Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This list of hospitals in Indianapolis includes 21 existing and 11 former hospitals located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Most of the city's medical facilities belong to three private, non-profit hospital networks: Ascension St. Vincent Health, Community Health Network, and Indiana University Health.
Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital is a hospital part of Indiana University Health, in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the largest hospital in the state of Indiana and one of only four regional Level I Trauma Centers in the state. It has 625 staffed beds and is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the area. [2]
As of December 2015, there are more than 2,000 retail clinics located in 41 states and Washington, DC in the United States. [2] Retail clinics are staffed by physician assistants or nurse practitioners and most are open seven days a week – twelve hours a day during the workweek and eight hours a day on the weekend. [3]
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE or the Access Act, Pub. L. No. 103-259, 108 Stat. 694) (May 26, 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 248) is a United States law that was signed by President Bill Clinton in May 1994, which prohibits the following three things: (1) the use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to intentionally injure, intimidate, interfere with ...
Free clinic patients are mainly low-income, uninsured, female, immigrants, or minorities. [26] About 75% of free clinic patients are between the ages of 18 and 64 years old. [ 26 ] According to another study, 70% of all patients 20 years and older make less than US$10,000 a year.
In anticipation of the delay in funding for the 2018 fiscal year, CHCs froze hirings, laid off staff, reduced hours of operations, and took other actions while facing funding uncertainty. [64] On February 9, 2018, the Bipartisan Budget Act authorized $3.8 billion for 2018, and $4 billion in 2019 for CHC funding. [ 65 ]
In the 20th century, the main facility was located at 1001 West 10th Street and went through several name changes, including: Indianapolis General Hospital (1947); Marion County General Hospital (1959); and Wishard Memorial Hospital (1975). [2] The Wishard name was selected to honor Dr. William N. Wishard, a leading physician in Indianapolis.
Franciscan Health Indianapolis announced plans in 2008 to consolidate services from its Beech Grove [11] to its Indianapolis campus upon completion of an inpatient bed tower in 2011. [12] The first phase of the tower construction opened in April 2011. [13] [14] The Beech Grove hospital closed all inpatient and emergency services in March 2012 ...