The payment includes $6.3 million to Community’s former chief financial officer, Thomas Fischer, who claimed he was fired in 2013 in retaliation for repeatedly asking questions about the large salaries paid to recruit physicians.... Read More
An Indianapolis doctor is suing the Indiana Department of Health and members of the state Medical Licensing Board over the enforcement of a state law the requires physicians performing abortions to report certain information to the state.... Read More
The Indiana Supreme Court has accepted transfer of a case in which a patient accused her Lake County doctor of sexual misconduct. The Indiania Court of Appeals held the complaint did not fall under the Medical Malpractice Act.... Read More
A revenue report from mid-December determined that incoming monies would be sluggish over the next two years, with barely any new dollars expected to hit Indiana’s coffers. Much of that funding will be swallowed up by Medicaid costs, which are growing at...... Read More
The companies each waived their right to terminate the deal if it hadn’t been completed within an agreed-upon time, according to a filing Friday. Those dates were either 10 days after a court ruling on a challenge to the deal, or the end of 2025.... Read More
Warsaw-based Bowen Health, billed as Indiana's largest community mental health provider, has named two new regional executive directors and created a new executive director role for Allen County.... Read More
A child victim of a sexual assault by his physician could be eligible for excess compensation from the state’s patient’s compensation fund, after the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s denial of the fund’s summary judgment motion.... Read More
Damien Center has received an $800,000 grant from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to expand its mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for members of the LGBTQ+ community.... Read More
Three Huntington University programs are getting a boost from an $850,000 Avis Foundation grant. The university said the funding will support programs in animal health and veterinary nursing, executive coaching and leadership, and occupational therapy.... Read More
David Biggerstaff, who currently serves as chief operating officer for Intermountain Health’s Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, will start his new job as president of Riley Children’s Health on Feb. 2.... Read More
The South Bend-based 1st Source Foundation has awarded a multi-year, $135,000 grant to Beacon Health System. The health system said the grant will fund a Mobile Mom Unit to bring maternal health care services to under-resourced communities.... Read More
The new, 268,000-square foot hospital is set to replace the current Women’s Hospital, which is three blocks away on Township Line Road, off of the hospital campus.... Read More
Reid Health is making progress on its $100 million campus in Connersville. The 107,000-square feet campus will house an emergency department, radiology services, a pharmacy, laboratory service, and a variety of primary care space.... Read More
Indiana budget leaders are cautiously optimistic about the state’s fiscal position after they received revenue, economic and Medicaid forecasts Tuesday afternoon and looked ahead to debates over the next biennial budget in the upcoming legislative session.... Read More
In the latest round of budget pitches, state agency heads detailed their funding requests before members of the General Assembly Monday, claiming victories and minimizing missteps over the last two-year budget cycle. ... Read More
Washington-based Daviess Community Hospital is now accepting patients at its new clinic in Dubois County. The multispecialty facility in Jasper provides comprehensive health care through primary care, urology, general surgery and laboratory services.... Read More
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a medical malpractice lawsuit where an appellate court reversed a $1.3 million judgment awarded to a Methodist Hospital patient.... Read More
Two separate waitlists overseen by the Family and Social Services Agency have been likened to crises by critics, delaying much-needed health and child care services to Hoosiers in need. And now FSSA has added a third waiting list for applicants seeking...... Read More
Dr. Gloria Sachdev will oversee four major state agencies: the Department of Health, the Family and Social Services Administration, the Department of Child Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Overdose Lifeline has distributed one million naloxone kits across Indiana since March 2020. The organization works with around 200 partners that distribute the kits as well as making them available through NaloxBoxes and vending machines.... Read More
