New helicopters coming for Indiana medical flights
Clarian Health officials on Thursday plan to buy four helicopters as it replaces aircraft in its aging patient-transport
fleet.
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Clarian hospital system regains its appetite to build
Clarian is planning to spend $1.7 billion in the next five years on capital projects, half of that going to its downtown Indianapolis
campuses.
Democrats want government approval of health premiums
Insurers like WellPoint Inc. should be required to get U.S. approval to increase premiums, Sens. Diane Feinstein and Tom Harkin
say.
Tomisue Hilbert investigates mother’s death, $15M insurance policy
The wife of Indianapolis businessman Steve Hilbert is working with a team of attorneys to determine whether her deceased mother’s
estate can claim the benefit of a life insurance policy issued by Houston-based American General Life Insurance Co.
Struggling firms stash away losses to cut future taxes
Conseco expects its write-offs will be worth more than $800 million over the next 20 years.
Rockefeller: Insurers don’t spend enough on medical care
Indianapolis-based WellPoint “reclassified” more than half a billion dollars of administrative expenses as medical
expenses when it was defining its medical-loss ratio, according to a report released by U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller’s
office.
Indiana warns consumers about questionable insurance
State insurance officials are warning Indiana residents about questionable health insurance policies being offered by companies
touting themselves as associations.
Judge to speed federal health care challenge
Eighteen states, including Indiana, argue the federal government cannot force citizens to buy health insurance coverage.
Employers want cake, and to eat it, too
Employers are still trying to get their arms around what the new health insurance law will mean for them. But on the eve of
the law's passage last month, a survey by Indianapolis-based United Benefit Advisors LLC showed employers as a group had
no hope the law would reduce their costs but also no coherent plan for reforming the current system.
WellPoint, UnitedHealth, grapple with medical-cost mandate
A U.S. mandate forcing insurers led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc. to spend 85 percent of revenue from premiums
on medical care is the newest front in the battle between the Obama administration and companies over industry profits.
Purdue secures $15M to expand cancer research building
Stimulus dollars from the National Institutes of Health expected to spark 30 to 40 new research jobs by 2013.
Hilbert in-law’s insurance fraud trial set for October
As IBJ reported last year, Houston-based American General Life Insurance Company is attempting to invalidate a $15
million policy it issued in January 2006 insuring the life of Germaine “Suzy” Tomlinson—Conseco Inc. co-founder
Stephen Hilbert’s mother-in-law—who died Sept. 28, 2008, at age 74.
Lilly sets date for move from Faris campus downtown
Work force reductions, new business structure make leased office space unnecessary. Moves will begin in late June.
Lilly diabetes drug may have cancer risk, FDA says
Once-weekly form of Byetta is awaiting the FDA’s OK. Analyst predict the new version of the drug, if approved, could rack
up sales of $2 billion annually.
Louisiana gets $20M in Lilly drug settlement
Louisiana was one of 13 states that filed individual suits in state courts over allegations that Lilly pushed Zyprexa for
uses that had not been approved by federal regulators.
Members: Anthem health plans subpar
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana fell slightly below average for customer satisfaction among scores of health
plans,
according to a new survey by California-based J.D. Power & Associates.
Medical oxygen plant in Plainfield closing; 130 to lose jobs
Relocating operations to an existing plant in Canton, Ga., will result in the loss of 130 jobs.
Hospitals stand to gain big by hiring docs
To understand why hospitals are so eager to employ physicians—and prevent them from owning their own facilities—look
no further than the latest data on how much doctors are paid compared with how much revenue they generate for hospitals.
Shareholder group wants WellPoint to become not-for-profit
Proposal at annual meeting will ask health insurer to study feasibility of converting to not-for-profit status.