An actuarial report prepared by the local office of Milliman Inc., a Seattle-based consulting firm, projects
that the state of Indiana would have to hike its Medicaid payments by one-third in order to entice more
doctors into the program.
[In response to Chris Katterjohn’s Nov. 21 column] In ’73 I was a grad student in a master’s health care
management program and the same issues were the topic of the day, especially in the econ class.
The Madison Center in South Bend has notified state officials that 100 employees at the mental health facility will lose their jobs.
HealthNet said it will use the funds to expand and renovate two community health centers that have outgrown their space.
The pharmaceutical industry may have to cough up more than the $80 billion it agreed to contribute to President Barack Obama’s
health overhaul effort, reflecting pressure from Democrats and their supporters for more money to cover older and low-income
people.
House and Senate versions of health care reform could halt the trend toward physician-owned hospitals.
If Congress passes health care reform, more people will become like Juli Erhart-Graves, whose family spends nearly 18 percent
of its income on health insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs.
Under the current proposal, the same type of groups that made the CDC’s recommendations will outline guidelines about which treatment will be offered under a government program.
The St. Vincent Health hospital system has joined with Indianapolis-based Novia CareClinics LLC to set up clinics on employers’
campuses, offering health care for their workers with no insurance companies involved.
If you’re angry about unfair treatment at work, and don’t let it out, you’re much more likely to have a heart attack, a new
study shows.
Doctors for Patient Care says doctors and patients need to get involved in the current debate over health care to preserve the good qualities of the current health care system while fixing its problems.
The unsustainable
system of health care that we now find ourselves participating in has been decades in the making. What makes us think we can
fix it—really fix it—overnight?
Fortune magazine ranked the drug company among the best in the world for managing talent.
Health insurance costs have spiked 136 percent in past decade, more than three times more than wage growth.
The specter of declining reimbursement, as well as the desire for statewide growth, lie behind St. Vincent Health’s decision
to form a physician management firm with OrthoIndy and buy a minority stake in its Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital.
St. Vincent Health has acquired a minority interest in Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital and is in discussions with OrthoIndy physicians
and other independent doctors to create a management company that would oversee orthopaedic and spine services at St. Vincent
Indianapolis. The health care providers announced the deal early Friday.
The $7.8 million medical office building in McCordsville will allow the hospital to tap patients with private insurance.
Previous gifts from the foundation to the cancer center have been used to hire 10 researchers working on breast cancer.
Drugmaker and health insurer bemoan aspects of House health reform bill and hope Senate crafts more industry-friendly bill.
A government health insurance plan included in the House health care reform bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.
