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Health Care & Insurance
Fairbanks gets $1M from United Way for hospital expansion
November 30, 2012
J.K. WallThe $2.5 million expansion will add 7,000 square feet of meeting and office space to Fairbanks' 86-bed hospital for patients
trying to recover from drug and alcohol addictions.
MoreState health commissioner returning to private sector
November 29, 2012
Dr. Gregory N. Larkin, appointed commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health by Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2010, will
leave his position in January to become medical director of OurHealth, an employer on-site clinic company.
MoreFeds clear WellPoint's $4.5B acquisition of Amerigroup
November 28, 2012
Associated PressThe government has dropped its antitrust concerns about health insurer WellPoint Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Amerigroup
Corp., the Justice Department said Wednesday, clearing WellPoint to proceed with the $4.46 billion deal.
MoreInsurance software firm cutting 23 local jobs
November 28, 2012
Washington-based Vertafore Inc., a developer of insurance software, said it will begin layoffs at its Indianapolis office
Jan. 31.
MoreLilly chief says China too slow in approving new drugs
November 28, 2012
Bloomberg NewsChina takes eight years longer on average to approve drugs than other major countries, and U.S. drugmakers are looking at
ways to help speed things up, Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter said.
MoreEU reviews cancer drug from Endocyte, Merck
November 27, 2012
Associated PressMerck & Co. and Endocyte Inc. said Tuesday that European Union regulators will review their drug vintafolide as a treatment
for ovarian cancer.
MoreMedicaid expansion could cost $54M a year
November 26, 2012
J.K. WallA new set of projections released Monday estimates that expanding Medicaid coverage as called for in President Obama’s 2010 health reform law would cost the state government less than $54 million per year on average over the next decade—far lower than projections issued by the actuarial firm hired by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration.
Assessment fees benefit Indy hospitals
November 26, 2012
J.K. WallIU Health and Community enjoyed net gains of $267 million and $23 million, respectively, from the hospital assessment fee
program during the fiscal year ended June 30.
MoreIndiana employers desperate to improve workers' personal habits
November 24, 2012
J.K. WallSkyrocketing health care costs prompt search for new ways to improve lifestyle choices.
MoreTHOMPSON: Push is on to regulate health information technology
November 24, 2012
Bradley Merrill Thompson / Special to IBJAfter decades of slow adoption, health information technology now threatens to completely disrupt health care, in a good way,
dramatically improving quality of care. The question is, will federal regulators stand in the way?
MoreDialysis software firm finally making inroads
November 24, 2012
Scott OlsonVasc-Alert proves its technology, plans to expand into Europe.
MoreSCHAFIR: Businesses face tough decisions over health care
November 24, 2012
Harlan Schafir / Special to IBJNow that the election is over, it seems clearer that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, will likely
move forward. The question is whether business owners will be able to steer their employees to state exchanges and wash their
hands of health care coverage.
MoreInsurance customer lawsuits dog CNO
November 24, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCNO Financial Group appears to have wrapped its arms around the cost of settling a trio of consumer lawsuits involving life
insurance rate hikes, but it’s not out of the woods yet.
MoreIndiana legislative leaders ponder health costs
November 19, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's top lawmakers said Monday they're not sure what to expect from the federal health care law other than greater
costs at a time the state's budget is already stretched thin.
MoreAnalyst: WellPoint CEO search down to two
November 19, 2012
J.K. WallAccording to one Wall Street analyst, the search for a new CEO for Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint Inc. is down
to two candidates: former Aetna Inc. CEO Ron Williams and Amerigroup Corp. CEO Jim Carlson.
MoreCook wins approval for new stent
November 19, 2012
J.K. WallBloomington-based Cook Medical won approval for the first drug-coated stent for clogged leg arteries in the United States,
which accounts for 40 percent of the soon-to-be $3 billion market.
MoreLilly donating $12.4 million to United Way
November 19, 2012
IBJ StaffEli Lilly and Co. said Monday it plans to give $12.4 million to the United Way, the largest single charitable donation in
the company’s history.
MoreLawmakers brace for health law, potential costs
November 18, 2012
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers can add confusion over the federal health insurance law to their already overflowing plate when they return
for their 2013 legislative session in January.
MoreStates gain delay on deadline for health-law marketplaces
November 16, 2012
Bloomberg NewsStates received an extra month from the Obama administration to decide whether to build online marketplaces for medical insurance
after Republican governors pressed their resistance to the president’s health-care law.
MoreDiagnotes takes top prize in health care challenge
November 16, 2012
Diagnotes LLC's On Call software, which delivers patient medical records to smartphones of an on-call doctor, won the inaugural
Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge.
MorePence solidifies opposition to state exchange
November 15, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov.-elect Mike Pence closed the door on a state-run health insurance exchange Thursday, arguing that the estimated
$50 million cost of the state program was not worth the limited autonomy granted in return.
MoreDrugmakers collaborate to facilitate drug tests
November 15, 2012
Associated PressEli Lilly and Co. and two other major drugmakers say they are collaborating in a global project aimed at getting patient tests
of experimental drugs up and running more quickly and efficiently.
MorePence not ruling out health partnership with feds
November 14, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov.-elect Mike Pence has ruled out building a state-run health insurance exchange but appears to be leaving open
the option of running a joint venture with the federal government as a critical decision deadline draws near.
MoreSmall biz exposure clouds WellPoint's future
November 12, 2012
J.K. WallWellPoint’s average small-employer client has just 8.5 lives covered on its health plan. And firms of that size are
far more likely to use the new health insurance exchanges, said WellPoint Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt.
MoreIndy loses promising health startup
November 12, 2012
J.K. WallLabDoor, which soon will launch an iPhone app that assigns A-F grades to over-the-counter vitamins and medicines, moved last
month from Indianapolis to San Francisco, where it received $100,000 in startup financing.
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