Healthcare consulting company adding jobs in Carmel

Carmel-based Syra Health Corp. is expanding in Hamilton County. The company, which provides professional services in the healthcare and life science industries, has more than doubled the size of its office space and plans to add 65 jobs over the next year.... Read More

Parkview Kosciusko Hospital expansion hits milestone

Parkview Kosciusko Hospital will Friday host a “topping out” ceremony for construction at Parkview Warsaw, which will become the full-service Parkview Kosciusko Hospital when completed. Construction on the 88,000-square-foot addition to Parkview Warsaw Hospital began last year.... Read More

Eskenazi Health plans clinic for Indy’s east side

Eskenazi Health says it plans to build a 95,000-square-foot primary care clinic on the near northeast side of Indianapolis. The health system says the project is part of more than $50 million in capital improvements to its primary care facilities across Marion County.... Read More

Franciscan Health Dyer outsources behavioral health management

Franciscan Health Dyer has signed on with Texas-based Signet Health to manage the hospital’s behavioral health services. The health system recently expanded its behavioral health programs for adolescents at the Dyer campus, which now includes 20 inpatient beds for adolescents and 26 beds for adults.... Read More

Evonik to Expand Lafayette Operations, Add 80 Jobs

Germany-based Evonik says it will expand its pharmaceutical production facility in Lafayette and create 80 jobs. The company, which produces the active ingredients for medications, says the total investment is $220 million with the U.S. government funding up to $150 million toward the project through its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.... Read More

Ascension Workers Sue Over Vaccine Exemptions

Dozens of employees of St. Louis-based Ascension have filed a lawsuit claiming their religious beliefs were violated when the company fired them after refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Our partners at WEHT-TV report the lawsuit claims Ascension, which operates numerous hospitals in Indiana, denied religious exemptions for the workers.... Read More

IU School of Nursing Expands Enrollment

The Indiana University School of Nursing is expanding enrollment across the school's three main campuses. IU says the expansion, which now includes its Bloomington campus, is an effort to offset the state's nursing shortage.... Read More

Panel Urges More Public Health Funding

When the Governor’s Public Health Commission presents its report to Governor Eric Holcomb this summer on how to improve the state’s anemic health ranking, it will recommend spending an additional $240 million on public health, according to our partners at WIBC. The panel says the funding boost is necessary to get Indiana’s per person spending up to the national average.... Read More

Anthem Shareholders Approve Rebranding

Shareholders of Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) on Wednesday approved the changing of the company's corporate name to Elevance Health Inc. The official rebranding is slated to take place in late June.... Read More

‘Shark Tank’ Deal Leads to Growth for West Lafayette Startup

Business is booming for a West Lafayette mom and entrepreneur after she recently appeared on "Shark Tank" and earned a deal for her breast milk storage product. Nickey Ramsey is the founder and chief executive officer of Junobie, which produces a first-of-its-kind reusable breast milk bag made from silicone.... Read More

Food Producer Announces $100M Fort Wayne Facility

A New Jersey-based food producer has announced plans to invest $100 million to build a facility in Fort Wayne and create 100 jobs over the next two years. Do Good Foods takes unused foods such as produce from grocery stores and converts it into animal feed, which is then fed to chickens.... Read More

Formula Shortage Spurs Demand at Milk Banks

he Biden administration to allow more national imports and Abbott Laboratories' plan to restart formula production in Michigan. As a result, The Milk Bank in Indianapolis says demand for donated human milk has risen 89% in the last 10 days. ... Read More