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Benefits brokers dive deeper into wellness: Employers look to prevention to lower health costs

September 8, 2008

Gibson Insurance Group is the latest benefits broker to get more serious about wellness. The South Bend-based firm, which has an office in Indianapolis, has hired a dedicated wellness director to help its clients refine and assess their wellness programs for workers. Nicole Fallowfield, the former vice president of sales for Principal Wellness Co. in Indianapolis, will work out of Gibson’s downtown Indianapolis office but serve Gibson’s clients throughout Indiana. By hiring Fallowfield, Gibson joins a budding trend among brokers…

Welborn Clinic joins Deaconess in Evansville

September 4, 2008

Deaconess Health System in Evansville has bought most of the assets of Welborn Clinic, also based in the southern Indiana city, to form one of the largest doctor groups in Indiana, according to the Evansville Courier & Press. The merged group will be called Deaconess Clinic, and will have more than 80 doctors, 500 employees […]

Doc pay-for-performance program set to launch

September 1, 2008

Doc pay-for-performance program set to launch Quality Health First signs up Anthem, 700 doctors After four years of development, a payfor-performance plan for Indianapolisarea doctors will officially launch Oct. 1. Quality Health First, the latest service of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, now has 700 primary-care doctors signed up to receive its reports on the quality of the care they give. And perhaps even more important, the program has contracted with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana as…

Doc pay-for-performance program set to launch: Quality Health First signs up Anthem, 700 doctors

September 1, 2008

After four years of development, a payfor-performance plan for Indianapolisarea doctors will officially launch Oct. 1. Quality Health First, the latest service of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, now has 700 primary-care doctors signed up to receive its reports on the quality of the care they give. And perhaps even more important, the program has contracted with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana as the first health insurer to offer bonus payments to doctors based on how well…

Indiana auto insurance rates show uptick, report says: Despite rise, state still among cheapest in nation

August 25, 2008

Auto insurance rates are climbing nationally, led by increases in Indiana that topped all other states, according to a report released last month by Insurance.com. The online auto insurance agency said the lowest car insurance quotes, on average, jumped 3.4 percent, to $1,893 per year, from the first quarter to the second. Rate increases in Indiana nearly doubled the national average, rising 6.7 percent, or $94, to $1,501. Arkansas and Rhode Island followed, with 6.1-percent and 5-percent spikes, respectively. Sam…

Duke shuttering retail real estate unit

August 18, 2008

Locally based Duke Realty Corp. is leaving the retail real estate business to focus on its bread-and-butter industrial, office and health care developments. The move will eliminate about six jobs, said company spokesman Joel Reuter. The company’s retail properties represent only about 1.5 percent of its nationwide portfolio, but it has worked on some high-profile […]

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Genetic info act will do more than stop discrimination

August 11, 2008

The promise of personalized medicine-genetic tests that allow more informed and individualized health care decisions-has been blocked in recent times as patients struggle with the fear that those same genetic test results could bring genetic discrimination in the form of cancelled health insurance coverage or even the catastrophe of job loss. In 1997, Indiana enacted a state law protecting genetic screening or testing and prohibiting health insurers from considering any information obtained from such testing in a manner adverse to…

Commentary: Every office should have a defibrillator

July 28, 2008

Tim Russert died last month at age 58. He was Washington bureau chief for NBC and the moderator of “Meet the Press.” His physician, Michael Newman, described the cause of death as coronary thrombosis-sudden cardiac arrest. Russert’s untimely death was possibly preventable. We can learn something here that may save lives at our businesses. Russert had been diagnosed with asymptomatic coronary artery disease that he controlled with medication and exercise. According to Newman, his stress test in April was normal….

WellPoint expected to look for growth overseas

July 28, 2008

WellPoint Inc., the most dominant health insurer in the United States, registers as barely a pipsqueak in the rest of the
world. But it’s only a matter of time, say industry experts, before WellPoint plunges into foreign markets to grow sales of
its health benefits and services.

UPDATE: Investors cheer WellPoint earnings

July 23, 2008

Wall Street rejoiced today after WellPoint Inc. posted second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates. Investors bid up shares of the Indianapolis-based health insurer as much as 9 percent. As of late this morning, the stock traded at $52.06, up 6.8 percent. WellPoint stock rose along with broader markets, which surged as the price of crude […]

Ontario Systems names new president & CEO

July 21, 2008

One of Indiana’s biggest information technology companies is adding new leadership. Muncie-based Ontario Systems LLC, which develops debt-collection software, has named Tony Reisz as its new president and CEO. He replaces Ontario co-founder Wil Davis, who continues as chairman. Davis was not immediately available for comment. But co-founder Ron Fauquher said top management jobs had […]

Doctors put records in patients’ pockets:

July 21, 2008

Arming patients with portable electronic medical records that physicians can access during emergencies is becoming more prevalent among health care providers. The Heart Center of Indiana in Carmel, a partnership between St. Vincent Health and The Care Group Inc., the state’s largest cardiology group, recently started the practice. Community Health Network and Dr. Tim Story, who chairs the largest group of physicians at Clarian North Medical Center, are among others who have rolled out portable records systems. The health information…

Community tries to keep up with diverse patient base: Hospital’s new system improves cultural understanding

July 21, 2008

It takes years of research for an anthropologist to understand another culture, but doctors and nurses don’t have that much time. With the growing diversity of people receiving health care in the United States, a patient’s cultural background is often ignored or misunderstood by care givers. That can make for a less-than-positive hospital stay or doctor visit or, in rare cases, a catastrophic medical mistake. To avoid any such pitfalls, Community Health Network has implemented Culture Vision, an Internet-based program…

Accountants predicting even more physician hookups: Katz Sapper, Heaton and Eadie join forces to keep up with fast-changing health care, benefits landscape

July 21, 2008

Everybody’s doing it. So Heaton and Eadie and Katz, Sapper & Miller decided to get together, too. Katz Sapper announced last week that it will acquire Heaton and Eadie because both Indianapolis-based accounting firms expect their main health care clients-physicians-to link up more and more with one another and with hospitals in the next five years. They want the heft and experience to win the right to handle finance and consulting on more of those transactions. Katz Sapper gets Heaton…

New president shakes up nursing home group: Three quarters of staff leaves within months of arrival

July 21, 2008

Steve Smith has shaken up the Indiana Health
Care Association so much, the group representing Indiana’s for-profit nursing homes is hardly recognizable to those who knew
it before. And the way Smith tells it, he’s just getting started.

Once-thriving tennis tournament struggles to stay relevant

July 21, 2008

A dearth of name players, slumping attendance and an outdated venue have some in the local tennis community wondering if the
Indianapolis Tennis Championships–formerly known as the RCA Championships–needs some serious re-stringing. Attendance at
the nine-day event, which ran July 12-20 this year, was on pace through July 16 to be at a 20-year low.
But attendance is far from the tournament’s only challenge.

Major moves to keep more patients on home turf: Hospital hires two ortho surgeons, changes name

July 7, 2008

Nearly three-quarters of orthopedics patients in Shelby County have gone to an Indianapolis hospital to receive care. Now, Major Hospital in Shelbyville wants to keep more of those patients at home. By next June, the hospital will build a $7 million orthopedics center that will house two orthopedic surgeons. They will begin building their practices in Shelbyville next month. The play for orthopedics patients throws Major into a pitched battle among Indianapolis-area hospitals. Surging numbers of patients need new hips…

IU program aims to turn lab rats into leaders: Business training is tailor-made for scientists

July 7, 2008

Andrea Walker is a chemist with management aspirations. But instead of signing up for a traditional MBA program, the team manager at Indianapolis-based AIT Laboratories will enroll this year in a slimmed-down business program that focuses on the life sciences. The program, called the Kelley Executive Certificate in the Business of Life Sciences, is a new creation of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. The program will conduct most of its classes online over a one-year period. The courses will…

Are job cuts next for WellPoint?

July 3, 2008

WellPoint Inc.’s main rival announced yesterday it would slash 4,000 jobs in order to save money as its profits sag. Will other health insurers follow the lead of Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group? They have few other options to substantially reduce costs, said Les Funtleyder, a health care analyst at Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. […]

Corydon Group adds health care lobbying arm

July 1, 2008

A veteran health care lobbyist has been hired by The Corydon Group LLC to expand its lobbying into health care. Louis M. Belch, who will be president of the new division, most recently was a contract lobbyist, and is a former legislative liaison for the Indiana State Medical Association. The downtown firm claims to be […]

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Benefits brokers dive deeper into wellness: Employers look to prevention to lower health costs

Welborn Clinic joins Deaconess in Evansville

Doc pay-for-performance program set to launch

Doc pay-for-performance program set to launch: Quality Health First signs up Anthem, 700 doctors

Indiana auto insurance rates show uptick, report says: Despite rise, state still among cheapest in nation

Duke shuttering retail real estate unit

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Genetic info act will do more than stop discrimination

Commentary: Every office should have a defibrillator

WellPoint expected to look for growth overseas

UPDATE: Investors cheer WellPoint earnings

Ontario Systems names new president & CEO

Doctors put records in patients’ pockets:

Community tries to keep up with diverse patient base: Hospital’s new system improves cultural understanding

Accountants predicting even more physician hookups: Katz Sapper, Heaton and Eadie join forces to keep up with fast-changing health care, benefits landscape

New president shakes up nursing home group: Three quarters of staff leaves within months of arrival

Once-thriving tennis tournament struggles to stay relevant

Major moves to keep more patients on home turf: Hospital hires two ortho surgeons, changes name

IU program aims to turn lab rats into leaders: Business training is tailor-made for scientists

Are job cuts next for WellPoint?

Corydon Group adds health care lobbying arm