Indianapolis-area hospitals spent billions on construction in the past decade and increasingly tried to poach patients from one another’s territories. Yet last year—one of the worst economically in recent history—21 of 26 hospitals still were able to show operating profits.
Community Health now has about 550 physicians, either on its payroll or committed through integration contracts, who have some of their pay hinge on measures of quality and communication. CEO Bryan Mills says the hospital system is looking to add even more.
Monroe Hospital in Bloomington is the latest target in the statewide buildup by hospital systems. St. Vincent Health, St.
Francis and at least one other system have all had talks in the past month with Monroe.
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.
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.
Michele Thomas Dole has been a wealth adviser at JP Morgan Chase and development director of the IU Foundation.
It’s the latest exhalation by a local hospital after massive
investment losses and a scary economy forced them to tighten their belts a year ago.
The retired president and CEO of the former Indiana Gas Co. has donated $1 million to the philanthropic wing of a central
Indiana hospital network.
Indianapolis health care heavyweights are among those spending $635 million, employing 166 former aides to key congressional
leaders and committees in health reform process.
The new president of Community Hospital East says her job is all about health—the health of not just patients, but
the entire neighborhood.
The stitching together of doctors and hospitals—two groups that historically have kept each other at arm’s length—is
a trend picking up speed locally and nationally and could accelerate even further if Congress passes health care reform.
Community Health Network and the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township will open a new community health center inside
the Renaissance School, at 30th Street and Post Road in Indianapolis, the two organizations announced today.
Community Health Network has chosen Anthony Lennen as president of Community Hospital South and Dr. Robin Ledyard as president
of Community Hospital East, the health care system announced this morning.
Today’s announcement that Community Health Network named Tony Lennen to head its Community Hospital South was a bit
of an eye-opener.
Specialist physicians, who have traditionally been fiercely independent, are more and more coming on as employees of hospitals.
IBJ reporter J.K. Wall asked Bryan A. Mills about his new job as Community Health Networks next CEO.
Community Health Network has spent three years developing a computer interface that allows doctors and nurses to view all
information and records on a patient in one viewing program.
Marion County hospital systems anticipate more mergers, possibly with each other.
Indianapolis-area hospitals have suffered a double whammy of spiking interest rates on their bonds and heavy losses in their
investment portfolios and are trying to save cash any way they can.
This month, 65-year-old Bill Corley gave his 18 months’ notice that he will be retiring as CEO of Community Health Network,
the third-largest hospital network based in Indianapolis. Perhaps Community’s board of directors needed so much time to replace
a man who has held his post so long-nearly 25 years. When Corley arrived in 1984, Community consisted of just one hospital
on Indianapolis’ east side. Today, it has five.
