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Clarian and IU Med School hiring 1,500 docs for massive Indiana Clinic; strategy may cut out insurers
Clarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine want to turn 1,500 or more doctors into employees under a new nonprofit group called the Indiana Clinic.
Binford medical complex takes another punch
The anchor tenant in the Binford Medical-Professional Office Complex at the corner of 65th Street and Binford Boulevard has closed temporarily, citing a lack of other tenants in the high-profile medical building. The shut-down is the latest in a string of setbacks for what was to have been a five-building, $29 million development. The Binford […]
Lilly, Medtronic form diabetes partnership-WEB ONLY
Indianapolis pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. has formed a diabetes marketing and education partnership with the Minnesota-based device maker Medtronic Inc., the two companies announced today. Lilly and Medtronic plan to use their marketing and sales teams to improve educational materials about Type 1 diabetes available to patients and physicians. Type 1 diabetes occurs […]
Lilly, Medtronic form diabetes partnership-WEB ONLY
Indianapolis pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. has formed a diabetes marketing and education partnership with the Minnesota-based device maker Medtronic Inc., the two companies announced today. Lilly and Medtronic plan to use their marketing and sales teams to improve educational materials about Type 1 diabetes available to patients and physicians. Type 1 diabetes occurs […]
Burton’s 2008 GOP challenger making another run-WEB ONLY
The candidate who nearly upset longtime Indiana Congressman Dan Burton in last year’s Republican primary is running against him again. John McGoff announced his candidacy today, becoming the third prominent Republican to launch a campaign to defeat Burton for the 5th Congressional District seat. McGoff is an Indianapolis physician and former Marion County coroner. Burton […]
WellPoint director Bayh conflicted, activists say-WEB ONLY
WellPoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly faced pointed criticism of her company and of WellPoint Director Susan Bayh from a handful of shareholders at the health insurer’s annual meeting this morning. Two shareholders used a question-and-answer session to charge Bayh with a conflict of interest because her husband, Sen. Evan Bayh, will have a vote on […]
A warm and fuzzy idea-WEB ONLY
In a state steeped in advanced research that spawns biomedical companies by the dozen, Apricity LLC is preposterously low-tech. Its founders-Mark Kyker and Steve Isenberg-are medical doctors, not university or Fortune 500 scientists. And its latest product is nothing more than a warm blanket. As unremarkable as it sounds, the blanket has the potential to […]
NOTIONS: Birth, death and living in between-WEB ONLY
Last week, the phone rang in the wee hours. When a call comes that early, it’s rarely good news. This one bore the worst kind of all. The day before, a dear friend’s husband, Ralph, had been doing some mowing at their rural property in northern Indiana. His wife (my friend Cheryl) was at work […]
Birth, death and living in between
The problem is, we don’t get to choose our exits—the natural ones, at least—and we don’t get to choose the timing.
Simple invention targets blanket problem for surgical patients
In a state steeped in advanced research that spawns biomedical companies by the dozen, Apricity LLC is preposterously low-tech,
given that its latest product is nothing more than a warm blanket.CORRECTION
CORRECTION The Indiana Clinic is a not-for-profit joint venture of Clarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine. The Indiana Clinic plans to employ 1,500 physicians by 2011. A page 1 story last week misstated the employment relationship between Indiana Clinic physicians and Clarian.
Report: Indiana health care too specialized-WEB ONLY
Hoosiers see too many specialty physicians and are driving up health care costs as they do, according to a recent study by the Indiana University Center for Health Policy. Hoosier specialists are paid 84-percent more than primary-care doctors, and that gap has been widening rapidly since the mid-1990s. In addition, Indiana has nearly twice as […]
Binford’s medical ghost town
The hits keep on coming for the unfinished Binford Medical Complex at 65th Street and Binford Boulevard as the urgent care center that served as the development’s anchor…
Report says Indiana health care is over-specialized
Hoosiers see too many specialty physicians and are driving up health care costs as they do, according to a recent study by the Indiana University Center for Health Policy.
NOTIONS: Keep the civil in our disobedience and our discourse-WEB ONLY
Twenty years ago, a Connecticut company developed some new surgical tools. The tools helped doctors operate more effectively, helped patients heal more quickly and saved lives. One tool was the surgical staple, used to close wounds and incisions instead of using hand-sewn stitches. The staple is now, well, the staple in many kinds of surgery. […]
HETRICK: Keep the civil in our disobedience and our discourse
If you believe passionately in some cause, if you’re certain grave injustice has occurred or will continue, if you know your
way is correct and all others are wrong, how far will you go to make your point? What will you sacrifice to get attention?Insurer shows gov’t how to cut costs
Insurer shows gov’t how to cut costs A major health insurer says the government can save more than $500 billion in Medicare spending by sending patients to less expensive, more efficient doctors, reducing hospital visits by the elderly and cutting unnecessary care. Those are among 15 suggestions made recently by UnitedHealth Group Inc., a Minnesota-based […]
FDA panel backs Lilly psychiatric drug for kids-WEB ONLY
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that three blockbuster psychiatric drugs appear safe and effective for children and adolescents, despite side effects that can increase the risk of diabetes. The FDA’s panel of psychiatric experts voted to approve the use of drugs from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Pfizer for treating schizophrenia and […]
Medco to open cancer center, add 160 jobs-WEB ONLY
Medco Health Solutions Inc. plans to add another 160 jobs at its automated pharmacy in Whitestown, state officials announced this morning. The New Jersey-based drug distribution company will open a new center in October focused exclusively on cancer patients. The center will be part of the 452,000-square-foot distribution center Medco is building at AllPoints at […]