National
UnitedHealth must face Medicare Advantage upcoding trial: DOJ | Modern Healthcare | 4/3/2025 | [Keywords: CMS, DOJ, UnitedHealth Group, Lawsuit, Medicare Advantage, Upcoding]
Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies | Inside Indiana Business | 4/1/2025 | [Keywords: FDA, HHS, NIH, Robert F. Kennedy, Health Agencies, Layoffs]
Decoding the HHS Reorganization | KFF | 4/1/2025 | [Keywords: CMS, HHS, Robert F. Kennedy, Healthcare Policy, Reorganization]
DOJ launches task force targeting ‘harmful barriers to competition’ | Becker’s Hospital Review | 3/31/2025 | [Keywords: DOJ, Anticompetitive Regulations, Antitrust, Task Force]
VA names more sites for 2026 EHR deployments | Healthcare IT News | 4/3/2025 | [Keywords: Cerner, Oracle, VA, Seema Verma, EHR, Indiana]
State
Indiana moves to replace Medicaid consulting firm after $1 billion forecasting error | WFYI | 4/4/2025 | [Keywords: Deloitte, Milliman, State of Indiana, Rep. Ed Delaney, Sen. Chris Garten, Consulting, Funding, Medicaid]
Physicians Taking Back Medicine: Is there an emergency physician in the house? | Medical Economics | 4/3/2025 | [Keywords: Dr. Debbie Fletcher, Dr. Mercy Hylton, Emergency Department, Emergency Medicine, Legislation, NP, PA]
Northern IN - Beacon/Ascension
Ascension selling 4 Michigan hospitals to Beacon Health System | Fierce Healthcare | 4/4/2025 | [Keywords: Ascension, Beacon Health System, Kreg Gruber, Scott Chihak, Acquisitions, Hospital]
Beacon Health Buying Ascension’s Health System in Southwest Michigan | Healthcare Innovation | 4/4/2025 | [Keywords: Ascension, Beacon Health System, Kreg Gruber, Scott Chihak, Acquisitions, Hospital]
Beacon Health System to expand with Ascension acquisition in Michigan | Inside Indiana Business | 4/3/2025 | [Keywords: Ascension, Beacon Health System, Kreg Gruber, Scott Chihak, Acquisitions, Hospital]
Indiana system to acquire 4 Ascension Michigan hospitals | Becker’s Hospital Review | 4/3/2025 | [Keywords: Ascension, Beacon Health System, Kreg Gruber, Scott Chihak, Acquisitions, Hospital]
Northwest
Construction moving forward on Ascension St. Vincent neighborhood medical care facility in Discovery Park District at Purdue | Purdue.edu | 4/4/2025 | [Keywords: Ascension St. Vincent, Discovery Park District, Purdue University, Chad Pittman, Imaging, Lab, New Location, Urgent Care]
Northeast
Bowen Health Adds Six to Management Positions | Building Indiana Business | 4/2/2025 | [Keywords: Bowen Health, New Leadership]
Bowen Health begins work on new transitional living campus | Inside Indiana Business | 4/4/2025 | [Keywords: Bowen Health, Carol Hochstetler, Dr. Rob Ryan, Addiction, Mental Health, New Construction, Transitional Living]
Fort Wayne VA Medical Center among 13 chosen for besieged electronic health records rollout | Journal Gazette | 4/2/2025 | [Keywords: Fort Wayne VA Medical Center, EHR, Veteran’s Affairs]
Central
Indianapolis-based Trimedx names new CEO | Inside Indiana Business | 4/3/2025 | [Keywords: Henry Hummel, Neil de Crescenzo, Clinical Engineering, Medical Equipment, New Leadership]
Upcoming Events
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Apr 24, 2025 - Indiana Society of Physician Recruiters (INSPR) | Annual Conference | 3:00-5:00 Panel Discussion Registration (Attendance is now free for Health System C-suite and leadership)
Apr 29, 2025 - IU Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science | 2025 Healthcare Thinkathon