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Health Care Reform
New 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.
MoreInvestors fear insurers' rosy outlook will boost regulators' scrutiny
July 29, 2010
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. became the third U.S. health insurer this month to increase its 2010 profit forecast, stirring
investor concern that state and federal regulators may increase scrutiny of industry pricing.
MoreHealth care reform means changes for Indiana employers
July 17, 2010
Norm Heikens, Scott Olson, J.K. WallNearly four months after President Barack Obama signed a health reform bill into law, businesses are still grappling with
its
impact on the health benefits they offer their employees.
MoreWellPoint strikes up chat on health reform
July 14, 2010
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc. is turning from opponent of the health care reform law passed in March to “trusted adviser.” It launched a website, healthychat.com, where company representatives answer customers’ questions about the new health reform law.
Health 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.
MoreProgram tying doctor bonuses to quality goes statewide
July 3, 2010
J.K. WallThe program currently includes 1,200 physicians—about 10 percent of all doctors in Indiana.
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.
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.
MoreIndiana moves up in med tech rankings
June 16, 2010
J.K. WallMedical technology companies employed 19,950 Hoosiers in 2007 and supported another 35,000 jobs in supplier companies, according
to an analysis funded by an industry trade group.
MoreExpert: Reform can improve communities
June 2, 2010
J.K. WallThe much-maligned health care bill provides a huge opportunity for local communities to improve the health of their citizens and for local health care providers to win bonus payments from federal health insurance programs. That's the message Len Nichols, a Beltway veteran and health policy expert, will bring to attendees at the All Healthcare is Local conference today.
MARCUS: Health care bill opens doors to change
May 29, 2010
Morton MarcusThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a major step forward. It widens the door to health insurance for those
with pre-existing conditions, for employees of small businesses and others currently not covered.
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.
MoreSummit to counsel cities on reform
May 26, 2010
J.K. WallNow that health reform is law, a local not-for-profit group, Better Healthcare for Indiana, wants to help Indiana community
leaders use the law to slow runaway medical spending while improving the health of their citizens.
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.
MoreEvans: Health care real estate is evolving
May 19, 2010
J.K. WallIf Clarian Health CEO Dan Evans were investing in health care real estate, he’d make bets in three new things: smaller,
denser clinics with lots of computer equipment to do telemedicine; medical office buildings populated by physician assistants;
and nursing homes with a strong relationship with a hospital.
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.
MoreQ&A
May 12, 2010
J.K. WallJoe Guzman is a co-founder of Indianapolis-based Ascend USA, the new trade adopted after Guzman merged his
benefits brokerage, Benefits Strategies Inc., with benefits business Steven Goodin. The eight-person firm expects to hire
as many 15 new employees in the next year. Those workers will help Ascend diversify from health benefits into brokering commercial
insurance products.
MoreReport: WellPoint, Aetna may need relief from cost mandate
May 11, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. health overhaul’s mandate that insurers spend 80 percent of premiums on medical care may
need to be loosened
to keep companies from quitting the market for people who buy coverage on their own, state regulators said.
MoreWellPoint, others may need relief from law's spending mandate
May 10, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe health law passed by Congress in March will force insurers like WellPoint to give rebates to customers next year if the
companies don't meet the medical-spending minimums.
MoreBraly, Obama spar again over WellPoint cancellation policies
May 10, 2010
J.K. WallCEO of Indianapolis-based health insurer wrote to Obama on Sunday to rebut the president's criticism that WellPoint seeks
out breast cancer patients to cancel their policies.
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.
MoreWellPoint to adhere to new rescission rules early
April 27, 2010
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based health insurer announced Tuesday afternoon it will be the first company to adopt stricter standards
on canceling
policies, which are contained in the health reform bill passed in March.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.