In partnership with MATTER, a Chicago-based health care collaborative, the health system puts on the Healthy Kids Healthy Future: A Pediatrics Innovation Competition, which seeks support management and treatment solutions for kids and teens with conditions like asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other developmental and behavioral disabilities.... Read More
Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, one of only three Indiana hospitals to perform organ transplants, is closing its heart transplant and inpatient burn services, citing low volumes. The move marks the end of Lutheran Hospital’s transplant program. ... Read More
It was a major case of burnout that led Morgan Leigh Miller to quit her job as a hospital patient care technician and become a campus bus driver at Indiana University. But there was one element of her old job she couldn’t let go.... Read More
New Jersey-based Catalent Inc. is a contract drug manufacturer that significantly increased its operations at the Monroe County location during the pandemic to meet the demand for COVID-19 vaccines. It's that same plant that the company blames in part for productivity issues and unexpected costs.... Read More
The governor signed a 2020 bill mandating the licensure requirement and serving the IDOI commissioner more authority to set requirements. Those may include provisions for licensure and financial requirements, application and renewal fees, pharmacy claims audits, maximum allowable cost pricing, annual reporting and violation penalties. The law became active March 22.... Read More
According to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, mobile integrated health is a patient-centered model of care that occurs in a patient’s home, with a traveling unit or via telehealth. More than half of Indiana’s counties have some form of mobile integrated health.... Read More
Mary Browning, CEO of the Indiana Organization for Nursing Leaders (IONL), has announced her retirement effective this month. The organization also announced Thursday that Cathy Wichman will succeed Browning when she steps down.... Read More
As the state's public health sits low in rankings, a local healthcare leader says community health centers are a way forward to instill an ability for Hoosiers to attain financially achievable medical and preventive care and reverse the state's public health trajectory.... Read More
A lengthy appeals process could play out following a state regulatory decision last week to sanction an Indianapolis OB-GYN in a divisive abortion case. The Indiana Medical Licensing Board ruled that Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state and federal patient privacy laws when she publicly discussed a 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion in Indiana. ... Read More
Purdue University has launched a new fully-online graduate certificate for medical and healthcare writing. Purdue notes the growth in the field of medical and healthcare writing, as new tests, drugs and treatments for COVID-19 have increased demand.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle class-action lawsuit that alleged Lilly systematically overpriced its insulin. The settlement covers older insulins in Lilly’s portfolio sold under the brand names Humalog, Humulin, and Basaglar. ... Read More
Satisfaction rates for Hoosier Medicaid recipients trail behind the national average, with many delaying necessary medical care as low reimbursement rates disincentivize providers from accepting the coverage. The findings come from a new national ‘Medicaid Matters’ report shared with the Indiana Capital Chronicle. ... Read More
This year's Indianapolis 500 saw several major milestones, including a near-record crowd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and a record payout for winner Josef Newgarden. But history was also made at the oldest building inside IMS.... Read More
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hold oral arguments in September in a case challenging Indiana’s near-total abortion ban on religious freedom grounds.... Read More
Everewear, an AI-centric clothing resale site, and ReproHealth Technologies, an IVF device company specialized in animal, took home large investments in a Bloomington nonprofit's biannual Crossroads Pitch Competition.... Read More
South Bend-based Beacon Health System and Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center in Elkhart have cut the ribbon on the $15 million Surgery Center of Granger. The partners said the facility will serve as a regional destination for orthopedic surgery and care.... Read More
Advocates on both sides of Thursday’s contentious licensing hearing declared victory Friday after the panel sanctioned Dr. Caitlin Bernard for privacy violations related to a 10-year-old girl’s 2022 abortion but cleared her of other serious reporting charges.... Read More
The Indiana Medical Licensing Board ruled Thursday that Indianapolis OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state and federal patient privacy laws when she publicly discussed a 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion in Indiana. ... Read More
An Indianapolis-based radiopharmaceutical company said Friday it plans to help open a facility in Belgium to make therapeutic agents for European cancer patients.... Read More
Nearly 53,000 Hoosiers lost their Medicaid coverage this month, the first of many to lose their insurance following the “unwinding” of pandemic-related protections over the next year — and at a much higher pace than previously predicted. ... Read More
