St. Francis Hospital project targets Greenwood’s growth
The $20 million facility would attempt to capture some of the 32-percent growth in population Greenwood experienced from 2000 to 2009.
The $20 million facility would attempt to capture some of the 32-percent growth in population Greenwood experienced from 2000 to 2009.
Indiana lawmakers likely will cut some Medicaid-provided services in the upcoming legislative session after learning Wednesday that the state’s share of government health insurance program costs will balloon by $1.1 billion over the next two years unless checked.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers is going to build a new ER and medical office complex near Greenwood: The area has been growing over the past decade 10 times faster than the city of Indianapolis.
The trouble-free market approval obtained by Eli Lilly and Co. for a new underarm testosterone treatment brightened the company’s outlook—at least for one of the few optimistic analysts covering the company.
The Carmel-based life and health insurer says it has started discussions with a group of lenders about refinancing $652.1 million in debt.
The project along Indiana 37 will include outpatient facilities and an emergency room.
St. Francis, which operates three Indianapolis-area hospitals, and WellPoint, the giant health insurer, announced this month that they have agreed to jointly form an accountable care organization.
Widely hailed provision of health care reform now raises host of questions.
Health reform entrepreneurship could brand Indiana as productive, healthy place for employers to operate.
Federal health reform will trump an Indiana law that allows health insurers to offer steep discounts to employers with healthy workers and which institute aggressive wellness programs, but experts say other provisions will motivate small firms.
Five students at Indiana University School of Medicine contemplate whether to opt for family practice or a specialty.
Interest in primary care has fallen off markedly due partly to relatively low pay.
Indianapolis-area hospitals have negotiated reimbursement rates with private health insurers that are two and three times higher than those paid by the federal Medicare program, suggesting the hospitals have the upper hand over insurers, according to a new study.
Clarian Health has been growing faster than its peers in the Indianapolis market the past five years and is now generating healthy margins, according to a report this month by Moody’s Investors Service.
The Mishawaka-based health system’s move comes after months of consumer research—and six months after rival system Clarian Health said it would change its name to Indiana University Health.
Indiana doctors may soon check on patients’ financial health as part of a program that teaches health care providers how to spot victims of swindlers.
The division of Dow Chemical has a 15-year lease with Indianapolis-based developer Browning Investments on the two-story building near West 96th Street.
The form an alliance would take is not clear, but Westview looked for additional resources from city’s four major hospital systems.
The tax abatement is tied to an expansion in which the company plans to invest $18 million in its Indianapolis operations and add as many as 95 jobs in the next three years.
Les Zwirn, executive director of Better Healthcare for Indiana, talked about his group’s progress on promoting community collaborations to improve health and reduce the cost of care in cities around Indiana. BHI is hosting its third health care summit of Indiana community leaders today at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.