Anthem Obamacare plan backs off ‘narrow network’
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has added St. Vincent Health to the “narrow network” of health care providers it uses for Obamacare plans.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has added St. Vincent Health to the “narrow network” of health care providers it uses for Obamacare plans.
Intarcia Therapeutics Inc. is betting its matchstick-size pump could take market share from Eli Lilly and Co., AstraZeneca Plc and Novo Nordisk A/S.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has added St. Vincent Health to the “narrow network” of health care providers it uses for Obamacare plans. St. Vincent’s 22 hospitals and nearly 900 physicians on June 1 joined the network Anthem uses for individual health plans it sells on the online exchange created by the Affordable Care […]
Indianapolis-based employer clinic operator OurHealth has named Heather Halliburton its vice president of human resources. Previously, Halliburton served as the assistant vice president of human resources at Stonegate Mortgage. She has also worked in human resources at OrthoIndy, Hologic, Emmis Communications and The Care Group. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a […]
The acquisition lets Hill-Rom, a maker of hospital supplies for wound care and respiratory health, delve further into the market for diagnostic supplies for physicians and emergency responders
Eli Lilly and Co.’s shares have risen more than 5 percent this month—and more than 20 percent so far this year—as its pipeline has delivered a string of positive results. This month alone, the Indianapolis-based drugmaker has reported positive results from clinical trials of four experimental drugs. And next month, Lilly will release more data […]
Are our not-for-profit hospitals planning and building to improve community health or to drive market share? Too often, it’s the latter.
Wellness company On Target Health LLC, which one year ago launched a program to help overweight workers lose fat but not muscle, is seeing strong results from its first two clients.
Patients from around the country have filed 100 lawsuits against Bloomington-based Cook, alleging that some of its blood-clot filters have broken apart, moved or poked through the blood vessel where they are implanted.
Indiana's life sciences companies are spending four times more on medical research than the state's hospitals, doctors and univerities are receiving from such companies for research projects. That means Indiana is missing out on more than $80 million a year.
Wayne DeVeydt, chief financial officer of Anthem Inc., and Dan Evans, CEO of Indiana University Health, are two of the four health care executives that serve on the 118-member board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has come under fire for blocking anti-smoking policies in countries around the world. Bill Barnett has been named […]
The money, known as reinsurance payments, helped MDwise, Anthem, Humana, Assurant and the Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana keep a lid on their losses even as lots of new patients with expensive or untreated medical conditions migrated into the private insurance market.
The large practice of orthopedic surgeons is in the midst of spending $3.8 million over three years to open seven urgent care clinics specializing in orthopedic-related injuries.
The hospital system and a partner company have started meeting with health insurance brokers to pitch a program to save employers money by keeping workers and their families healthier.
The plan by the Medicare program to require hospitals in Indianapolis and 74 other cities to accept one payment for joint replacement surgeries is a huge step in fixing the crazy prices and spending growth in health care.
Seeing mergers like Anthem’s planned acquisition of Cigna Corp., hospitals could decide that striking deals of their own could improve their negotiating power over medical reimbursements.
Community Health Network named Dr. David Kiley senior vice president and physician executive for its north region. Kiley, an OB/GYN, has worked for Community since 1992. Most recently, he was vice president of clinical performance for Community’s north region, which includes its two hospitals in the Castleton area. Kiley earned a bachelor’s degree at Arizona […]
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 […]
Payments for hospitals, doctors, drugs and insurance will rise by about 5.8 percent a year through 2024—1.1 percentage points faster than overall economic growth, actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Tuesday in an annual study.