A filmmaker from Fishers is coming back home from LA to make a short film about his sister's battle with addiction, which ultimately took her life. Vince Dixon hopes it will be a conversation starter about addiction.... Read More
Community Health Network is planning a major expansion of its cancer center on the south side of Indianapolis, a move that will nearly double the size of the outpatient facility. The Indianapolis-based hospital system is proposing to build a...... Read More
With just months to go before the state transitions to managed care, or PathWays for Aging, the state’s three Managed Care Entities are finalizing contracts with AAAs and other organizations. The three MCEs hired by the state will oversee services for...... Read More
A home care agency headquartered in Mishawaka is expanding its presence in northeast Indiana. Senior1Care this month opened a new office in Angola amid what it says is an increasing demand for senior care services in the region.... Read More
Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry on Monday issued a request for proposals for $1.3 million in opioid settlement funds. The funding will be used to help address issues related to the opioid crisis in the Evansville area.... Read More
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville on Monday announced its acquisition of Midwest Neurological P.C., also based in Evansville. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed, but three board-certified neurologists will be joining the Ascension team as a result.... Read More
Riverview Health says in a lawsuit that it overpaid a physician for on-call services for 11 years, and it is now suing the doctor for more than $60,000 that it claims she hasn’t paid back. The health system first notified Dr. Lisa Bledsoe of the overpayment...... Read More
Lakewood, New Jersey-based Avenues Recovery Center is getting set to open a new, 120-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in northern Indiana. The $10 million facility in Mishawaka will employ about 100 people when fully operational.... Read More
Elanco Animal Health Inc. said Monday it has reached an agreement with an activist investment firm that has been calling for a shakeup of the board and the dismissal of CEO Jeffrey Simmons. The company said that as part of the agreement with...... Read More
Valparaiso University has partnered with an online-education provider to offer three graduate health care degrees with the interests of working professionals in mind.... Read More
A 2024 report analyzing 2022 infant death records with a preliminary glimpse at 2023 fatalities found that deaths decreased between the two years, from 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births to 6.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. ... Read More
At a South Bend political rally on Saturday, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita accused public health entities across the state of submitting “faulty” and “unsound” data when it came to COVID-19’s death toll and positivity rate.... Read More
University of Notre Dame researchers sent brain cancer research to new heights aboard NASA’s 30th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission on Thursday. Capitalizing on the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station, assistant professor Meenal Datta, an affiliate of Notre Dame’s Harper Cancer Research Institute, seeks new insight into human biology.... Read More
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health announced Thursday it is launching a new division to help combat the threat of avian flu upon the state’s poultry industry. The Avian Health Division will begin April 1, led by Maria Cooper.... Read More
A software platform designed by three Purdue University professors is helping primary care case managers connect patients with a variety of social services. Known as Bridges, the software is linked to Indiana 211, which provides Hoosiers with help from...... Read More
Research teams led by a Purdue University professor have received $6.7 million in federal grants to further development of a “smart” soft contact lens that can monitor glaucoma, dry-eye syndrome and other chronic eye diseases.... Read More
The former St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg will soon have new life. Evansville-based Deaconess Health System and Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper have acquired the former hospital property, which has been vacant for years.... Read More
Indiana University Health’s planned $4.3 billion hospital complex in Indianapolis is designed to be an “indispensable, always-ready facility” to treat some of the state’s sickest patients, the system’s top executive said Tuesday.... Read More
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is seeking action against multiple Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PMBs) and drug companies for what he calls a “conspiracy” to raise prices on insulin medication and unfairly profit off Hoosiers.... Read More
Indiana University has landed a $20 million gift to establish a new research center for lung cancer and to staff it with a leadership team and several researchers. The gift is from local philanthropist Julie Wood, in honor of her late husband, Tom Wood.... Read More
