Despite federal COVID-19 funding inaction, Indiana in good shape
Indiana’s own Covid-19 coffers remain flush. The state has 43% of its $1 billion-plus in grants left to spend, according to Indiana Department of Health.... Read More
Indiana’s own Covid-19 coffers remain flush. The state has 43% of its $1 billion-plus in grants left to spend, according to Indiana Department of Health.... Read More
Indianapolis-based health tech startup Olio Health has closed on a $13 million Series A round of funding. The company, which has developed a workflow and collaboration software platform designed to improve post-acute care outcomes for patients, says it plans to use the funding to further product development and make key hires in several departments.... Read More
Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the safest states during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read More
Ohio-based managed care nonprofit CareSource, which has a major presence in Indiana, has made a $1 million investment in Zionsville-based 120Water... Read More
Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have been awarded more than $10 million to examine delirium.... Read More
The Indiana University-educated founder of California-based health technology company inTandem Health is a cancer survivor. Paul Hoffman says the loneliness a patient often feels during a health scare led to the discovery of this new venture. ... Read More
A healthcare facility in the Fayette County city of Connersville is under new ownership, which it says will allow the operator to focus more on low-income patients. Reid Health Primary and Specialty Care Virginia Avenue will next Monday begin operating as Fayette County Medical Center.... Read More
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and Certification for brain tumor care, making it the first in Indiana to do so. The hospital says it is also now the sixth center in the U.S. to earn brain tumor certification.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Landmark Recovery has opened its Medicaid treatment facility, Praxis of South Bend by Landmark Recovery. Landmark says the 160-bed treatment facility in Mishawaka is the largest single addiction treatment center accepting Medicaid in the state.... Read More
In Indiana, some families say they are prohibited from serving as foster homes because of their personal beliefs surrounding vaccines, which are required for the children of potential foster families.... Read More
One of the largest senior living communities in northwest Indiana is planning to close its nursing home. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report Wittenberg Village in Crown Point will close its skilled nursing building on October 11 citing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, labor shortages and inflation.... Read More
IU Ventures has awarded a $170,000 grant to Lil Bucks, a Chicago-based superfood company founded by an Indiana University alumna. The company, which makes a variety of sprouted buckwheat products, has grown from a side project for Emily Griffith to having its products sold at major retailers such as Kroger and Whole Foods.... Read More
American Senior Communities, the largest nursing home company in Indiana, has agreed to pay nearly $5.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal laws by submitting false claims to the Medicare program.... Read More
Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance Inc. says it will invest $28 million to upgrade its medical campus in Rensselaer. ... Read More
South Bend-based Beacon Health System has opened a 20,000-square-foot, nearly $12 million healthcare center in Goshen.... Read More
A family and children advocacy group ranked Indiana as the 28th best state for child well-being, a slight improvement from last year’s ranking of 29th.... Read More
Marathon Health has cut 94 jobs, including about 12 in Indianapolis, in a corporate restructuring of its primary care operation.... Read More
The MINDful College Connections program has its first executive director. Dr. Curtis Wiseley will lead the consortium, which is a collaboration among Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, DePauw University, and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to address the mental health needs of students.... Read More
A California-based healthcare venture founded by an Indiana University alumnus is getting a funding boost from his alma mater. The IU Angel Network and the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund have awarded a total of $450,000 to inTandem Health, which has developed a peer support tech platform.... Read More
A blue-ribbon panel said Thursday Indiana needs to spend an additional $242 million a year to help improve the state’s strained and fragmented public health system.... Read More