Doctors, hospitals push back on Indiana abortion bill
Lawmakers in the Indiana House are scheduled to take up the measure in a day-long committee hearing Tuesday.
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IU Health reevaluating scope of $2.68B downtown hospital campus
The Indianapolis-based hospital system said in financial filing Thursday that the review comes in light of higher-than expected patient demand during the pandemic, inflation and sustainability goals.
IU Health results swing from red ink to black as pandemic eases
Despite ringing up an operating profit in the second quarter, Indiana University Health reported a total loss for the first six months of 2022 of $929.6 million, and attributed the loss largely to declines in financial markets.
Hackers hit health companies, insurers with increasing regularity
Of all the industries in the country, health care might be the juiciest for cyberhackers. And around central Indiana, institutions large and small are paying the price.
Pandemic fueled surge in superbug infections, deaths, CDC says
The surge reversed years of progress fighting one of the gravest public health challenges in modern medicine, according to a new analysis released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Biden administration: Docs must offer abortion if mom’s life at risk
The Biden administration on Monday said federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions.
Court rules antitrust complaint against IU Health can proceed
A Bloomington surgeon alleging Indiana University Health violated federal antitrust laws by acquiring local competitors has convinced the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate his complaint.
Ascension’s much-touted micro-hospitals fade away in Indy area
Just five years ago this summer, officials from Ascension St. Vincent opened the first of five tiny hospitals in the Indianapolis area, touting them as a new model of ease and comfort for patients.
Brian Tabor: There’s a better path forward for Indiana health care
Indiana’s hospitals will continue their work with the employers in their communities on real solutions that improve the health of Hoosiers while bending the cost curve.
Ascension St. Vincent closes Noblesville ‘neighborhood hospital’
Ascension St. Vincent closed the facility just five years after opening it as the first in a new model of tiny hospitals around central Indiana.
Ohio-based behavioral health provider plans $6M Indianapolis facility
The renovated facility will be called Ethan Crossing of Indianapolis and feature a 42-bed hospital and inpatient behavioral health unit as well as a 46-bed residential Substance Use Disorder, or SUD, unit.
Hospitals in Hendricks, Hancock counties join forces with Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic Care Network allows small, independent hospitals to tap into the giant health system’s vast system of specialists and researchers to help solve medical problems.
Eskenazi Health to build new clinic on east side as part of $50M capital plan
The health system announced Thursday morning it will build a 95,000-square-foot clinic on a site that previously housed a 59-year-old retail center anchored by a long-closed Value City Department Store.
UPDATE: IU Health doctor says he was fired for objecting to visit time limit
Dr. Brian Leon filed a lawsuit this month against Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc., alleging breach of contract, unpaid wages, fraudulent misrepresentation and numerous other claims.
Ascension St. Vincent to build small hospital near Purdue
The Indianapolis-based health system said the new hospital will bring inpatient and emergency care into the city of West Lafayette for the first time.
Pandemic continued to financially punish Indiana hospitals in 1st quarter
Indiana University Health lost $29.8 million, and Community Health lost $28.5 million during the quarter, as both systems postponed surgeries to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
Community Health starts ‘fully integrated cancer program’ with MD Anderson
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.
Anthem pays $4.5M to Indiana hospitals in ER billing dispute
An arbitrator ordered the payments, and the hospitals say they can claim at least another $12 million from Anthem for tens of thousands of additional claims that it says the insurer has downgraded and not paid in full.
IU Health plans $287M expansion of Fishers hospital
The planned expansion of IU Health Saxony—which will be renamed IU Health Fishers—will more than double the number of inpatient beds. It will also add new and expanded services.
Developer plans $32M senior housing project sandwiched between St. Vincent, 86th and Ditch
Indianapolis-based Birge & Held envisions a 160-unit apartment community for seniors of limited means on roughly 3.3 acres at 1621 W. 86th St.