The addition would more than double the square footage of the facility and allow for expanded patient and staff services, according to a petition filed with the city’s Department of Metropolitan Development.
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The locations include six pediatric practices and one OB/GYN practice in Anderson, Greenwood, Indianapolis and Kokomo.
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Community Health Network has agreed to pay the United States government $345 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a years-long scheme to recruit physicians and pay them huge salaries and bonuses in return for “downstream referrals” on medical procedures.
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An Indianapolis woman is suing Community Health Network after the hospital system mailed her test results to the wrong person and that person posted the information on Facebook.
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Community Health said Humana intentionally withheld reimbursement for outpatient prescription drugs provided to Humana’s Medicare Advantage members between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2022.
The Indianapolis-based hospital system wants to add 34,645 square feet to its MD Anderson Cancer Center at 7979 Shadeland Ave., on the Community Hospital North campus.
Despite the decrease, Community Health Network saw an increase in admissions, emergency visits, deliveries and physician outpatient visits during the first six months of 2024.
Community Health Network’s announcement this month that it plans to open a $335 million campus near U.S. 31 and 196th Street in Westfield marks the latest entry into the crowded Hamilton County hospital market.
The move follows pushback by several neighborhood groups on the north side who expressed concern about the city’s plan, which could rely heavily on the Midtown tax-increment financing district to repay bonds issued for the acquisition.
Community Health Network said Thursday that operating income fell 38% in the first nine months of the year as higher expenses ate into the bottom line.
About 99% of pharmacists who responded to a recent survey by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists said they are experiencing drug shortages. About a third said the shortages are leading to rationing, delaying or canceling treatments or procedures.
The Indianapolis-based hospital system broke ground Tuesday on the project at 1550 E. County Line Road. The work is expected to take 12 to 15 months to complete.
Community Health said the 50,000-square-foot hospital at 8920 E. 56th St. has 40 beds and is designed to address a growing need for inpatient rehab services throughout central Indiana.
Community Health Network, which lost $161 million last year on operations and investments, plans to cut an unspecified number of jobs through a workforce restructuring. The Indianapolis-based hospital system confirmed Wednesday that it is taking the “unfortunate and necessary step” of making job cuts. It did not say how many jobs would be lost, or […]
Community Health Network said income from operations fell 76% last year, even as the number of admissions, emergency-room visits, physician visits and outpatient surgeries all increased.
In January 2020, the federal government filed a lawsuit against Community Health Network, alleging the system engaged in a years-long scheme to recruit physicians and pay them huge salaries and bonuses in return for referrals. The two sides are still battling in court.
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.
Community Health Network said the new arrangement with the largest cancer center in the United States will give Hoosiers access to some of the most advanced cancer treatments in the nation.
Admissions, patient days, emergency room visits, outpatient surgeries and outpatient visits with physicians all climbed last year for Community Health Network. The only decreases were for inpatient surgeries and virtual appointments.
U.S. District Judge Richard Young this week threw out most of Community Health’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Thomas Fischer, who served as the hospital system’s chief financial officer for eight years before he was fired in 2013.
A federal judge in Indianapolis has tossed out Community Health Network’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department that alleges the hospital system engaged in a fraudulent scheme to keep patient referrals in its network.
In an unusual show of solidarity, officials from several major Indianapolis-area health care systems held a joint press conference Monday afternoon to issue dire warnings about the most recent surge in COVID-19 cases and explain how their facilities and staffs are close to becoming overwhelmed.
The hospital has made more than $60 million in cuts, including the elimination of its 401(k) match through the rest of the year and the closing of a rehabilitation hospital in Kokomo.
Community Health Network was one of the first behavioral health inpatient programs in the country prepared to care for patients with COVID-19.
