Who’s visiting the ER? Fewer uninsured people
Are uninsured patients clogging the nation’s emergency rooms? A new report seems to throw water on that idea.
John Russell
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Airport delays vote on $500 million medical complex proposal
A vote on a proposal to build a $500 million medical complex at Indianapolis International Airport has been delayed so the board can take another look at the plan. The delay was announced after an IBJ story raised questions about the track record of the executive behind the plan.
Higher, higher, higher!
The FDA approved 98 percent of all applications for high-risk medical devices last year. That was the highest rate in at least 15 years.
For Lilly’s Cialis, glory days are over
The erectile-dysfunction drug, made famous by a slew of quirky commercials, is facing performance issues of its own.
CEO behind $500M airport proposal has mixed track record
The top executive at an Indianapolis start-up that wants to build a $500 million medical complex at the Indianapolis International Airport launched a 200-location Dunkin' Donuts business that went bankrupt in 2009 and he filed for personal bankruptcy in 2013.
Proposed airport medical facility could create 3,000 jobs
Indianapolis International Airport officials on Tuesday afternoon announced that a $500 million proposal to build a brain health complex was chosen as one of two winning bids for 428 acres of land at the airport.
Utility wants to expand water, sewer service in Hancock County
A small utility cooperative’s plan aims to help spur development in unserved areas between Greenfield and Fortville.
Cook Medical issues fourth recall in 18 months
The Bloomington company’s latest recall comes as the company is dealing with a deluge of product lawsuits.
Drugstores: a few big players rule the roost
National retail chains, mail-order firms, big-box stores and supermarkets rang up nearly three-quarters of all prescription drugs in the U.S. last year.
Harding Street power plant’s move away from coal is watershed moment
Under pressure to meet stringent clean-air regulations, Indianapolis Power & Light Co. is converting the Harding Street plant to natural gas.
Raise your right hand and repeat after me
I sit through a criminal trial as a juror, and wonder about the reliability of eyewitness testimony. Later, I talk to a memory expert.
Retirements, aging population cause nursing shortage
Facing a surge of retiring nurses and a growing number of patients, Indiana hospitals are scrambling to fill thousands of nursing positions, raising questions about whether they will be able to keep operations fully staffed.
Dow Agro sales slip 16 percent as parent firm’s merger looms
The Indianapolis-based agricultural division of Dow Chemical said Tuesday that lower demand, price pressures on herbicides and currency headwinds all hurt sales of its crop protection products.
Closing in on a Brownsburg site for Hendricks Regional’s $40M facility
The health system hopes to build its new ER and outpatient clinic on undeveloped farmland off of Interstate 74, near Ronald Reagan Parkway
Terrorism, economy beat out ACA as election issues
Despite all the campaign talk, a new poll finds that the Affordable Care Act ranks a modest No. 8 among issues voters consider important this year.
UPDATE: Lilly meets quarterly expectations but trims forecast
Strong sales of drugs for diabetes, cancer and animals helped the Indianapolis drugmaker overcome falling sales of older drugs for depression and osteoporosis, pushing up fourth-quarter sales and profit.
Anthem profit falls well short of analysts’ expectations
The Indianapolis-based health insurer Anthem Inc. saw medical enrollment slip and overhead rise in the fourth quarter, pushing down profit by 64 percent. Shares fell more than 3 percent Wednesday morning.
5 things to look for Thursday in Lilly’s earnings
Executives at Eli Lilly and Co. are telling investors the worst is behind the company and only good things await. But the drugmaker still has a few things to prove.
Lawsuits deluge operator of towing business
Brian Fenner, owner of Sperro Towing and Recovery and a former repo man, has been sued at least 14 times since October 2014 in Marion and Hendricks county courts, with lenders demanding he give back dozens of cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Merritt loses job as railroad exec, a role critics called conflict
As chairman of Senate Utilities Committee, Sen. James Merritt supported numerous bills favored by big utilities, the railroad’s biggest customer. Now he’s out of a job.