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Anthem: Global payments coming back
April 25, 2011
J.K. WallAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s vision for accountable care organizations foresees doctors and hospitals shifting
to global capitation payments and employers getting bigger discounts if they allow their workers access only to health care
providers in a specific organization.
MoreState's top anti-smoking agency could be abolished
April 20, 2011
Scott OlsonIndiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, formed in 2001 and funded by money from a settlement with the tobacco industry,
may be consolidated into the state Department of Health as a budget-cutting measure.
MoreIndiana's anti-tobacco agency's first decade mixed
April 16, 2011
Associated PressIndiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation officials acknowledge they still have work to do in a state that in 2008 had the
nation's highest smoking rate and still has more than 1 million smokers.
MoreQ&A
March 30, 2011
J.K. WallSusan Rider is an employee-benefits account manager at Indianapolis-based Gregory & Appel Insurance. On July 1, she will
become president of the Indiana State Association of Health Underwriters. She spoke about the first-year impact of the 2010
health reform law and further changes to come.
MoreSelf-funded plans draw small-firm interest
March 23, 2011
J.K. WallIn the face of new health reform restrictions, expect more small employers to opt for self-funded health benefits, concludes
a report this week from Indianapolis-based United Benefit Advisors.
MoreHealth insurers diversify away from regulations
March 23, 2011
J.K. WallOne year after President Obama signed the health reform overhaul, health insurers are buying less-regulated companies in a
bid to offset the lower profits and growth they expect the law to cause.
MoreRATHKE: My saga of staying up to date on health care reform
March 19, 2011
Tracey RathkeHuman resources used to be about payroll and benefits. Now it's also about watching Congress.
MoreHealth insurance costs spike worldwide
March 9, 2011
J.K. WallThink galloping health insurance costs are a problem unique to American employers? Think again. Medical costs paid by employer-focused
health insurers rose by an average of 10 percent last year—identical to the United States.
MoreCommunity wins sweepstakes for Johnson partnership
March 2, 2011
J.K. WallCommunity Health Network won a three-way race for a close partnership with Johnson Memorial Hospital, besting Franciscan St.
Francis and Indiana University Health.
MoreJudge's ruling raises uncertainty for health care execs
February 2, 2011
J.K. WallAfter a federal judge in Florida struck down the entire health reform law, investors shrugged. But the uncertainty for executives
in health care companies increased.
MoreExecs from WellPoint, peers meet to hone health-law lobby
January 31, 2011
Bloomberg NewsTop executives from WellPoint Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. are meeting almost monthly with their counterparts from Aetna
Inc., Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. in an informal lobbying alliance aimed at blunting parts of the health-care law, say sources
with knowledge of the sessions.
MoreCan video games be good for your health?
January 15, 2011
J.K. WallLocal companies are embedding stealthy video messages for high school and college students.
MoreLAMKIN: Health care reform is opportunity to reorganize services
January 15, 2011
Ned LamkinIndiana should take advantage of the opportunity to build a comprehensive exchange.
MoreQ&A: Derek Bang
January 12, 2011
J.K. WallDerek Bang, practice leader of health care advisory services at the Crowe Horwath accounting firm in Indianapolis, spent a
week in March studying health care in the United Kingdom, especially its universal health care program. He was surprised by
the “daily barrage of criticism” he heard about the National Health Service, but also found that the United Kingdom
and United States face very similar issues when it comes to constraining growth in health care costs.
MoreWellPoint’s New York rate hike to face scrutiny
December 21, 2010
Bloomberg NewsWellPoint Inc. and other U.S. health insurers will have to provide justification for any increases to customers’ premiums
of more than 10 percent next year, according to federal regulations published Tuesday.
MoreIndiana medical students opt for specialties, not family practice
November 27, 2010
Scott OlsonInterest in primary care has fallen off markedly due partly to relatively low pay.
MoreAHLRICHS: Turn health reform into pragmatic answers
November 27, 2010
Health reform entrepreneurship could brand Indiana as productive, healthy place for employers to operate.
MoreSt. Francis-WellPoint deal is a sign of the times
November 27, 2010
J.K. WallSt. Francis, which operates three Indianapolis-area hospitals, and WellPoint, the giant health insurer, announced this month
that they have agreed to jointly form an accountable care organization.
MoreStudy: Indianapolis high-priced hospital market
November 24, 2010
J.K. WallIndianapolis-area hospitals have negotiated reimbursement rates with private health insurers that are two and three times
higher than those paid by the federal Medicare program, suggesting the hospitals have the upper hand over insurers, according
to a new study.
MoreQ&A
November 17, 2010
J.K. WallLes Zwirn, executive director of Better Healthcare for Indiana, talked about his group’s progress on
promoting community collaborations to improve health and reduce the cost of care in cities around Indiana. BHI is hosting
its third health care summit of Indiana community leaders today at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.
MoreNew estimate drops health plan's cost to Indiana
October 26, 2010
Associated PressA new estimate has lowered the expected cost of the federal health care overhaul to Indiana's state government to perhaps
$2.6 billion over the next decade.
MoreRules mostly falling WellPoint's way
September 29, 2010
J.K. WallHealth insurers won fairly broad leeway under key rules suggested by state insurance commissioners that will govern what kinds
of expenses count toward meeting a new federal threshold to spend at least 80 percent of premiums dollars on medical care.
MoreHealth overhaul's $264M question weighs down WellPoint
September 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe failure by state regulators to decide how much insurers must spend on patient care is scaring investors from health-plan
stocks and complicating insurance company decisions.
MoreBuilding binge hasn't crimped hospital profits
September 22, 2010
J.K. WallIndianapolis-area hospitals spent billions on construction in the past decade and increasingly tried to poach patients from
one another’s territories. Yet last year—one of the worst economically in recent history—21 of 26 hospitals
still were able to show operating profits.
MoreBill could make health workers pay for FBI checks
September 13, 2010
The bill has the potential to affect more than 250,000 Indiana workers in up to 24 categories of licensed professionals, including
doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, chiropractors, hypnotists, dietitians and even veterinarians.
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?