SMARTT: Health disparities among Amos’ many causes
Before his untimely death, Amos Brown used his media pulpit to raise awareness among minority populations about their elevated risks of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
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Doctor group asks regulators to block health insurer mergers
Anthem Inc. shouldn’t be permitted to buy Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc. should be blocked from acquiring Humana Inc., the American Medical Association said in a letter Wednesday to the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
Papa John’s CEO gives $1M to St. V to house patient families
The Indianapolis-based hospital system announced the donation from John Schnatter Thursday during a groundbreaking ceremony for St. Vincent House, which will include private units for 20 families who have a child or loved receiving extended care.
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.
The Interview Issue: Dr. Kent Brantly
Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted Ebola during a medical mission to Africa, says his faith “motivates everything about who I am.”
Applications to Marian medical school keep rising
With the number of applications to Marian’s College of Osteopathic Medicine running twice as high as initially expected, school leaders say they are confident Marian can help reduce a looming physician shortage in Indiana.
Senior health care firm operator Trilogy sold in $1.2B deal
Trilogy Health Services LLC, which operates more than 70 senior-living facilities in Indiana, is being acquired. The company has at least 14 properties in central Indiana, including two in Indianapolis.
FBI raids Carmel home of American Senior Communities CEO
The FBI conducted an investigation Tuesday morning at the Carmel home of James Burkhart, CEO of one of the state’s largest providers of nursing home care.
Retail clinics, apps change doctor-patient relationship
A shortage of primary care physicians and emerging alternatives such as retail clinics and smartphone apps are changing the way patients access the U.S. health care system.
More precise medical codes aim to track quality of care
On Oct. 1, the nation’s physicians and hospitals must start using a massive new coding system to describe your visit on insurance claims so they get paid.
IUPUI receives $1.9M grant for health workforce diversity
The grant will enable researchers at IU's Indianapolis medical campus to develop and implement the IU Health Careers Opportunity Program.
Marian starts search for new med school dean
Marian University expects the deans of both its medical and nursing schools to retire in the next two years. So, the small Catholic school is launching a search for replacements.
YMCA partners with VA for Pike Township center
Although the $10 million Pike Township YMCA has no timetable for completion, officials have pledged to offer extensive services to veterans in conjunction with the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
IU School of Dentistry gets OK for $21.6M expansion
The IU Board of Trustees gave unanimous approval to the 45,000-square-foot addition to the school at IUPUI. It is expected to open in 2020.
Feds detail why they want Armstrong medical records
The federal government says it wants Lance Armstrong's medical records from his 1996 cancer treatments because they could prove just how far he was willing to go to conceal performance-enhancing drug use from the public and his sponsors.
UPDATE: IU Health reaches labor settlement with nurses
Indiana University Health has agreed to revoke disciplinary actions against two nurses who tried to organize a union at IU Health’s Methodist Hospital earlier this year, the United Steelworkers announced.
UPDATE: Pence, other governors order Planned Parenthood probes
Gov. Mike Pence has directed the Indiana Department of Health to investigate whether organs from aborted fetuses are being sold.
Community Health to pay $20M to settle false claims charges
The Indianapolis-based hospital system has agreed to pay $20.3 million to settle claims that it overbilled the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Target selling pharmacy, clinic businesses to CVS Health
Target Corp. has agreed to sell its pharmacy and clinic businesses to the drugstore chain CVS Health Corp. for about $1.9 billion in a deal that combines the resources of two retailers seeking to polish their health care reputations.
Unfair labor charges against IU Health to get hearing
The National Labor Relations Board declined to dismiss charges that IU Health broke the law by firing one nurse and disciplining another who were involved in trying to form a union at Methodist Hospital.