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Health Care & Insurance
St. Francis buys big cardiology practice
July 27, 2009
J.K. WallAs concern grows among medical providers that health care reform augurs lower payments, St. Francis
Hospital & Health Centers has agreed to absorb a large group of cardiologists that bring lucrative heart patients to its
facilities.
MoreHilbert in-law's life insurance dispute takes odd turn
July 13, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerLocal businessman J.B. Carlson contends the $15 million life insurance policy he took out on Stephen Hilbert’s mother-in-law
was legitimate, because she served on his firm’s board and was a key decision-maker. The mother-in-law, Germaine
“Suzy” Tomlinson, died at age 74 last September—just 32 months after the policy was issued.
MoreIndianapolis benefits firms merge
July 8, 2009
J.K. WallTwo Indianapolis benefits consulting firms have finalized their merger, the companies announced this morning. Terms of the
deal between Benefit Associates Inc. and Benefit Consultants Inc., in the works since March, were not disclosed.
MoreLilly cancer drug OK'd for new use
July 6, 2009
J.K. WallEli Lilly and Co.'s top rising-star drug has been approved by U.S. regulators for a new use, an event that could boost sales
of
the medication. Alimta, a lung cancer drug, was approved as a maintenance therapy for non-small cell lung cancer
for certain patients, Lilly announced today.
MoreEDITORIAL: Health reform's time has come
June 29, 2009
IBJ StaffLawmakers must take action but also ensure that any plan incorporates four basic principles.
MoreA.J. Gallagher & Co. strikes again, hires two more benefits brokers
June 29, 2009
IBJ StaffNational acquisition-and-merger rage among benefits firms continues as Gallagher swallows groups in Noblesville and Louisville.
Gallagher's Carmel office grows its client portfolio to 300.
MoreGovernment-run insurance plan draws mixed reviews from employers
June 22, 2009
J.K. WallBusinesses all want to see reform of the health care system, but they diverge on how much the U.S. government's entrance into
the insurance market would help or hurt them.
MoreProfs trying to revolutionize drug discovery process
June 22, 2009
IBJ StaffTwo chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald's of research laboratories—a model that's low-cost
and can spread around the world.
MorePlanned Parenthood promotes health services for men
June 22, 2009
IBJ StaffPlanned Parenthood of Indiana has launched a campaign to capitalize on the small but growing number of men who use its 34
health centers around the state.
MoreReport says Indiana health care is over-specialized
June 1, 2009
Hoosiers see too many specialty physicians and are driving up health care costs as they do, according to a recent study by
the Indiana University Center for Health Policy.
MoreInsurers not attracting young people
May 25, 2009
Two-thirds of college-age Americans say health insurance is as important as salary when looking at jobs. Yet just as many have made no plans to obtain health insurance once they graduate from school this month.
Lilly, Simon receive top philanthropic awards
May 25, 2009
Two global companies based in Indianapolis have been recognized for their philanthropic efforts.
MoreWishard squeezes in more patients
May 18, 2009
Occupancy at Wishard Hospital was 98 percent before the recession and is still that high, and more people have been coming
as inpatients and as mental health patients, forcing the hospital to come up with creative ways to handle the load.
MoreKeep Indianapolis Beautiful and Lilly team up on I-70 landscaping project
May 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSome of Indianapolis' main entrances from Interstate 70 are in line for a $2 million makeover.
MoreClarian and IU Med School hiring 1,500 docs for massive Indiana Clinic; strategy may cut out insurers
May 18, 2009
J.K. WallClarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine want to turn 1,500 or more doctors into employees under a new
nonprofit group called the Indiana Clinic.
MorePrices salty and getting saltier at Indiana nursing homes
May 11, 2009
The cost of nursing home care in Indianapolis is rising faster than in the rest of the country, according to an annual survey
of long-term-care costs by Virginia-based Genworth Financial.
MoreFranklin ban snuffs out smoking
May 11, 2009
Tavern owners in Franklin will mothball their ashtrays next month following the passage of a smoking ban May 4. City councilors
voted 6-1 to make the ban one of the most restrictive in the state.
MoreActivist shareholder makes case against Conseco's board
May 11, 2009
J.K. WallAn activist shareholder vying to become a director of Conseco Inc. says the insurance company's board "completely misjudged"
the risks it faced when it emerged from bankruptcy in 2003 and hasn't recovered since. Now an independent shareholder advisory
firm is siding with him.
MoreReimbursement changes prompt specialists to join hospital payrolls
May 11, 2009
J.K. WallSpecialist physicians, who have traditionally been fiercely independent, are more and more coming on as employees of hospitals.
More'Epic' investment losses hit hospitals
May 11, 2009
J.K. WallFinancial reports trickling in from Indianapolis' major hospitals show why the city's health care building boom ground to
a near halt this year. It ran into a wall of investment losses.
MoreBioanalytical Systems founder fights to be heard
May 4, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIt took Pete and Candace Kissinger 33 years to build West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems Inc. into one of the largest
contract research firms in Indiana's life science sector. It took just a year and a half for them to turn against the company's
new management.
MoreWith pharma famine looming, Lilly relying on snack-size deals
May 4, 2009
J.K. WallCompared with some of his pharmaceutical CEO peers these days, John Lechleiter has his company on a diet. Instead of using
a mega-merger to bulk up before the famine that patent expirations will bring on the industry next year,
Lechleiter has Eli Lilly and Co. burning management fat while looking for smaller companies to munch on.
MoreUniversal health care? Bring it on!
April 20, 2009
With American ingenuity, we can achieve universal health care coverage without the bloated administrative costs found in our
system of private insurance companies.
MoreNFP of NOTE: Arthritis Foundation Indiana chapter
April 20, 2009
The Indiana chapter of the Arthritis Foundation works to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure
of arthritis and related diseases.
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