An estimated 40,000 Hoosiers who already bought health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges now must end those plans and enroll in the expanded Healthy Indiana Plan. Otherwise, they’ll be on the hook to pay back thousands of dollars in Obamacare tax credits.
Brian Neale, 37, health care policy director for the Office of Gov. Mike Pence, is at the forefront of Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0, the governor's recently approved initiative to expand health care to more than 350,000 uninsured Hoosiers.
Donetta Gee-Weiler, 36, a former labor and deliver nurse, fills the key role of vice president of women’s & children’s services at Community Health Network.
In a cost-cutting move, Indiana University Health plans to lay off nearly 100 workers as Morgan Hospital stops admitting overnight patients April 1.
Novartis AG is racing to establish itself in the market for new treatments for psoriasis ahead of competing drugs by Amgen Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. in the United States.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer hiked the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders nearly 43 percent after reporting fourth-quarter results.
The top Democrat in the Indiana Senate is applauding the federal approval of Gov. Mike Pence's proposal for expansion of the Healthy Indiana Plan.
Federal officials have approved Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s plan to provide health insurance to lower-income Hoosiers, despite provisions that require some participants to pay part of the premium.
When the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its ruling on Obamacare’s tax credits, it could zap nearly $1 billion from Hoosiers’ finances. In fact, Hoosiers buyers on Obamacare’s exchanges have more to lose, as a percentage of their incomes, than the residents of all states other than Alaska and Mississippi.
Bills aiming to reduce Indiana’s methamphetamine problem by requiring prescriptions for some cold medicines probably won’t be considered in House or Senate committees this session, key lawmakers said.
All signs point to University Hospital’s being shuttered as Indiana University Health goes from three downtown hospitals to two.
Two Democratic lawmakers have filed bills that would allow the use of medical marijuana in Indiana, although neither measure is likely to advance in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
The CEOs of Anthem, Lilly, Zimmer and Hill-Rom tried to woo investors at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference by stressing how they’re broadening business beyond plain-old insurance, pharmaceuticals, implants and hospital beds.
Nearly half of all Hoosier workers covered by employer health plans are now enrolled in high-deductible, consumer-directed health plans, according to a new survey. That means the state is about to pass the point of no return on transforming health care into a real marketplace.
Health-coverage managers are becoming more aggressive in demanding discounts and exclusive deals from drugmakers to drive down the cost of medicine, Eli Lilly and Co.’s diabetes business chief says.
A batch of Cialis pills, purportedly made at a plant in Australia, was banned by the FDA from entering the U.S. after the pills were found to contain the active ingredient for rival drug Viagra. Cialis manufacturer Eli Lilly said it doesn’t make any drugs in Australia.
That money toward Indiana University’s portion of the project is part of $50 million that IU and other schools involved in the project have requested from the state.
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said its long-term strategy is on track, but predicted sales this year would be $20.3 billion to $20.8 billion, a shade below what Wall Street was expecting.
A division of CVS Pharmacy Inc. said it would consolidate work done at the facility to locations in Littleton, Colorado, and Jackson, Tennessee.
Recognizing that more and more Hoosier patients are trying to shop for health care, the Indiana Hospital Association has created a web tool with price and quality information for all hospitals around the state. But bigger changes to the health care system will be needed before consumers have the kind of information they expect in other industries.
