 15-percent discounts
Hendricks Regional Health is taking a revolutionary step—at least for the health care industry—by applying the retailer’s playbook. Health care executives say more hospital systems are likely to follow suit in the future.
Hospitals in quest to shrink emergency room visits
Hospitals around the state have been trying to cut emergency room visits—and Obamacare was supposed to help. But the results have been mixed, according to some local hospitals.
St. Vincent closure of Lafayette hospital to ax 83 jobs
St. Vincent Health will close its long-term acute hospital in Lafayette in the next two months, leaving as many as 83 workers without jobs. St. Vincent will continue to operate its other Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis.
Nursing home gusher helps fund new hospital
Shelbyville’s Major will break ground on an $89 million hospital next month. Meanwhile, hospital systems around the state are talking about consolidating facilities or turning unused bed space to new uses.
Walker: Still a long way to go to control health care costs
Gains are needed on top of significant streamlining already in place.
Employer clinics are latest health care disruption
The clinics could rearrange the system by forcing price quotes and demanding that providers follow-through.
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.
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.
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.
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.
St. Vincent considers $14M sports performance facility at Marian
Marian University, St. Vincent Health and four amateur sports groups have entered into formal discussions that could result in major developments at the northwest-side campus, the university announced Tuesday.
Blood Center retrenches after losing major clients to Red Cross
The Indiana Blood Center is set to lose more than one-third of its revenue early next year, as three hospital systems bolt for cheaper prices offered by the American Red Cross.
Regenstrief plans new $13M headquarters
Regenstrief, a not-for-profit medical research organization, plans to move 50 investigators, 165 staff members and a number of affiliated scientists into the building when it is completed in mid-2015.
Struggling hospital finds buyer, enters bankruptcy protection
Bloomington’s Monroe Hospital, which has had a close relationship with Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health, filed for bankruptcy reorganization on Friday and plans to sell its business to a Canadian operator.
St. Vincent Heart Center seeks to build helipad in Carmel
St. Vincent Heart Center is seeking city permission to build a helipad on church-owned property south of 103rd Street in Carmel, about a half-mile from the specialty hospital.
WellPoint unit launching $80M information exchange
Two insurers announced Tuesday that they are partnering for an ambitious project to establish one of the nation's largest health-information exchanges, an effort they hope will reduce duplication and improve patient outcomes.
Wishard site could hold new hospital for IU Health
The site of the former Wishard Memorial Hospital could become home to a new combined downtown hospital for Indiana University Health.
Western Indiana health care system announces cuts
A health care system that includes a Terre Haute hospital says it will cut 150 jobs by the end of the year.