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Health insurers promise to improve coverage reviews that prompt delays, complaints

June 23, 2025 | Associated Press

UnitedHealthcare, Indianapolis-based Elevance Health, CVS Health’s Aetna, Cigna and more than 40 other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of health care claims subject to prior authorization.

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Aflac finds suspicious activity on network that might affect personal data

June 20, 2025 | Associated Press

Aflac said potentially impacted files contain claims information, health information, Social Security numbers and other personal information related to customers, beneficiaries, employees, agents and other individuals.

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‘Indiana needs a HIP replacement,’ social services secretary says about insurance program

June 19, 2025 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Ongoing negotiations in Washington, D.C., could undermine or fundamentally alter the third iteration of the Healthy Indiana Plan, otherwise known as HIP. 

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Supreme Court decision over gender-transition treatments has implications for Indiana, other states

June 18, 2025 | The Washington Post

In one of the most high-profile cases of the term, the court voted 6-3 along ideological lines to uphold a state law that prohibits adolescents from using hormones and puberty blockers for gender transition.

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Lilly hosts Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ Q&A on blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound

June 18, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Questions included whether the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is working to improve insurance coverage for the drug and highlighted users’ concerns about comparisons with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.

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Pharmaceutical company planning to relocate from California to Fishers

June 17, 2025 | Daniel Bradley

1Elevan Biopharmaceuticals plans to relocate to a vacant industrial building near Interstate 69 and East 121st Street, where it expects to build a workforce of at least 120 employees over the next decade.

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Hoosier homeowners have seen 16% rise in insurance premiums over past 3 years, report says

June 13, 2025 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

One in every 54 policies, or 1.8%, were canceled due to nonpayment in 2022, according to the center’s analysis of Federal Insurance Office data.

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Community Health Network looks to save $10M this year by using AI tools

June 11, 2025 | Daniel Lee

While many hospital systems are using some form of artificial intelligence to streamline administrative tasks, some, like Community, are taking it a step further, using it to inform some aspects of patient care.

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Indiana health department reports possible record-low infant death rate

June 10, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

If the rate holds after final review, it would be Indiana’s lowest since the state began tracking the measure in 1900.

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Paramedic alleges discrimination based on sexual orientation in suit against IU Health

June 9, 2025 | Farrah Anderson and Farah Yousry, WFYI and Side Effects Public Media

The paramedic alleges he was harassed by two tenured paramedics who he believes targeted him because of his sexuality. 

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FSSA secretary: Braun administration ‘inherited a mess’

May 30, 2025 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Mitch Roob is taking his second turn leading the Family and Social Services Administration, which has the single largest budget due to its federal funding. Previously, he led the agency under former Gov. Mitch Daniels.

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Dental group downsizes plans for 2026 convention in Indianapolis

May 30, 2025 | Mickey ShueyMickey Shuey

The American Dental Association has called off its annual SmileCon starting in 2026. The ADA will still conduct its annual meeting in Indianapolis, but with a large reduction in expected attendance.

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Lilly seeks to expand pain pipeline with $1B acquisition

May 27, 2025 | IBJ Staff

SiteOne Therapeutics is developing a non-opioid therapy that targets sodium ion channels in the human body to treat pain and sensory hyperexcitability disorders.

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Weight-loss drugs may lower cancer risk in people with diabetes, study suggests

May 23, 2025 | Associated Press

The findings were released Thursday by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and will be discussed at its annual meeting.

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FDA to limit COVID vaccine approval to older adults, those with medical conditions

May 20, 2025 | The Washington Post

FDA leaders estimate more than 100 million Americans would still be eligible for the shots under the new framework.

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Court of Appeals sends case involving Zionsville fertility doctor back to trial court

May 20, 2025 | Maura Johnson, Indiana Lawyer

The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s July 2024 court order in a case involving Dr. Donald Cline, a retired Zionsville fertility doctor who was the subject of a 2022 Netflix documentary.

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IBJ Podcast: Whatever happened to downtown’s elevated People Mover?

May 19, 2025 | Mason KingMason King

The tram recorded roughly 6 million rider trips on a 1.4-mile track running between Methodist Hospital, University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children. But it came to a screeching halt in 2019.

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CEO of Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drug Wegovy, to step down

May 16, 2025 | Associated Press

The Danish pharmaceutical company, which competes heavily with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. in the weight-loss market, is leaving by “mutual agreement” with the company’s board of directors.

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Historic Indiana Oxygen Co. Building lands medical tenant

May 16, 2025 | Mickey ShueyMickey Shuey

The once-endangered 95-year-old building, which was moved to its current location in 1995, has been mostly vacant since the closure of Dunaway’s restaurant in late 2014.

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Elevance investors reject pro-DEI shareholder proposal

May 14, 2025 | Daniel Lee

Diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts have become a debated topic in the corporate world and beyond this year.

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