Week Ending February 2, 2025

National

Hospital margins, revenue bumpy by region: 109  | Becker's Hospital Review | 01/27/2025 [Keywords: Hospital Margin, Hospital Revenue, Regional Comparison, Kaufman Hall]

Vizient: Expect 3.84% increase in hospital pharmacy spend | Becker's Hospital Review | 01/28/2025 [Keywords: Vizient, Pharmaceutical spend]

2025 global health care outlook | Deloitte Insights | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: Deloitte, Healthcare Trends, Efficiency, Patient Engagement, Productivity]

The new normal for hospital capacity | Becker's Hospital Review | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: Capacity Management, Children's Hospitals, Covid-19, Flu, Labor shortage, RSV]

A scarlet letter': States aim to end stigma of doctors seeking mental health care | Stateline | 01/31/2025 [Keywords: Legislation, Licensing, Mental Health, Stigma]

How to overcome hospital price data reporting challenges | Association of Health Care Journalists | 01/27/2025 [Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Price Transparency, Parkview Health]

State

Best Hospitals in Indiana | Healthgrades Awards | Healthgrades.com | 01/28/2025 [Keywords: Awards, Clinical Excellence, Patient Outcomes, Franciscan Health, IU Health, Reid Health]

Four Indiana hospitals named among ‘America’s 250 Best’ | Inside INdiana Business | 01/28/2025 [Keywords: Awards, Clinical Excellence, Patient Outcomes, Franciscan Health, IU Health, Reid Health]

Indiana Community Health Centers Save the State of Indiana $940 Million in Medicaid Costs in 2023 | WLNS | 01/27/2025 [Keywords: Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA), Ben Harvey, Community Health Centers]

Indiana ended Medicaid waiver waitlists before. As thousands wait, could it do it again? | Indiana Public Media | 01/27/2025 [Keywords: Medicaid Waiver, Waitlist, FSSA]

Bill looks to clarify financial responsibility in employer-sponsored health plans to tackle costs | WFYI | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: SB 3, Employer Sponsored Health Plans, TPA, Hoosiers for Affordable Healthcare]

Indiana hospitals take heat during dueling health care hearings | WISH-TV | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: HB 1001, HB 1004, Community Benefits, Healthcare Costs, Non-profit hospitals, Price Transparency]

House committee approves bill to provide Medicaid relief to hospitals  | Indianapolis Recorder | 01/31/2025 [Keywords: HB 1586, Healthcare Costs, Hospital Assessment Fee, Medicaid Relief, IHA]

Indiana State Senator Liz Brown proposing major healthcare reforms | 95.3 MNC | 01/31/2025 [Keywords: SB 473, Liz Brown, Appeals process, MCOs, Opioid Treatment Programs]

Week in Insights: Indiana Bill Sets Path to Curbing Health Costs | Bloomberg Tax | 02/02/2025 [Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Medicare rates, Non-profit hospitals, Tax-exempt status]

Indiana lawmakers want counties to fill EMS gaps. Counties worry about resources, time | LPM.org | 02/02/2025 [Keywords: HB 1454, Coverage Gaps, EMS]

Central

Scheumanns make $1 million donation to neonatal intensive care unit | Star Press | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: Donation, NICU, IU Health Ball, Scheumann Family]

Indiana innovation center launches 'I Can Be That' program | WISH-TV | 01/30/2025 [Keywords: Healthcare Education, Workforce Development, 16 Tech]

2025 Evidence-Based Design Touchstone Award Recipients | The Center for Health Design | 01/27/2025 [Keywords: Awards, Evidence Based Design (EBD), IU Health]

New Westfield hospital with maternity unit under construction in HamCo | IndyStar | 01/30/2025 [Keywords: Community Health Network, Womens Services, Derek McMichael, Westfield, IN]

Cook Group president: New IU LAB vital for Indiana health care research | Indianapolis Business Journal | 01/27/2025 [Keywords:  IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences (IU LAB), Innovation, Life Science, Partnership, Research, 16 Tech]

Northwest

Powers Health Sleep Center Opens in Winfield | Building Indiana Business | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: Ranking, Sleep Medicine, St. Mary Medical Center]

Valley Oaks Health Shares Crisis Response Impact Data and Report to Support Investment in Behavioral Health Crisis Response Systems | Valley Oaks Health | 01/30/2025 [Keywords: Valley Oaks Health, Dan Arens, CCBHC, CMHC, Crisis Services, Jail-based Services]

Southwest

Abridge offers gen AI tool for EDs in partnership with Epic | Fierce Healthcare | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: Abridge, Generative AI, Emergency Medicine, Deaconess, Emory, Epic, Johns Hopkins]

Evansville’s Move Health acquires health care planning software company | Inside INdiana Business | 01/27/2025 [Keywords: Move Health, Caribou, Acquisitions, Planning, Software platform]

IU Health Bloomington hospital loses money for second straight year | The Heral-Times | 01/31/2025 [Keywords: Financial Performance, Profitability, IU Health, IU Health Bloomington]

IU Southeast, Louisville hospitals partner on medical lab science pathway | Inside INdiana Business | 01/31/2025 [Keywords: Laboratory, Partnership, Workforce, Baptist Health, IU Southeast, Norton Healthcare, UofL Health]

Schneck Medical Center renovates inpatient unit with Indiana READI grant | Seymour Tribune | 01/31/2025 [Keywords: Schneck Medical Center, Inpatient Unit, Renovation, READI Grant]

Indiana House Bill 1004 would mandate lower prices at IU Health hospitals | The Herald-Times | 01/29/2025 [Keywords: HB 1004, Healthcare Costs, Hospital Pricing, IU Health, Indiana House, Gloria Sachdev, Rep. Martin Carbaugh]

Upcoming Events

Feb 7, 2025 - IHIMA | 2025 Virtual Winter Conference

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Feb 25, 2025 - IBJ | 2025 Excellence in Healthcare

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