If Anthem merged with Cigna Corp. it would create a behemoth with even greater negotiating power, which could benefit employers but hurt doctors and hospitals.
Anthem Inc. has made a buyout offer to rival health insurer Cigna Corp. for $45 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. That price would make the deal the largest health insurance merger in U.S. history.
Backed by a bevy of investors, former ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey and three Indianapolis startup mavens have founded a “startup studio” that will create tech companies.
Humana Inc. has pulled out of a major health care conference and said it will not comment on rumors of a merger, actions that will likely fuel Wall Street speculation that the insurer is part of a developing deal. Anthem Inc. is a possible suitor.
While health insurers in states around the country have proposed large rate increases for the health plans they sell on the Obamacare exchanges, insurers in Indiana are asking for modest increases or even decreases. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state’s largest health insurer, has asked for 2016 premiums just 3.8 percent higher than […]
Tom Dickey, director of community development for Fishers, announced in May that he accepted a job as managing director of real estate for the private development company Hageman Group, but a consulting services contract could compensate him $93,600 over the next year.
At least since the time of Adam Smith, economists have recognized that specialization and trade are the keys to prosperity. And at least since that time, economists have had a hard time explaining why this is true.
Eli Lilly and Co. signed yet another partnership aimed at developing immune-oncology drugs. The Indianapolis-based drugmaker formed a collaboration with U.K.-based AstraZeneca plc to collaborate on a Phase 1 clinical trial for patients with advanced solid tumors. The test will study the effect of giving patients Lilly’s drug Cryamza in combination with AstraZeneca’s experimental drug […]
The government’s revised estimate for last quarter, released Friday, was weaker than its initial estimate of 0.2-percent growth. The U.S. trade gap was found to be wider than first estimated. And consumer spending was slower than previously thought.
Restoring public trust in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is one of 40 topics that study committees will consider in advance of the 2016 legislative session.
Tom Jernstedt has his fingerprints on almost every aspect of the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments—not to mention the association’s move to Indianapolis.
Julie Bombacino developed a nutritional food blend for her disabled son that’s now turned into a full-fledged business producing packets for people who need feeding tubes to eat.
With e-commerce growing at an exponential rate, and with economic factors such as truck driver shortages, it makes sense to look at how drones can be used as an asset in logistics and distribution.
In driving today’s innovations, we sometimes take for granted that computers are woven into just about every aspect of our personal lives and businesses.
