Anthem Inc. has used the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand names as a powerful tool on its way to becoming the nation’s second-largest health insurer. But those Blue brands now are a hurdle for Anthem’s $54.2 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp.
Lately, Maryt Solada has been mixing it up by representing grass-roots groups opposed to a wide range of controversial projects that have grabbed the public’s attention.
The Indianapolis-based transportation insurer said the decreases in second-quarter revenue were part of a strategic shift to reduce some lines of insurance.
In Buffalo, Bill Polian constructed the only team to appear in four consecutive Super Bowls. In Indianapolis, he built another that won a Super Bowl and produced the league’s highest victory total in a single decade.
Dr. Anantha Shekhar became executive associate dean for research affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine on Aug. 1, replacing Dr. David Wilkes, who was recently named dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Shekhar, a psychiatrist, will retain his other roles as IU’s associate vice president for university clinical affairs, as […]
Advantage Health Solutions Inc. and Indiana University Health Plans discussed merging back in 2013 as a way to have doctors and hospitals that stretch nearly statewide, just like large insurers such as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare offer, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the conversations, which broke down. Now that […]
Owner Gwen Robinson hopes to find a new home for AJ's Lounge by the end of August, but for now, the bar—fondly referred to as the "government center's north annex"—is without a home.
Indianapolis-based PactSafe, a legal-tech startup launched this year by a former Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP attorney, raised $880,000 in its seed round and was accepted into a competitive Silicon Valley accelerator.
Mega-mergers among Anthem Inc. and its fellow health insurance giants could put pressure on provider-owned health plans such as Advantage Health Solutions and Indiana University Health Plans.
NASCAR has tried to create a rules package that produces dramatic racing, but Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway featured just 16 lead changes. If there was a way to bottle what IndyCar does on ovals, NASCAR would buy it in truckloads.
Eli Lilly and Co.’s highly anticipated cholesterol drug passed a “futility analysis,” allowing it to complete a critical Phase 3 study in patients, according to Reuters. The drug, called evacetrapib, is designed to boost "good" HDL cholesterol while lowering "bad" LDL cholesterol. An independent panel of scientific advisers recommended that the clinical trial of the […]
