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Bill 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.
MoreBarron's: Brighter days ahead for WellPoint
September 8, 2010
J.K. WallIt’s been a tough year for major health insurers, but Barron’s magazine predicts a big comeback for Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. and its rival UnitedHealth Group.
MorePartnership gives Angie's List members medical price info
September 1, 2010
J.K. WallAngie’s List has partnered with Tennessee-based Healthcare Blue Book to give its members price information before they
receive medical care.
MoreHealth costs surge despite weak inflation
August 25, 2010
J.K. WallBen Bernanke may be worried about deflation in the economy, but there’s certainly no chance of it in health care and
insurance. Employers’ health plan premiums surged another 8 percent this year, according to results from a massive survey
by Indianapolis-based United Benefit Advisors.
MoreWellPoint, other health insurers race to join accountable care groups
August 14, 2010
J.K. WallThe health care industry is responding to reforms that will pay doctors bonuses if they provide high-quality care and save
Medicare money.
MoreBedsore preventer turns to detection
August 14, 2010
Chris O'MalleyChanges in reimbursement could fuel market for WoundVision's product.
MoreWellPoint, peers focus on health reform rules, campaign
August 3, 2010
Bloomberg NewsWellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and three other health insurers, criticized by Democrats during the health care reform
debate, are seeking to influence how the new law will be implemented, and possibly change it, by campaigning for supportive
congressional candidates.
MoreNew law takes American Health Network full circle
July 31, 2010
J.K. WallDr. Ben Park joined Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 1993 to start a large group of primary care physicians who would
institute a concept called managed care. Now American Health Network is
well-positioned to take advantage of the new version of managed care, called accountable care.
MoreSurvey: Many hospital patients in dark about debt-relief options
July 26, 2010
J.K. WallMarion County survey finds 80 percent of respondents in debt to local hospitals, with about half saying they were never informed
about the availability
of charity care or payment plans.
MoreHospitals see dip in charity care after 2008
July 10, 2010
J.K. WallUnemployment in Indiana has moderated slightly, but more than 313,000 Hoosiers remain out of work. And with attempts to extend
benefits for the jobless stalled in Congress, it’s likely more people will struggle to pay medical bills.
MoreHealth reform rule could cost WellPoint
July 7, 2010
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc. has about $800 million riding on one arcane rule: how to calculate a medical loss ratio. The ratio quantifies
the percentage of customers’ premiums were spent on medical care, rather than overhead or profits.
MoreHealth care reform bringing changes to Caregivers
July 3, 2010
Scott OlsonCaregivers anticipates coping with declining Medicare reimbursements while having to offer insurance to its employees.
MoreFort Wayne medical practice splits, following industry trend
July 2, 2010
J.K. WallMore than 100 staff members of Indiana Medical Associates LLC likely will land at one of two area hospital systems. The move
mirrors national and local consolidation of practices with hospitals.
MoreWellPoint exec sees health insurer 'oligopoly' coming
June 24, 2010
Bloomberg NewsU.S. health insurers are “moving towards an oligopoly,” a process that this year’s health-care overhaul
will accelerate, the investor-relations chief at WellPoint Inc. said Thursday.
MoreHospital jobs keep growing in recession
June 23, 2010
J.K. WallHospitals continued to be a stable and slightly growing source of jobs and wages in Indiana—for better and for worse.
The sector paid $7.3 billion to 127,000 Hoosiers in 2008, according to the latest data from the American Hospital Association.
MoreMedicare cuts hit doctors as Congress feuds
June 23, 2010
J.K. WallPhysician offices will begin receiving payments from the Medicare that are 21.3-percent below
what they’ve been getting so far this year. Doctors still expect Congress to reverse the payment cuts, but physicians
and the Medicare program will have to reprocess claims, costing both extra money.
MoreAdvocates decry cuts to Indiana home health program
June 17, 2010
Associated PressThe Indiana Family and Social Services told Area Agencies on Aging that a 15-percent cut in funding for the program known
as CHOICE will save about $7.3 million from the program's $48.8 million annual budget.
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.
MoreResearch reforms will force Lilly, others to test how drugs stack up
June 12, 2010
J.K. WallThe federal government is currently doling out $1.1 billion in stimulus funds to pay for research that compares multiple medical
treatments against one another to determine which is most effective. Drug companies like Eli Lilly and Co. are wary that comparative-effectiveness
research could threaten their sales.
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.
MoreHealth care suppliers need to think long term, expert says
May 20, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCompanies in the health care supply chain need to engage in more strategic, long-term preparation even as the industry faces
uncertainties and upheaval, MIT expert tells local conference attendees.
MoreDrug-spending increase highest in four years
May 20, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe price increase was fueled by the debate over the health-care overhaul in Washington, D.C., Medco Health Solutions Inc.
CEO David Snow said.
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.
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.
MoreReform to accelerate health care costs
April 28, 2010
J.K. WallMedicare actuary Richard Foster estimated the new law would raise overall health care spending by an additional $311 million
over current law—more than when he first examined the legislation in December.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.