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Health Care & Insurance
Texas developer and New Hampshire not-for-profit promise attention for seniors who prize stable prices
February 2, 2009
Scott OlsonA Texas developer of retirement communities has targeted Carmel for a style of assisted living new to the Indianapolis area
that offers on-site health care for the unusual arrangement of a fi xed monthly fee.
MoreStimulus could help medical exchange
February 2, 2009
President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill provides a big opportunity for the Indianapolis-based Indiana Health Information Exchange to spread its expertise around the country.
Hilbert fears mother-in-law victim of foul play
January 26, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndianapolis businessman Steve Hilbert fears foul play in the recent
death of his mother-in-law—a suspicion fueled by a new federal
lawsuit alleging a woman by the same name was caught up in a
$15-million life insurance fraud scheme.
Though he
acknowledges having no hard evidence, Hilbert said he has asked law
enforcement authorities to reopen their investigation into the Sept. 28
death of Germaine "Suzy" Tomlinson, 69, mother of his wife, Tomisue.
MoreUPDATE: Castleton Cosmetic and Family Dentistry
January 26, 2009
Amanda GetchelBill Tellman is reaching out to other cosmetic professionals, plastic surgeons and salons to work together in expanding a
new client base: the 95 percent of his customers who are relatively unaffected by the recession.
MoreCarmel startup lands $12M in venture capital
January 19, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerCarmel startup Waterstone Pharmaceuticals Inc., which hopes to research drug components here and make them in China, has just
raised $12 million in venture
capital—despite the recession and a deep freeze in financial markets.
MoreOBS Medical hopes to capture pharma's heart
January 19, 2009
J.K. WallThe latest product to come out of Carmel-based OBS Medical may be just what the doctors ordered. The doctors working for major
pharmaceutical companies, that is.
MoreHoosier doctors fret about medical tourism
January 19, 2009
If globalization comes to health care, could it push doctors and hospitals to the brink of a bailout?
That's the fear of Indiana doctors, who saw such a scenario become a whole lot more plausible late last year after Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. announced a pilot "medical tourism" project in Wisconsin that would pay for a company's workers to
receive care
in India.
MoreTarganta receives rescue line for drug
January 19, 2009
A former Eli Lilly and Co. antibiotic being developed in Indianapolis will live to try again. The company developing the drug,
Massachusetts-based Targanta Therapeutics Inc., has agreed to be acquired by New Jersey-based
The Medicines Co. for $42 million.
MoreNursing home group tries bulk purchasing to save cash
January 12, 2009
The Indiana Health Care Association has signed contracts with three corporations to buy supplies, medicines and insurance
in bulk.
MoreLegislation takes aim at Anthem
January 12, 2009
J.K. WallAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's growing market dominance in Indiana is sparking a backlash from doctors who plan to push
a bill this year in the Indiana General Assembly that would allow physicians to reject patients covered by massive health
insurer.
MoreLocal chiropractor bounces into fitness business
January 12, 2009
Whitney LeeFishers chiropractor Steven Roberts had been teaching fitness classes using inflatable exercise balls for about seven years
when he had a brainstorm—his adult clients might get even more out of them if the balls had handles.
MoreObama's call ignites local health care debates
January 5, 2009
J.K. WallWhen President-elect Barack Obama called for community discussions of health care reform, about 250 people in Indianapolis
answered. Their answer rang loud with individual complaints, a surprising number of calls for national health insurance and
some doubt that their comments would actually shape Obama's policymaking.
MoreLilly eyes generic biotech drugs
January 5, 2009
Generic drugmakers have been the nemesis of companies like Eli Lilly and Co., but now the Indianapolis-based company and its
peers want to get in the generic game
themselves.
MoreLilly makes $6.5B acquisition
December 29, 2008
J.K. WallEli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter played a game of pharmaceutical poker with former Lilly Chief Financial Officer Jim
Cornelius—and won.
MoreWellPoint shares suffer
December 29, 2008
J.K. WallIt was a bad year to be a shareholder of most companies. But the value of the Indianapolis-based health insurer's stock lost
more than 55 percent of its value during the year.
More3M prepares launch of Hoosier startup's toothpaste
December 22, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerIn January, St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M will release "Clinpro 5000," a specialty toothpaste Indiana Nanotech developed.
MoreHave you checked your PSA lately?
December 22, 2008
Chris KatterjohnI'm here to plead with all men and the people who love them: Don't be lazy like I was about getting annual PSA checks
and physical exams.
More'Smoke free' needs to be the law in all Hoosier public places
December 15, 2008
If Indianapolis is going to be a first-class city, it needs to have a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law.
MoreGeneric meds cost more than consumers realize
December 15, 2008
Generic drug makers drive up the cost of name-brand drugs developed by locally based Eli Lilly and Co. and other pharmaceutical
firms.
MoreMy Health Care Manager goes national
December 15, 2008
Less than three years into its life, Indianapolis-based My Health Care Manager is going national.
MoreA health plan for job hoppers
December 15, 2008
Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Co. has launched a plan aimed at people who move in and out of jobs that don't offer
health insurance.
MoreNew ER in Mooresville likely to intensify competition with Martinsville's Morgan Hospital
December 15, 2008
Chris O'MalleySt. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is seeing higher-than-projected use of a newly added emergency department that has firmed
up its status as a full-service hospital.
MoreLilly fighting with generic drug firms over Cymbalta, Alimta, 5 other medications
December 8, 2008
J.K. WallEli Lilly & Co. has filed lawsuits against seven generic drug companies in federal court in Indianapolis, asking a judge to
declare its Cymbalta patent valid and to tell the generic companies to back off.
MoreHealth reform network crumbles without Rooney
December 8, 2008
J.K. WallThe state's Dec. 1 takeover of Medical Savings Insurance Co. marks the formal crumbling of J. Patrick Rooney's network of
health care reform efforts.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.