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Strong sales of retirement plans boost OneAmerica
March 22, 2013
Chris O'MalleyA big bet on employer-sponsored retirement plans is paying off for locally based OneAmerica Financial Partners, a company
best known for its life insurance offerings.
MoreHealthy Indiana Plan gets mixed reviews at hearing
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.
MoreStudies: Employers could save with Medicaid expansion
March 18, 2013
J.K. WallThe debate over expanding Medicaid in Indiana so far has hinged on how much it will cost. But two recent studies suggest Hoosier
employers should be focused on how much a Medicaid expansion will save them: perhaps as much as $400 million per year.
MoreGeico service center to create up to 1,200 jobs in Carmel
March 18, 2013
Mason KingThe insurer will invest millions to lease, renovate and equip a 109,000-square-foot customer service center at 101 W. 103rd
St. It plans to begin hiring immediately, and bring up to 1,200 new jobs by 2016.
MoreProfits at center of biosimilars debate
March 18, 2013
J.K. WallHouse Bill 1315, which is scheduled for a Senate floor hearing on Monday, would require pharmacists to check with a patient’s
physician before automatically substituting a generic version of a biotech drug for a brand-name version.
MoreCarmel insurer looks within to find new CEO
March 16, 2013
IBJ StaffIndiana Farmers Mutual picks executive vice president and legal counsel to replace long-time leader Daniel Stone.
MoreFDA probe of diabetes medications hurts drugmakers' stock
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.
MoreDebate erupts on Indiana's incomplete Medicaid waiver
March 14, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his administration Thursday over criticism from Democratic lawmakers that they have imperiled
Hoosiers' health care by failing to follow proper procedures on Medicaid.
MorePanel advances tougher synthetic drugs bill
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.
MoreFeds delay decision on Indiana Medicaid plan
March 13, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government has delayed action on Indiana's proposal to expand Medicaid because the state hasn't received
public comment on the proposals, but the issue could be resolved quickly with two hearings set for next week, a spokeswoman
for Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday.
MoreIndiana crop insurance payouts for 2012 losses top $1B
March 12, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University said Tuesday that Indiana farmers received payouts for 2012 corn, soybean and wheat losses that are nearly
twice as much as the previous record of $522 million in 2008.
MoreMedical device maker moving to Noblesville, adding jobs
March 12, 2013
Fishers-based Nexxt Spine LLC, a manufacturer of spinal implants, is consolidating operations and moving its headquarters
and manufacturing facility to Noblesville.
MoreDrugmakers, Interpol ramp up fight against fakes
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.
MoreStudy: Inpatient declines to hit all hospitals
March 11, 2013
J.K. WallOne explanation for Indiana University Health’s decision to delay its Methodist Hospital expansion is that new “value-based”
payment models appear to be pushing down hospitalization rates, according to a study released Friday.
MoreAnalysis: Feds likely to cut Medicaid support
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.
MoreQ&A
March 11, 2013
J.K. WallMike Sherman, the chief financial officer at West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc., talked about how the drug
firm’s funding partnership with New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc. has helped accelerate development of the company’s
pipeline, which is branching out into drugs to treat cancers of the lung, prostate and breast.
MoreIU Health puts Methodist expansion plans on hold
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.
MoreOverseas tax savings for U.S. drugmakers under threat
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.
MoreLawmakers struggle with bill to stop synthetic drug sales
March 7, 2013
The Statehouse FileLawmakers are finding it difficult to write a law that effectively cracks down on the sale of synthetic drugs while remaining
fair to businesses that might not know they’re on their shelves.
MoreIndiana mayors want law for cold-med prescriptions
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.
MoreIndy hospitals healthy despite sequester
March 4, 2013
J.K. WallWhile rural hospitals face sharp reductions in their operating incomes, most of the four major hospital systems based in Indianapolis
will see only a marginal impact on their finances.
MoreBaldwin to move HQ to Carmel, add 133 jobs
March 4, 2013
J.K. WallTrucking and auto fleet insurer Baldwin & Lyons Inc. plans to move its headquarters from downtown Indianapolis to Carmel
by the end of the year and hopes to add 133 jobs over the next five years, the company announced Monday afternoon.
MoreSenate advances telemedicine payments
March 4, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indiana Senate voted unanimously last week to require the Indiana Medicaid program to pay home health agencies, rural
health clinics and federally qualified health centers for doing medical consultations, diagnoses and monitoring using videoconferencing,
telephones or computers.
MoreHospital systems forcing doctors to choose sides
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.
MoreSequester could sap $200M from Indiana health care providers
March 1, 2013
J.K. WallThe sequestration plan kicking in Friday will chop Medicare payments to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes by 2 percent,
beginning April 1. One study estimates that the cuts could result in 10,000-plus job losses in Indiana alone.
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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.