Believe it or not, wellness is now a minefield for businesses. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken up three lawsuits against companies because of their wellness programs. And new research finds that wellness programs probably cost employers money.
The U.S. health care system is so complicated, it now takes four years in college to learn how to navigate it. The University of Indianapolis has created Indiana’s first bachelor’s degree program in health care consumer advocacy, which is designed to train workers to help patients wend their way through the health care system. Health […]
The health care industry has announced about $438 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions worldwide so far in 2014, about 14 percent of the $3.2 trillion total for all industries.
MaryFrances McCourt, chief financial officer of Indiana University, is credited with helping find $214 million in savings over the past four years, thanks to volume buying and the application of procurement best practices.
John Visconti helped revamp the organization's business model, which led to a one-year revenue increase of 93 percent, taking it from a $4.1 million operating deficit to a $900,000 surplus.
Derica Rice, CFO at Eli Lilly and Co., held a host of positions with the pharmaceutical giant before taking over as CFO of the entire operation in 2006.
The money is designed to further the life sciences group’s work on such initiatives as the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute and the Indiana Health Information Exchange.
Facing the loss of key hospital contracts, the Indiana Blood Center cut 27 jobs on Friday, announced the retirement of its CEO and said it will join a consortium of Midwest blood centers.
Oops. When Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. sent emails to remind its customers to get preventative screenings, it mistakenly included information in the subject line about whether they had received various screenings in recent years. One of the emails from a customer in California was sent to Reuters. That subject line read: " – Don't miss out […]
HHGregg Inc. is about to embark on a search for its fourth merchandising manager in just over two years, the Indianapolis-based retailer disclosed in a filing with the SEC.
Even without Medicaid expansion, Obamacare appears to have substantially reduced the more than 900,000 Hoosiers that go without health insurance during a year.
A feed additive for animals made by Greenfield-based Elanco Animal Health sparked two federal lawsuits last week filed by environmental and public health groups against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to Reuters, the suit seeks to reverse the FDA’s recent approvals of products containing ractopamine that are used to boost the weight of […]
After planning a move to Westfield, Algaeon Inc. has instead leased new space in Indianapolis for a research and production facility. Planning 25 hires, it is seeking a tax break from the city on $4.9 million in new equipment.
WellPoint’s stock has benefited the most among major insurers since the 2013 launch of the Obamacare exchanges, along with tax subsidies to buy insurance.
