Indiana environmental groups are applauding President Barack Obama's newly announced mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said doesn’t intend to comply with the proposal.
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 […]
A New York-based hedge fund has increased its stake in Angie’s List Inc. to an "activist position" and says it wants to have input with management about the strategic direction of the company, including the choice of a new CEO and a possible sale of the business.
Anthem turned out unheard of gains in 2014, the first year of Obamacare’s new health insurance overhaul, as Anthem’s customers numbers held steady but their spending with hospitals and doctors plummeted.
The reserve balances are there for one reason: to cushion against unforeseen shocks that would cause dramatic reductions in public services or tax increases nobody really wants.
Innovative thinking can help Indiana maintain its leadership in the life sciences, can boost Indiana’s economy, and can bring even more important medical breakthroughs to market.
State and city leaders spend millions each year to entice companies to move here and add jobs here. But for the second time in three months, Eli Lilly and Co. has shown that the biggest attraction to a company is talented workers.
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 […]
The CEOs of Eli Lilly and Anthem are being rewarded by investors for taking high-risk approaches to develop breakthrough drugs, make major acquisitions.
Anthem’s $54 billion bid for rival insurer Cigna is twice the size of the next-largest acquisition in the Indianapolis area, which occurred nearly a decade ago.
China is a mosaic of different “economies”—part subsistence agriculture, part controlled by the People’s Liberation Army, and only part more or less “capitalistic”. The State still calls far too many of the shots.
In recent days, the tug of war between economic interest and other human passions have played out in the dance between Greece and its eurozone creditors.
It’s tough to compete against Staples, Office Depot and Office Max, Steve Nahmias, a principal, said, but “a lot of companies and organizations in Indiana prefer to do business with a local company."
Adam Thies will leave the position he’s held since 2012 to join the university as its assistant vice president for capital planning and facilities. Thies starts his new job Aug. 17.
