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Health Care & Insurance
Indiana near top in smoking survey; national rate rises
November 13, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA survey found cigarette smoking rose slightly on a national basis for the first time in almost 15 years and that Indiana
had the second highest smoking rate among states.
MoreHill-Rom's fourth quarter profit exceeds expectations
November 12, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Batesville-based maker of hospital equipment reported profit of $26.4 million, or 42 cents per share, in the period ended
Sept. 30.
MoreVera Bradley gives another $10M to IU cancer center
November 12, 2009
IBJ StaffPrevious gifts from the foundation to the cancer center have been used to hire 10 researchers working on breast cancer.
MoreLilly to pay Utah $24 million to settle Zyprexa suit
November 11, 2009
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay Utah $24 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the company improperly marketed the antipsychotic
drug Zyprexa.
MoreCouncil resurrects workplace smoking ban proposal
November 10, 2009
IBJ StaffTwo weeks after reaching a stalemate on a proposal that would broaden the city's workplace smoking ban, City-Council
Council members voted Monday night to resurrect the measure.
MoreArcadia adds Goldsmith to board, seeks $11M in offering
November 9, 2009
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based Arcadia Resources Inc. has added former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith to its board and plans to raise
$11.1 million in a registered direct stock offering.
MoreWellPoint, Obama administration battle over cost of health reform to employers
November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffAt this point in the health reform debate, you have to take numbers from any side with a grain of salt. That said, Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. has done perhaps the only local analysis of how proposed reforms would affect the cost of health insurance
for employers.
MoreDaniels blasts House health bill
November 5, 2009
J.K. WallIn letter to Indiana congressmen, the governor says the reform bill would kill jobs with 'enormous' new taxes.
MoreSenate probing WellPoint, others over small-biz rates
November 4, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Senate health care committee is investigating how health insurers, including Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., price
the coverage they sell to small businesses.
MoreWork on new Wishard Hospital set to start next week
November 4, 2009
J.K. WallAfter winning 83-percent support for $754 million hospital, Wishard officials hope to sell bonds, pick construction firm
by year's end.
MoreWellPoint, White House sling reform studies
November 4, 2009
J.K. WallHealth insurer says premiums would fall for local employers with unhealthy workers, but costs would rise for firms with
average or healthy workers.
MoreWishard receives $6 million gift from Fairbanks
November 3, 2009
The Wishard Foundation said it has received a $6 million grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation that will be used
to help fund construction of a new Wishard Hospital, if Marion County voters approve the project.
MoreHealth insurer Anthem's market share swells
October 31, 2009
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based WellPoint Inc.'s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield subsidiary claimed 42.5 percent of central Indiana residents
covered by private health insurance
this year, up from 35-percent last year, according to a market research firm.
MoreSteak n Shake's Biglari adds intrigue by buying stake in insurer
October 31, 2009
Greg AndrewsThe Indianapolis-based company's CEO revealed earlier this year that he intends to use Steak n Shake as a holding company
that will pursue purchases “either related or unrelated to its ongoing business activities.”
MoreTechPoint to focus on IT firms specializing in medical, life sciences sectors
October 31, 2009
Chris O'MalleyLong tracking the emergence of information technology firms involved in the health and life sciences sector, the state’s
IT trade group, TechPoint, is undergoing a mitosis of sorts to help fuel the trend. It has created Advancing
Life Science & Health Care Information Technology, or ALHIT, which will focus on growing this subset of the IT realm.
MoreDoctors balk at Senate attempt to cut out wasteful health care spending
October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffThe big goal of health care reform is to cut wasteful spending to pay for expanded health insurance coverage. But the way
the Senate Finance Committee bill tries to do that would be, according to some doctors, “disastrous.”
MorePace of life sciences venture capital deals in Indiana picks up
October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffAfter no Indiana health and life sciences firms announced venture capital deals in the second quarter, five did so in the
third, and two more have already this month.
MoreClarian restarts construction on hospital in Fishers
October 30, 2009
J.K. WallClarian Health has resumed construction on its Saxony Medical Center in Fishers after an 8-month hiatus, the Indianapolis-based
hospital system announced Friday.
MoreQuarterly profit, revenue soar at Baldwin & Lyons
October 29, 2009
IBJ StaffBaldwin & Lyons Inc. on Thursday morning reported a record third-quarter profit, thanks to big investment gains and an increase
in premiums.
MoreWellPoint shares flat after profits beat analyst predictions
October 28, 2009
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc.'s third-quarter profits soared above analysts' expectations, but the insurer remains cautious in the face of
the flu and high unemployment.
MoreDoctors balk at Senate attempt to cut waste
October 28, 2009
J.K. WallSome Indianapolis-area doctors fear a bill in the U.S. Senate would botch the way costs for tests and procedures are calculated,
and ultimately
lead to a reimbursement system that works worse than the existing system.
MoreWellPoint's third-quarter profits beat expectations
October 28, 2009
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc.'s third-quarter profits fell 11 percent, the company reported this morning, but still soared above analysts'
expectations.
MoreLilly to move 1,000 from Faris campus
October 26, 2009
J.K. WallAs it shrinks its work force, Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Co. will move more than 1,000 employees
to its corporate
center
by mid-2010.
MoreIndy Chamber of Commerce endorses smoking ban
October 26, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce is throwing its weight behind a tougher workplace smoking ban up for consideration tonight
by the City-County Council.
MoreGoodwill executive to lead national health care board
October 24, 2009
Scott OlsonGoodwill Industries executive Keith Reissaus has been tapped to run Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group, an industry coalition.
Reissaus gained control of health care costs by giving employees incentives to care about their health.
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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.