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WellPoint strikes up chat on health reform
July 14, 2010
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc. is turning from opponent of the health care reform law passed in March to “trusted adviser.” It launched a website, healthychat.com, where company representatives answer customers’ questions about the new health reform law.
Lilly's Effient steps forward, then back
June 30, 2010
J.K. WallA day after doctors were alerted to a black-box warning that could slow sales of Effient’s main competitor,
Plavix,
a medical journal published research showing that patients suffered 43-percent more cancer tumors on Effient than on Plavix.
MoreDoctors breathe a sigh of relief
June 30, 2010
J.K. WallAs doctors threaten to drop Medicare patients, Congress delays cuts for another six months.
MoreIndiana moves up in med tech rankings
June 16, 2010
J.K. WallMedical technology companies employed 19,950 Hoosiers in 2007 and supported another 35,000 jobs in supplier companies, according
to an analysis funded by an industry trade group.
MoreIndy firm launches bedsore weapon
June 16, 2010
J.K. WallThe latest idea from Dr. James Spahn, an Indianapolis health care entrepreneur, should help hospitals and nursing homes do
a better job of preventing severe bedsores, or pressure ulcers. That’s good, because Medicare and private health insurers
increasingly won’t pay to treat them.
MoreStudy: Online doc ratings mostly positive
June 9, 2010
J.K. WallAngie’s List physician rating service has been controversial since it started in 2008. But an academic journal article
is now telling the docs to relax. Nearly 90 percent of patient comments on sites like Angie’s List are positive.
MoreLilly taps O'Connor as state lobbyist
June 9, 2010
J.K. WallO’Connor, chief deputy mayor under former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, started Monday as Lilly's director of
state government affairs—working again under Peterson.
MoreIndiana contractors scramble for certification to remove lead
June 5, 2010
Norm HeikensNew U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules force precautions on paint chips, dust.
MoreSt. Vincent closes in on new hospital deal
June 2, 2010
J.K. WallA deal in which St. Vincent Health would buy or lease Bedford’s Dunn Memorial Hospital is in the final stages, according to the Times-Mail of Bedford. The hospital board held two hours of closed-door talks on May 26, and one board member predicted a decision within days.
Expert: Reform can improve communities
June 2, 2010
J.K. WallThe much-maligned health care bill provides a huge opportunity for local communities to improve the health of their citizens and for local health care providers to win bonus payments from federal health insurance programs. That's the message Len Nichols, a Beltway veteran and health policy expert, will bring to attendees at the All Healthcare is Local conference today.
Indianapolis startup attacks Alzheimer's disease
May 29, 2010
Norm HeikensAgeneBio Inc. this month landed a $300,000 investment from the Indiana Seed Fund to fund operations, bolster its intellectual
property, and begin learning how to make a drug into a once-a-day pill.
MoreEffective stats are new hurdle for U.S. drugmakers
May 26, 2010
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc.'s announcement of comparative effectiveness research guidelines last week marks a new era for U.S. drugmakers.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer will use studies that compare the effectiveness of one drug against another as a complement
to typical clinical trial research that compares a drug against a placebo sugar pill.
MoreSummit to counsel cities on reform
May 26, 2010
J.K. WallNow that health reform is law, a local not-for-profit group, Better Healthcare for Indiana, wants to help Indiana community
leaders use the law to slow runaway medical spending while improving the health of their citizens.
MoreQ&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.
MoreEvans: Health care real estate is evolving
May 19, 2010
J.K. WallIf Clarian Health CEO Dan Evans were investing in health care real estate, he’d make bets in three new things: smaller,
denser clinics with lots of computer equipment to do telemedicine; medical office buildings populated by physician assistants;
and nursing homes with a strong relationship with a hospital.
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.
MoreStudy: Quality, costs better at big practices
May 12, 2010
J.K. WallAs physician mergers increase in Indianapolis, a new study has determined that quality at large, multispecialty practices
is at
least 5 percent higher and costs are 3.6 percent lower than at small group practices.
MoreLilly still waiting on once-weekly Byetta
May 12, 2010
J.K. WallThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week pushed its self-declared deadline for rendering an approval decision on the
drug Bydureon to Oct. 22. The previous deadline was in March.
MoreQ&A
May 12, 2010
J.K. WallJoe Guzman is a co-founder of Indianapolis-based Ascend USA, the new trade adopted after Guzman merged his
benefits brokerage, Benefits Strategies Inc., with benefits business Steven Goodin. The eight-person firm expects to hire
as many 15 new employees in the next year. Those workers will help Ascend diversify from health benefits into brokering commercial
insurance products.
MoreGlick Eye Institute designed to mesh architectural styles, ophthalmology researchers
May 8, 2010
Norm HeikensThe new home for the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute that’s rising from the ground at IUPUI must do a lot
of things well.
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.
MoreNew federal funds come with big goals
May 5, 2010
J.K. WallIndiana has now received nearly $50 million in federal bucks to digitize health care around the state. But the latest grant—$16
million to the Indiana Health Information Exchange—comes with specific, ambitious goals for health care providers.
MoreConseco profit edges analyst expectations
May 4, 2010
J.K. WallThe Carmel-based life and health insurer earned $33.9 million in the quarter, more than 38 percent higher than during the
same quarter a year earlier. Nearly all of that increase, however, was due to lower losses on investments and debt modifications.
MoreIndy anti-diabetes experiment takes off
April 21, 2010
J.K. WallUnitedHealthcare believes a program tested in the Indianapolis area will help it save money on claims.
MoreStudy: Ditch reform, add public option
April 14, 2010
J.K. WallIn poll after poll, calls for repealing the new health insurance law get strong support. But if the law were repealed, an
Indiana University survey released this week shows that Americans want a surprising thing in its place: a public option.
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
For those who let this information strike a nerve, remember that this is still the America that allows the freedom to achieve dreams and goals. Should you really chastise those who are given a perk on a deal that is supported by the consumer (that is until they don't like the deal anymore due to envy) or should the dream of rewards for working be looked at a little closer? I say lets stick to the deal, go to work,earn our keep, shoot for dreams, change our jobs to have that dream or shut up about others achievements ..............while we are still afforded this liberty of America !
Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.