Braun signs bill scrutinizing nonprofit hospital prices
House Bill 1004’s core pricing scrutiny targets hospital systems with $2 billion or more in net patient service revenue in the state.
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Appraisals set minimum price for Grand Park Sports Campus at $85M
The city of Westfield on Monday released the results of two appraisals that will be used when it considers a deal with companies interested in owning or operating Grand Park Sports Campus.
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IU Health plans $287M expansion of Fishers hospital
The planned expansion of IU Health Saxony—which will be renamed IU Health Fishers—will more than double the number of inpatient beds. It will also add new and expanded services.
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COhatch set to open four more area coworking sites in early 2022
The company, which entered the market in 2020 by opening coworking centers in Broad Ripple and Noblesville, announced formal plans Wednesday to open additional Indianapolis-area centers—in Martindale-Brightwood, Carmel, downtown Indianapolis and Zionsville.
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Community, Lifepoint to build behavioral health hospital in Westfield
The hospital is expected to treat conditions including major depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal thoughts, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia.
Community Health Network in joint venture to build 2 behavioral health hospitals
Community and Lifepoint Health operate three hospitals together in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Hancock Health leads development of 160-acre mixed-use campus
The health care company has expanded its reach over the past seven years to become a master developer for a sprawling project on the south side of Interstate 70 in western Hancock County.
Riverview Health CEO anticipates growth despite recent red ink
It’s turnaround time at Riverview Health, the small, 114-year-old hospital system owned by Hamilton County, which is trying to deal with competition from larger health care systems.
Hendricks Regional Health CEO named to lead Ascension St. Vincent
Kevin Speer, who is to replace Jonathan Nalli, will take over as health system is going through a major restructuring.
Sick swarm Indiana hospitals as pandemic threatens to swamp health care system
Across Indiana, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has been shattering records day after day, putting a strain on many hospitals and adding to the anxiety about how much longer the pandemic will continue.
Netherlands-based firm confirms plans for $150M local cold-storage facility
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered NewCold more than $2.8 million in conditional tax credits based on the company’s plans to hire 202 workers by the end of 2023.
Tiny Hancock Health embarks on ambitious, long-term growth plan
Over the past two years, Hancock Health has bought 140 acres of empty farmland at the Mount Comfort exit of Interstate 70 for a development it has named Hancock Gateway Park.
$50M hospital fuels Hendricks health care war
Hendricks Regional Health’s new Brownsburg hospital is only the latest in Indiana’s second-fastest-growing county, where almost non-stop development is pushing demand for health care.
St. Vincent joins short list of top trauma centers in state
The trauma center at St. Vincent Indianapolis has become the third such facility in the state to be recognized as a Level I Trauma Center, meaning it is equipped and staffed to handle the most serious injuries.
Hospitals back on construction spree
Health care providers say they can’t attract patients tomorrow with facilities from yesterday. So they are scrambling to erect new structures that are more convenient.
Hendricks Regional to make $40M bet with Brownsburg ER, outpatient center
Hendricks Regional Health will construct a 100,000-square-foot emergency room and outpatient center on the north side of Brownsburg by early 2017, hoping to capitalize on an underserved part of the state’s second-fastest-growing county.
Central Indiana hospital cutting nearly 70 jobs
Officials of Marion General Hospital said in a state filing Monday that the 69 layoffs will take place during the first two weeks of February and are expected to be permanent.
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’ occupancy declining over long term
Advances in non-invasive surgeries, changes in health care financing and now increasingly price-sensitive patients accelerate what has been a 40-year decline in the number of patients spending the night in hospitals.
Westfield schools sign Riverview as health provider, stadium sponsor
Westfield Washington Schools has landed a 10-year, $1.2 million sponsor for the 5,000-seat football stadium it’s building at Westfield High School.
Hospital plans expansion 6 years after flooding
The $30 million project at Columbus Regional Hospital will expand its emergency department and cancer center.
Suburban Indy hospitals see health care reform as ally
For years, the county-owned hospitals ringing Indianapolis have watched warily as the city’s four major hospital systems used their superior size and resources to push ever outward into the suburbs.
Hospital’s plans for Zionsville facility hit snag
Witham Health Services has a conditional contract to buy about 11 acres of undeveloped land at the northeast corner of 116th Street and Michigan Road from Christel DeHaan Investments LP, pending a zoning change that would allow for office and retail uses.