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Q&A: Don Stumpp
May 26, 2010
J.K. WallDon Stumpp, manager of payer contracting at Indianapolis-based physician group American Health Network and president of the
Indiana Medical Group Management Association, discussed the impact of the health care reform law on primary care physicians
as well as the near-constant threat of a sharp cut in Medicare reimbursement.
MoreDrug-spending increase highest in four years
May 20, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe price increase was fueled by the debate over the health-care overhaul in Washington, D.C., Medco Health Solutions Inc.
CEO David Snow said.
MoreER doc is affable WellPoint activist
May 19, 2010
J.K. WallDr. Rob Stone wants the giant health insurer to convert to not-for-profit status and put him, an advocate of national health
insurance, on the company's board.
MoreWellPoint, others may need relief from law's spending mandate
May 10, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe health law passed by Congress in March will force insurers like WellPoint to give rebates to customers next year if the
companies don't meet the medical-spending minimums.
MoreTAYLOR: Reform will drive demand for health care facilities
May 8, 2010
Deeni TaylorThere has been a noticeable uptick in the level of health care real estate development activity this year.
MoreCentral Indiana gets $16M in health IT stimulus
May 4, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThe central Indiana area has been selected as one of 15 communities that will share in $220 million worth of grants for pilot
projects to test health-care information technology.
MoreReform to accelerate health care costs
April 28, 2010
J.K. WallMedicare actuary Richard Foster estimated the new law would raise overall health care spending by an additional $311 million
over current law—more than when he first examined the legislation in December.
MoreMedicare Advantage may survive cuts under health reform
April 26, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThe two largest U.S. health insurance companies, UnitedHealth, based in Minnetonka, Minn., and WellPoint Inc., based in Indianapolis,
sell Advantage plans.
MoreDemocrats want government approval of health premiums
April 20, 2010
Bloomberg NewsInsurers like WellPoint Inc. should be required to get U.S. approval to increase premiums, Sens. Diane Feinstein and Tom Harkin
say.
MoreHospitals stand to gain big by hiring docs
April 7, 2010
To understand why hospitals are so eager to employ physicians—and prevent them from owning their own facilities—look
no further than the latest data on how much doctors are paid compared with how much revenue they generate for hospitals.
MoreEmployers fret over health care overhaul
March 27, 2010
J.K. WallMost employers in central Indiana are just beginning to figure out what the health insurance reform bill will mean for their
businesses. Caterpillar Inc., which employs nearly 1,500 at an engine plant in Lafayette, expects costs to rise about 20 percent.
MoreHealth care bill burns local tanning industry
March 26, 2010
Anthony SchoettleWith one of the nation's largest tanning-bed manufacturers and dozens of salons in central Indiana, a 10-percent tax on tanning
could cost the region jobs.
MoreDaniels warns of health bill's 'immorally huge' taxes
March 25, 2010
Associated PressDaniels told members of the Economic Club of Indianapolis that it's ridiculous for anyone to suggest the nearly $1 trillion
health care overhaul signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama won't add to the nation's debt.
MoreObama signs historic $938 billion health care overhaul
March 23, 2010
Associated PressAttorneys general from 13 states filed suit to stop the overhaul just minutes after the bill signing, contending the law is
unconstitutional. Other state attorneys general may join the lawsuit later or sue separately.
MoreState attorney general looks to challenge health care bill
March 22, 2010
Associated PressAttorneys general in at least 13 states have signaled they intend to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation in
court.
MoreBill kicks off years of change for local health care players
March 22, 2010
J.K. WallSweeping changes phase in slowly for most, but insurers, hospitals, drug companies, employers, workers, medical device makers
and more will eventually feel impact.
MoreReform offers risk, opportunities for Lilly, WellPoint
March 22, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsDrugmakers and insurers could gain millions of customers under the legislation, but the industry also will pay new fees and
face stricter rules that may shrink profit and fuel mergers.
MoreCongress passes historic health care bill
March 21, 2010
Associated PressTo pay for the changes, the legislation includes more than $400 billion in higher taxes over a decade, roughly half of it
from a new Medicare payroll tax on individuals with incomes over $200,000 and couples over $250,000.
MoreChances of health reform passage soar
March 10, 2010
J.K. WallBy pounding health insurers such as WellPoint Inc., President Obama has greatly boosted his chances of success in the eyes
of Wall Street. But to make his health reform bill reality, he might need to answer the less-than-reassuring news coming from
Massachusetts.
MoreWellPoint may be anti-competitive, Connecticut AG says
March 8, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsWellPoint Inc.'s Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut may constrain competition through contracts that require
that the insurer receives hospital discounts at least as favorable as any provided to a competitor.
MoreState health commissioner leaving for CDC
March 1, 2010
J.K. WallDr. Judy Monroe, after five years as Indiana's public health leader, will spearhead communication between federal and state
health agencies.
MoreWellPoint gets tax delay in Obama health plan
February 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsInsurers WellPoint Inc. and others would get a delay in taxes on premiums and high-cost medical benefits, along with additional
funding for expanding Medicaid, under a White House proposal
MoreObama endorses new taxes, more drugmaker fees
February 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsObama, seeking to break an impasse over health-care legislation, proposes a plan that includes the first Medicare tax on unearned
income such as capital gains and higher fees on drugmakers.
MoreWhite House plans new rules for health insurers
February 19, 2010
Bloomberg NewsPresident Obama will release a proposal to restart the health-care debate before a bipartisan White House meeting on Feb.
25, one day after WellPoint officials testify before Congress about steep rate increases.
MorePurdue to get $12M to help small health providers
February 16, 2010
IBJ StaffStimulus funds will help university's technical assistance service show doctors and nurses in small groups and in medically
under-served areas how to adopt medical-records technologies.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.