Three bills in Indiana Senate take aim at health-care costs, practices
The proposals aim to lower prescription drug costs, promote competition among physicians and end the practice that allows for inaccurate medical billing in certain circumstances.
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IU Health expands plan for downtown hospital, pushing price tag to $4.3B
Indiana University Health said Monday the cost of its new downtown hospital complex will now top $4 billion, an increase of 60% over previous estimates, due to higher construction costs and a major increase in the number of patient rooms.
Beth Keyser: Working together to make health care more affordable
The longtime industry standard of negotiating hospital reimbursement as a discount on the hospital’s billed charges is being replaced with fixed rates based on what Medicare would pay for a given service.
Health care costs among top Indiana legislative priorities
Hospitals are expected to come under more scrutiny and public health spending will be debated in this year’s Indiana General Assembly.
Physician shortage in rural areas means big business for Indy firm
OPYS Physician Services LLC, a 10-year-old Indianapolis company, provides doctors to hospitals, mostly in rural areas, to staff their emergency rooms and other critical areas.
A viral siege is making some people sick for weeks, even months
The 2022 winter season has been one of prolonged misery for many American families, full of sniffles, sore throats, coughs and trips to the emergency room as bugs kept at bay during the pandemic have been unleashed by the resumption of our old lives.
OrthoIndy expands Lafayette presence, plans new clinic and surgery center
OrthoIndy will nearly triple the size of its Lafayette presence with the addition of seven orthopedic surgeons in April and expects to announce plans for a new clinic and surgery center in Tippecanoe County in 2024.
Maker of temporary medical labs planning new hires, HQ move
A private-equity investment announced in January is driving growth at Modular Devices Acquisition LLC, which manufactures and leases mobile and modular medical labs and cleanrooms.
Marion County hospitals begin visitor limits due to surge in flu cases
Community Health Network, Franciscan Health Indianapolis, Ascension St. Vincent, Indiana University Health and Eskenazi Health are implementing the temporary restrictions at the request of the Marion County Public Health Department.
55 Indiana hospitals facing fines for excessive readmissions
The number is down from 62 hospitals last year and 66 the before, but will still cost many hospitals money while they are still dealing with the strain of the pandemic that has overwhelmed resources and reduced their revenue and profits.
Isaac M. Willett: Are health systems and private equity firms adversaries or unlikely allies?
Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, Daniel Larusso and Johnny Lawrence, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, Dominic Toretto and Luke Hobbs, Sheriff Woody Pride and Buzz Lightyear. The cast of characters who began as adversaries only to become key allies goes on and on. Is it time to add hospitals and health systems and […]
Indiana hospital prices named fourth-most transparent
Only Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont had higher scores, according to the report from startup Turquoise Health.
Community Health posts net loss of $252M on investments, high nursing costs
Net patient revenue for the first nine months of the year increased an undisclosed amount, driven by an increase in volumes in many areas. Patient days climbed 5% and admissions rose 5.7% during the period.
IU School of Medicine to break ground on new, $230M home
Indiana University School of Medicine’s planned medical education and research building marks the largest construction project in the history of the school.
Indiana hospitals warn of increasing costs ahead of 2023
Some critics see the released data as nothing more than a marketing ploy attempting to divert monopoly-busting tactics.
Growth of Catholic hospitals has implications for U.S. reproductive care
Catholic health care systems now control about 1 in 7 U.S. hospital beds, requiring religious doctrine to guide treatment, often to the surprise of patients.
Health system Ascension to close hospital, 9 medical practices in Indiana
The closure of the hospital will result in the layoffs of 77 employees, and more than 50 employees will be affected by the closures of the nine practices.
Johnson Memorial Health to join Mayo Clinic network
The Franklin-based health system said it will become part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, an operation that allows independent hospitals to tap into the giant health organization’s vast system of specialists and researchers to help solve medical problems.
Indiana leads the nation in medical data breaches, report says
More than 80 million Indiana medical records have been breached since 2009, a new study shows. Much of that was due to one massive incident involving insurance company Anthem Inc. (now called Elevance Health Inc.) in 2015.
Two nurses sue Hendricks Regional Health for underpayment due to time-clock rules
The nurses claim they were required to change into scrubs in locker rooms and travel to their work areas before they could punch in for their shifts, resulting in chronic underpayment. Hendricks Regional did not immediately respond to IBJ’s request for comment.