Indiana lawmakers have seized on high health care costs as a priority problem to tackle this legislative session, but rural hospitals with thin profit margins are worried — and want more help from the state.... Read More
A bill dictating payments for certain health services based on location — or site of service — cleared a Senate health committee Wednesday, though nearly every senator voiced concerns with the bill.... Read More
University of Evansville Associate Professor Dr. Su Jin Jeong is being awarded a $450,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Health to help combat food insecurity and obesity in Vanderburgh County.... Read More
A continuing care retirement community in Marshall County is set to close its doors. In a notice to the state, Donaldson-based Catherine Kasper Life Center Inc. said it will cease operations at the end of March, affecting 60 employees.... Read More
Lutheran Life Villages, a nonprofit serving northeast Indiana, has acquired North Woods Village at Inverness Lakes, a licensed memory care assisted living center in Fort Wayne. The nonprofit says North Woods Village's memory care services is an important addition; a necessary service for seniors in need of specific memory care support.... Read More
The Questa Education Foundation in Fort Wayne on Tuesday announced a partnership with Warsaw-based Bowen Center. The agreement aims to support current and future Bowen employees looking to continue their education with forgivable loan opportunities.... Read More
The Indiana University School of Medicine has selected Dr. Rachel Patzer as the next president and chief executive officer of the Regenstrief Institute. Patzer succeeds Dr. Peter Embi, who left Regenstrief in late 2021 for a position at Vanderbilt University.... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees announced several approvals Friday. Among them are a project to double capacity at the IU School of Nursing at IUPUI and an increase in on-campus residence hall rates.... Read More
Upland – Taylor University and Fort Wayne-based Parkview Health are establishing a partnership that will expand the university's healthcare programs and help address the state's nursing shortage. The partners say the strategic agreement will create a nursing program on Taylor’s campus where Parkview will provide clinical site access for future nursing students at its 19 locations.... Read More
VA Northern Indiana this week marked the opening of a new facility focused on the health of women veterans. Our partners at WPTA-TV report the expansion will provide a variety of benefits, including pain management and access to mental health professionals.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb's proposal for a broad expansion of county-level public health programs won its first endorsement from state legislators on Wednesday.... Read More
Despite her private health information being broadcast to the public on the radio, a woman failed to overturn the entry of summary judgment in favor of an Anderson hospital that she sued for negligence.... Read More
Indiana hospitals, under fire from consumer groups and state lawmakers for their high prices, are fighting back. Hospitals across the state experienced their most difficult financial year in 2022 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new study.... Read More
A wide-ranging bill aimed at lowering health care costs for Hoosiers received mixed reviews in committee on Tuesday, from provisions penalizing hospitals for high prices to curtailing the use of non-compete agreements. ... Read More
Indiana has reached a $66.5 million settlement with health insurer Centene Corp. to resolve allegations that the company overcharged the state’s Medicaid program for pharmaceutical costs. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced the settlement Tuesday... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Parkview Health says the Parkview Physicians Group clinic at Electric Works is now open. The location includes a family medicine office, a walk-in clinic, and an on-site lab.... Read More
Indiana’s high court said it will not immediately consider a challenge to the state’s abortion ban that is based on the argument that the law violates some people’s religious freedoms, leaving that decision to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, at least for now.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Center for Pain Management has acquired Indiana Spine & Pain Institute, which includes three southern Indiana interventional pain practices. The acquired clinics are based in Evansville, Jasper, and Rockport.... Read More
Union Hospital in Terre Haute is the recipient of a $2.25 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. Our partners at WTWO-TV report the funding aims to improve physician training in mental and behavioral health.... Read More
Muncie-based Meridian Health Services is on the hunt for a new chief executive. The organization said Monday that President and CEO Hank Milius will retire at the end of the year after 21 years in the position.... Read More
