Mishawaka-based Franciscan Health and Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy are teaming up on a new orthopedic clinic and surgery center in West Lafayette. The partners said the facility is set to open in 2025.... Read More
Rich Reck, founding member and board chairman, said in a news release the expansion is needed since they are at full capacity with a waiting list. The expansion will increase its capacity from 16 to 32 beds. ... Read More
Damar Services is set to take over operations at a more than century-old residential treatment home in East Chicago. The Indianapolis-based not-for-profit said Wednesday it begin providing services at the former St. Joseph Carmelite Home.... Read More
Franciscan Health on Sunday marked the opening of its newest hospital in northwest Indiana. The $200 million Franciscan Health Crown Point is a seven-story facility with 200 inpatient beds and will continue its work as the only Level III Trauma Center.... Read More
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and three sitting lawmakers publicly called on the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) to pause proposed program cuts for parents of medically complex children during an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force meeting Monday.... Read More
Indianapolis-based not-for-profit residential services provider New Hope of Indiana is expanding its workforce and clientele. The organization said Monday that 17 clients of The Altruist Group will transition to New Hope. ... Read More
The county received $639,915 from the $225 million invested at the state level through the Health First Indiana program created by Senate Enrolled Act 4. ... Read More
Hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers recently transferred into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, many of them first-time users of the program. Part of that growth is likely due to Indiana’s unwinding of Medicaid coverage.... Read More
A Lawrence-based company has developed an idea to create healthier employees and address rising health insurance costs that are a chief concern for Hoosier employers. Ertel & Co. drives its mobile medical centers around the state with the goal of...... Read More
Under Senate Bill 10, the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, housed under the Family and Social Services Administration, would oversee the Community Cares Initiative Grant Pilot Program and its accompanying fund.... Read More
The Purdue Innovates Incubator has awarded a total of $150,000 to four Purdue researchers to further the appeal of their patent-pending innovations. The funding comes from the Trask Innovation Fund, which supports short-term projects to enhance...... Read More
Healthgrades is out with its annual list of America's 250 Best Hospitals, and 3 Indiana hospitals are included. The health care review website evaluated hospitals for overall clinical excellence based on patient outcome data for 31 conditions or procedures.... Read More
Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance will fully acquire La Porte's Franciscan Beacon Hospital later this spring, Franciscan Alliance announced Tuesday. ... Read More
A startup accelerator headquartered in the Silicon Valley is expanding its footprint to northeast Indiana. Plug and Play has opened an office in Warsaw with a focus on the growing med-tech industry.... Read More
The administrative change on LRIs was one of eight changes announced last week by FSSA as a money-saving response to an unpredicted $1 billion shortfall in Medicaid publicized in December.... Read More
While the person with dementia is typically the main focus when families weather the medical crisis, the patient’s health often hinges instead on the health of the caregiver. An app developed in Indiana devoted to caregiver health is now hitting the market.... Read More
Dr. Aaron Carroll was selected as the next president and CEO of AcademyHealth, a Washington D.C.-based nonpartisan organization promoting and enhancing health policy and research. ... Read More
The new facility, located at 1259 E. State Road 205, will offer primary care, mental health care, behavioral health care, addiction recovery treatment and life skills coaching.... Read More
An Indiana University biologist has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to better understand how DNA is structured. Stephen Bell will investigate how DNA is compressed in a cell through folding. ... Read More
A Midwest coordinated home care and home health services provider has acquired Michiana Home Care, which operates home health agency in northern Indiana. Financial terms for the acquisition by PurposeCare are not being disclosed.... Read More
