Health

Federal officials say they believe the Gary-based health care provider billed Indiana Medicaid without meeting requirements for mental health service claims.... Read More

The health center will be on the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.... Read More

The center provides acute behavioral health and residential programs for kids. The youth behavioral health crisis services ended last week, a Reid news release said, but the residential program will continue. Referrals and operations will continue as normal for the time being, and any changes will be announced later.... Read More

The state has “recommended” four companies but hasn’t awarded the $15 billion in contracts.... Read More

The online platform offers an anonymous, 10-question assessment to help connect Hoosiers with services best fit for their needs.... Read More

A period care startup that originated in central Indiana is finally launching its product on Saturday after going viral on social media more than a year and a half earlier. Sunny has received more than 20,000 preorders totaling $750,000 in sales.... Read More

In the steady stream of commercially successful innovations to emerge from the lab of Purdue University’s Dr. Philip Low, a newly licensed technology takes aim at improving MRIs to image the most aggressive form of brain cancer. ... Read More

Indiana University Health is outlining the impact on employees affected by its previously announced decision to close the emergency room and end inpatient services at IU Health Blackford Hospital.... Read More

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said he is comfortable with the difficult decisions his administration made to shut down schools, businesses and public gatherings during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More

Federal officials say they looked into claims of employment discrimination during a two-year window as a part of a routine investigation.... Read More

Paul Halverson, the founding dean of the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health and a longtime advocate for a stronger role for public health across the state, plans to step down in January after 10 years to take a position in Oregon.... Read More

A neurologist in Evansville has created a tool to help patients regain function in their hands after a stroke or brain injury. Dr. Luke Barr says half to 80% of the patients who lose hand function after a stroke or brain injury never regain it. ... Read More

Carmel-based Ben’s Ranch Foundation is expanding its programming to bring together small groups of 14- to 18-year-olds with mental or emotional health conditions to both improve their health and gain work experience. ... Read More

Judge Craig Bobay, in his order issued Friday, found Dr. David Lankford showed evidence of a likelihood of success on his breach of contract claims against his former employer, Lutheran Medical Group.... Read More

The grant, stemming from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will provide about $7 million over five years to the IU Bloomington Center for Cannabis, Cannabinoids and Addiction. It is one of 15 other centers that are funded through the NIDA’s Core Center of Excellence Grants.... Read More

Eli Lilly and Co. has filed lawsuits against 10 companies it accuses of selling unauthorized versions of its diabetes drug Mounjaro. The businesses in question include medical spas, wellness centers and compounding pharmacies in several states.... Read More

Noncompete agreements bar employees who leave their jobs from working in similar positions within a certain timeframe, and often, a geographical range. In Indiana, physicians working under such agreements must purchase their freedom for a “reasonable” price.... Read More

The $1.5 million Valparaiso clinic expansion will allow the nonprofit health provider to expand its family medicine residency program.... Read More

Methodist Hospitals in Gary and Lutheran Downtown Hospital in Fort Wayne were both named to the national list which reviewed nearly 4,000 hospitals.... Read More

Open Philanthropy awarded the grant to Dr. Philip Low, who is conducting clinical trials to validate previous results of the drug imatinib and its ability to fight malaria and test whether the number of days the treatment needs to take effect can be reduced.... Read More