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Survey: Many hospital patients in dark about debt-relief options
Marion County survey finds 80 percent of respondents in debt to local hospitals, with about half saying they were never informed
about the availability
of charity care or payment plans.
Medicare driving health care hookups
The scramble by local hospitals to form their physicians and facilities into “clinically integrated” networks
that can do business with employers and health insurers has another huge motivating factor: Beginning January 2012, they can
also do business with Medicare, the massive federal program for seniors.
Hospitals map out ways to bypass insurers
Clarian Health is launching its own health insurance plan, the boldest of several initiatives at Indianapolis hospitals to
bypass health insurers and provide health benefits directly to employers.
Shifts at state hospitals to cut 500-plus jobs
The Logansport State Hospital will have 355 workers laid off and 80 vacant positions eliminated under the plan, while 106
people will lose jobs at the Richmond State Hospital.
Hospitals see dip in charity care after 2008
Unemployment in Indiana has moderated slightly, but more than 313,000 Hoosiers remain out of work. And with attempts to extend
benefits for the jobless stalled in Congress, it’s likely more people will struggle to pay medical bills.
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.
Wishard construction bids starting to flow
About $72 million in bids have been awarded so far for the $754 million Wishard Hospital project—ahead of schedule
and under budget, for the time being—including demolition and foundation work.
Hospital jobs keep growing in recession
Hospitals continued to be a stable and slightly growing source of jobs and wages in Indiana—for better and for worse.
The sector paid $7.3 billion to 127,000 Hoosiers in 2008, according to the latest data from the American Hospital Association.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Clarian CEO on daily rounds
Dan Evans, president and CEO of Clarian Health, details his cure for losing sight of day-to-day operations, how
he gauges his effectiveness, and two bits of crucial advice.
Two Indiana hospitals repay feds over $1M each
Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie and Bloomington Hospital were among nine U.S. hospitals that had been charged with submitting
false claims to the Medicare program.
Evans: Health care real estate is evolving
If Clarian Health CEO Dan Evans were investing in health care real estate, he’d make bets in three new things: smaller,
denser clinics with lots of computer equipment to do telemedicine; medical office buildings populated by physician assistants;
and nursing homes with a strong relationship with a hospital.
IU lands $8.5 million grant to renovate Riley hospital
Gift will be used for a pediatric research facility to better identify how genetic and environmental factors contribute to
diseases in children.
Work on northern Indiana hospital could start June 1
Community Health Systems plans to build a five-story, 250-bed hospital at the corner of U.S. 6 and Indiana 49 in Vaparaiso.
Construction is expected to cost about $225 million.
TAYLOR: Reform will drive demand for health care facilities
There has been a noticeable uptick in the level of health care real estate development activity this year.
Wishard Hospital project is life blood to contractors
Replacing the existing Wishard Memorial Hospital is so critical to the well-being of the sickly construction sector that one
industry official likens the project to a "lifeline."
Clarian hospital system to adopt IU name
Clarian will become Indiana University Health early next year in a bet the IU brand carries more punch statewide and nationally.
Marketing experts: Clarian will get boost from IU name
The Indianapolis-based hospital system, which has 16 hospitals as far afield as LaPorte, Hartford City and Paoli, can
now associate with all its facilities the name of the school that trains the majority of doctors and nurses throughout the
state.
New federal funds come with big goals
Indiana has now received nearly $50 million in federal bucks to digitize health care around the state. But the latest grant—$16
million to the Indiana Health Information Exchange—comes with specific, ambitious goals for health care providers.
Wishard Foundation appoints new leader
Ernest Vargo II’s Vargo’s top priority will be guiding the foundation’s $50 million capital campaign for the construction
of the new, $754 million Wishard Hospital.