Health Care & Insurance

Policyholders could pay more under Obama health plan

September 11, 2009
Associated Press
If President Barack Obama gets what he wants in his health care plan — covering all Americans and barring insurers from denying coverage — some analysts say individuals could wind up paying higher premiums.
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Sanctions lifted, WellPoint returns to Medicare biz

September 10, 2009
J.K. Wall
Nine months after being suspended as a contractor for the federal Medicare program, WellPoint Inc. is back in the game.
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Medical device developer receives $1M in federal funding

September 10, 2009
Scott Olson
Indianapolis-based FAST Diagnostics, a developer of a method to quickly measure kidney function, announced today that it has received $1 million in federal funding.
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Lilly paid doctors to prescribe Zyprexa, notes say

September 8, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Eli Lilly and Co. paid doctors in South Carolina for participating in a speakers' program in exchange for prescribing the antipsychotic Zyprexa, according to notes by Lilly sales representatives reviewed by Bloomberg News.
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Health information exchanges begin sharing medical records

September 3, 2009
 IBJ Staff
The Indianapolis-based Indiana Health Information Exchange today began sharing electronic medical records with two similar organizations across a multi-regional network, the group announced this morning.
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St. Francis, Anthem finalize health insurance contract

September 1, 2009
Scott Olson
The St. Francis hospital system has finalized a multiyear agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana, ending a months-long dispute over insurance-reimbursement costs, the parties said yesterday.
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Anthem, St. Francis reach agreement in principle

August 29, 2009
 IBJ Staff
The St. Francis hospital system has reached a tentative contract agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana, ending a disagreement over insurance reimbursement costs, the parties said today.
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Businesses help older workers confront Medicare dilemmaRestricted Content

August 24, 2009
Scott Olson
Companies are helping workers age 65 and above decide whether to forgo their company health insurance and shift to Medicare. Medicare is becoming more attractive as costs of company policies rise.
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Monarch program persuades young, male workers to care about their healthRestricted Content

August 24, 2009
Marc D. Allan
Indianapolis-based Monarch Beverage is among hundreds of central Indiana companies that have introduced wellness programs to counteract the rising costs of health insurance and Worker’s Compensation.
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HETRICK: Will we distinguish the faux news from the real?Restricted Content

August 24, 2009
Bruce Hetrick
There was a time, of course, when journalists had the time, space, resources and respect to sort things out for us.

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Health reform breaking WellPoint's way so farRestricted Content

August 24, 2009
J.K. Wall
With the Obama administration backing away from a government-run, "public" plan, the insurance industry faces a much smaller threat in the form of privately run insurance co-ops.

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My Health Care Manager looks to grow fastRestricted Content

August 24, 2009
J.K. Wall
Indianapolis-based startup My Health Care Manager has signed an agreement with Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. that will eventually put My Health Care Manager’s elder care service in front of the health insurer’s thousands of employer clients and their workers around the country.
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Docs offer varied cures for ailing health care systemRestricted Content

August 24, 2009
J.K. Wall
Indianapolis physicians are mixed on the merits of a government-run, "public" health insurance plan. How reforms might affect their pay is another major concern.
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Lennen, Ledyard named hospital presidents

August 21, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Community Health Network has chosen Anthony Lennen as president of Community Hospital South and Dr. Robin Ledyard as president of Community Hospital East, the health care system announced this morning.
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New health center to carry Jane Pauley's name

August 18, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Community Health Network and the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township will open a new community health center inside the Renaissance School, at 30th Street and Post Road in Indianapolis, the two organizations announced today.
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WellPoint stock bucks market plunge

August 17, 2009
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
News that the Obama administration might be willing to drop the idea of a government-run health insurance plan has given a big boost to Indianapolis-based insurer WellPoint Inc.

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Glut of downtown office space grows

August 17, 2009
Cory Schouten
Safeco is leaving a five-building complex on North Meridian Street, and Eli Lilly and Co. has offered for lease its entire four-building Faris campus.

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HICKS: Health care experts make poor economists

August 17, 2009
Mike Hicks
In almost every place that two or more Americans gather, health care is debated. Because the bills before Congress are inaccessible, the debate has shifted instead to principles such as the role of government and individual freedoms. I think this a healthy thing.
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Union sues Conseco over restatement

August 10, 2009
J.K. Wall
Carmel-based Conseco Inc. faces a shareholder lawsuit by a union pension fund over an earnings restatement the company made 18 months ago.
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For Zotec CEO, health care reform cuts both waysRestricted Content

August 10, 2009
J.K. Wall
In the eyes of Scott Law, Congress is heading in exactly the wrong direction on health care reform.

But the CEO of Zotec Partners predicts a big bump in sales for his physician-billing management company if current reform proposals become law.
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MARCUS: A feast of perceptions about health care

August 10, 2009
Morton Marcus
Lots of people are without health insurance, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they go without health care. Others have insurance that doesn’t cover their needs. Either they don’t get the care or they go broke in the process.
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Conseco profit at high end of estimates

August 4, 2009
J.K. Wall
Conseco Inc. recorded profit at the high-end of its preliminary estimates, the company announced today.
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Lilly's Effient launch just one of its many challengesRestricted Content

August 3, 2009
Greg Andrews
Eli Lilly and Co. has blasted past analysts’ earnings projections for two straight quarters. But if Lilly officials take that as a sign they can breathe easier, they need only flip through a stack of Wall Street research reports on the company.
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Arcadia hopes health care reform means more revenueRestricted Content

August 3, 2009
J.K. Wall
The CEO of Indianapolis-based Arcadia Resources said the environment is perfect for his company's fast-growing DailyMed service.
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Investments propel Baldwin & Lyons profit

July 30, 2009
Baldwin & Lyons Inc. said today that its profit last quarter was the second-highest in company history, as investment gains from recovering equity markets helped boost performance.
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