Evansville-based Deaconess Health System broke ground Wednesday on its first-ever dual emergency and urgent care facility. When complete, the three-story, $40 million facility will also include medical offices, imaging and an outpatient lab.... Read More
The university says the nearly $5 million facility is expected to train and educate more than 1,000 new registered nurses in the region by 2028.... Read More
Indianapolis-based health Elevance Health’s board is recommending its investors reject a shareholder proposal that asks the health insurance company to provide a report and metrics on the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.... Read More
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile stationed at Deaconess Women’s Hospital in Newburgh provides free or reimbursed care to women of childbearing age, pregnant women, postpartum mothers and infants in underserved areas.... Read More
Bloomington-based CarDon & Associates has promoted Zach Cattell to president and CEO, the company announced Monday. Cattell as served as chief strategy and legal officer for the senior living community operator since 2022.... Read More
Time is tissue in the first responder community, and in rural areas across Indiana, they could be losing too much tissue for EMS responses.... Read More
The first phase of the $12 million campus at 3090 Frontage Road will feature a 10-patient short-term treatment facility, the nonprofit health system said. A planned second phase calls for two similar buildings, and a third would include a number of apartments.... Read More
Beacon Health System has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Michigan-based Ascension healthcare system. Following regulatory approval, Beacon will own Ascension’s network of four hospitals, 35 outpatient clinics and an ambulatory surgery center.... Read More
About a year and a half after state lawmakers learned about a nearly $1 billion Medicaid forecasting error, the state is positioning itself to drop the firm that produced the report.... Read More
Neil de Crescenzo assumed the role of CEO for the Indianapolis-based company on Wednesday. He succeeds Henry Hummel, who served as CEO since 2017 and now will become board chair.... Read More
A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday, moving on a party-line vote.... Read More
Fischer Farms recently earned the Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use certification from the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center at The George Washington University.... Read More
Carmel-based Syra Health Corp. announced Tuesday it would delist from the Nasdaq Capital Market, about 18 months after the company went public and began trading on the exchange.... Read More
The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the federal government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues.... Read More
Beech Grove-based Franciscan VNS Home Care has paid $3.65 million to settle claims that it failed to pay dozens of health care workers overtime from Aug. 20, 2020, to July 24, 2024.... Read More
The European Medicines Agency committee said the benefits of the new drug, Kisunla, did not outweigh the risks, and it recommended refusing marketing authorization for it.... Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit Friday against Gov. Mike Braun over his order that prevents transgender Hoosiers from changing the gender markers on their birth certificates.... Read More
An Indiana University professor who founded a biotechnology company and is considered a leading researcher in his field has been named the inaugural executive director of the Tom and Julie Wood Center for Lung Cancer Research.... Read More
The case involves a commercial egg production facility specializing in pullets, or hens younger than a year old, with a flock of nearly 24,000 birds.... Read More
Indiana health officials received notice this week that the federal government is clawing back funds sent to state and local health departments as part of a broader effort to offset economic turbulence during COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday is pulling back $11.4 billion nationwide, including an estimated $40 million in […]... Read More
