April 6, 2013
J.K. WallBrian and Emily Kahn had virtually identical physical therapy. He paid much more than she did. Why? Because of where the therapy
took place.
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April 6, 2013
J.K. WallEven though Obamacare likely will expand health insurance coverage to an extra 500,000 Hoosiers over the next few years, IU
Health expects per-patient reimbursements to fall as the federal government, employers and patients all push back on sky-high
health care costs.
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April 6, 2013
AnnJeanette ColwellThe recent flurry of big announcements portends well.
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April 6, 2013
Bob McDonaldThe statistics we hear so often are clear. As a community, we are not in an enviable place. We smoke more, exercise less and
weigh more than the national average, resulting in more diabetes than average.
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April 4, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThe idea behind the program, which starts in September, is that doctors can no longer leave the business aspect of their jobs
to the finance guys while maintaining their integrity as healers.
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April 2, 2013
Bloomberg NewsPresident Obama on Tuesday announced a campaign designed to develop treatments for some of the least understood brain disorders,
an effort that could benefit health care giants Eli Lilly and Co. and others.
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April 2, 2013
Associated PressA federal lawsuit contends that thieves who broke into an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut three years ago and stole
more than $60 million worth of drugs obtained a copy of a report that revealed weaknesses in the building's security system.
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April 1, 2013
J.K. WallIndiana’s laws requiring hospitals to release price information are woefully inadequate, according to a report by two
health insurance reform groups. Indiana was among 29 states to receive an "F" grade.
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March 31, 2013
Bloomberg NewsJohnson & Johnson, the world’s largest seller of health-care products, won approval for the first in a new family
of diabetes drugs, giving them the edge against rivals including Eli Lilly and Co. that are developing similar medicines.
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March 26, 2013
Associated PressA study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts shows the biggest driver of health insurance premiums
will rise by more than 67 percent for Indiana residents' individual policies under President Barack Obama's health
care overhaul.
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March 25, 2013
Associated PressEli Lilly and Co. said Monday that it has submitted a new type 2 diabetes treatment it is developing with German drugmaker
Boehringer Ingelheim to the Food and Drug Administration.
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March 25, 2013
Associated PressConsumers would face tighter limits on the quantities they could buy of cold and allergy pills often used to make methamphetamine
under a proposal approved by Indiana lawmakers.
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March 25, 2013
Mason KingA central Indiana REIT that went public in 2012 has agreed to buy 13 senior housing and care facilities in three states, growing
its asset value by 50 percent.
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March 25, 2013
Associated PressFederal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors
to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for
years, steep price declines.
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March 23, 2013
Anthony SchoettleAnderson-based Coeus Technology has invented a chemical that kills dangerous bacteria, including potentially deadly staph,
by forming a germ-killing barrier that lasts two weeks to six months.
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March 20, 2013
Associated PressHospital officials praised Indiana's medical savings accounts but some consumer advocates panned them Wednesday during
a public hearing as Gov. Mike Pence seeks federal approval to use the Healthy Indiana Plan to expand Medicaid in this state.
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March 15, 2013
Bloomberg News, Associated PressShares of several pharmaceutical companies that make diabetes medicines, including Eli Lilly, fell after U.S. regulators warned
they are looking into potential risks of drugs in two classes of diabetes treatments.
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March 14, 2013
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers are advancing a bill that would make it illegal to possess or deal "lookalike" synthetic drugs
similar to those known as "bath salts" and other nicknames.
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March 12, 2013
Associated PressMore than two dozen of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., have
agreed to provide funding and other support to Interpol's battle against counterfeit prescription drugs.
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March 11, 2013
J.K. WallA fellow conservative provided some support for Gov. Mike Pence’s claim that an expansion of Medicaid will become a
“baby
elephant” that eats up larger and larger shares of state resources.
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March 11, 2013
J.K. WallCiting concerns about the economy and federal health reform, Indiana University Health has pressed pause on its plans to build
a bed tower at Methodist Hospital that could have cost it as much as $500 million.
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March 11, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. and five other big drugmakers avoided paying $7 billion in U.S. taxes last year by shifting their profits
overseas. The strategy has drawn the ire of some legislators.
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March 6, 2013
Associated PressLocal officials from around Indiana are making a push for the Legislature to require that people obtain a doctor's prescription
to buy cold medications often used to make methamphetamine.
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March 2, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. has sued Roche Holding AG’s Genentech unit, asking a court to invalidate patents used to make treatments
for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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March 2, 2013
J.K. WallThe five-year trend of physician practices marrying up with hospitals has made it harder and harder for independent physician
practices to spend time in more than one hospital system.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.