Anthem’s top drug executive steps down after just two months
Brian Griffin, CEO of Anthem’s start-up drug unit, IngenioRx, is leaving the Indianapolis-based insurer to become CEO of Diplomat Pharmacy in Michigan.
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Bid of $6.5B for Athenahealth might be ploy to lure other bidders, including Anthem
Shares in Athenahealth Inc. surged the most since 2016 after activist investor Elliott Management Corp. bid to acquire the medical company for $160 a share.
Anthem’s earnings jump 30 percent on lower medical expenses
Indianapolis-based insurer Anthem Inc. hiked its 2018 forecast after it topped Wall Street expectations with its first quarter performance.
Class-action lawyers rebuked over Anthem fee request
A federal judge has put off deciding whether to approve the $115 million data-breach settlement and has appointed a special master to closely scrutinize the request for $38 million in attorney's fees.
Anthem among health care’s biggest gainers from federal tax cuts
Four of the 20 biggest health-care companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index saw a benefit from the tax overhaul in the fourth quarter. Among them was Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc.
Anthem agrees to $1.6M settlement over autism therapy
Insurance company Anthem Inc. has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Indiana parents who were denied coverage for therapy for their children with autism.
Anthem stays on sidelines amid blitz of megadeals
Business history is littered with colossally bad mergers that seemed brilliant at the time. So the insurer might benefit from avoiding the temptation to follow the current trend. Or it could get left in the dust.
Anthem members face bigger bills at local micro-hospitals
The Indianapolis-based insurer is telling members that those small, freestanding hospitals are out of its network and could be much costlier to use.
Health insurer Cigna buying Express Scripts for $52 billion
Health insurer Cigna is buying the nation’s biggest pharmacy benefit manager, the latest in a string of proposed tie-ups as health care’s bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.
Weight-loss doctors accused of leeching millions from Anthem, other insurers
Two Los Angeles doctors allegedly used fraudulent studies to persuade people to get Lap-Band surgery for weight loss and duped insurers into helping to pay the bills in what U.S. prosecutors called a $250 million scheme.
Amid Atlanta expansion, Anthem won’t say if HQ is staying here
On Feb. 21, Anthem will break ground in Atlanta for a 21-story office tower called the Anthem Technology Center. When completed in two years, it will house about 3,000 Anthem workers.
Secret discounts keep drug bills from soaring, middlemen say
Express Scripts Holding Co., one of the biggest pharmacy-benefits managers, says the drug-price deals it cuts behind closed doors are saving consumers a lot of money.
Flush with cash, Anthem to dole out $1,000 contributions to 58,000 employees, retirees
The Indianapolis-based insurer, which already has reaped more than $1 billion from recent tax reform measures, plans to help employees sock it away.
Anthem expects profit boost from tax cuts as health-industry shifts loom
Anthem Inc. reported a fourth quarter decline in operating profit Wednesday morning, but the Indianapolis-based company said it expects President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cuts to increase its 2018 earnings.
Wanted: Headquarters for prime Monument Circle spot
One of the most prominent office buildings downtown has become available for lease and is expected to generate plenty of interest from prospective tenants coveting a prized Monument Circle address.
Anthem to leave Monument Circle HQ, move top execs to Virginia Avenue
Anthem decided not to renew its lease on the former J.C. Penney department store, which was refurbished for the insurance giant in the 1990s.
Was $115M Anthem settlement deft lawyering or dud?
Class action lawyers who negotiated a $115 million settlement with the insurance giant over its 2015 data breach are seeking $38 million in attorney's fees.
Senator presses Anthem on decision to clamp down on ER reimbursements
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is asking the Indianapolis-based insurer to turn over a huge array of internal documents, explaining how it reached its decision to deny certain emergency room claims.
All eyes on Anthem after CVS megadeal
Pressure is building on the insurer to drop its conservative, bread-and-butter approach after one of its biggest rivals, Aetna Inc., agreed to be bought by drugstore chain CVS Health for $69 billion.
UPDATE: CVS buying Aetna for $67B, shaking up health care industry
The deal comes as the health sector is looking over the horizon at Amazon.com Inc., and how the company could transform the business of buying, distributing and selling drugs and medical products if it gets into health care.