Veteran hospital exec Odle to retire from IU Health
Sam Odle, one of Indianapolis’ most prominent black business leaders, will be replaced on an interim basis by Jim Terwilliger while the hospital system conducts a national search for his successor.
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Little Red Door absorbs program of group that’s disbanding
Fishers-based Cancer-Free Lungs decided last year it was ready to shut down.
Fired St. Vincent physician suing hospital for discrimination
The Indian-born doctor is seeking past and future pay, in addition to other damages, for enduring what she considers harassment and discrimination while a resident at the Indianapolis hospital.
Lilly sinks $20M into Chinese firm for ‘branded generic’ drugs
Eli Lilly and Co. has invested $20 million in Chinese pharmaceutical company Novast Labs in an effort to build up a portfolio of branded generic medicines in the fast-growing Asian market.
WellPoint rivals to keep parts of health care law
Some of the nation's biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny later this month. Indianapolis-based WellPoint will wait for the court ruling.
Lilly chases Novo in insulin race
Eli Lilly and Co. announced positive results for an experiemental insulin at the annual American Diabetes Association conference in Philadelphia, but was still upstaged by Denmark-based Novo Nordisk A/S.
Employers slow to act on health reform
Even though employers expect the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down at least some of the 2010 health reform law later this month, few are actually doing any contingency planning.
House swipes at health law with repeal of medical device tax
Republicans in the U.S. House joined with 37 Democrats to pass a bill repealing a medical-device tax, chipping away at the 2010 health-care law in a victory for companies including Indiana-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp.
Orthopedic startups attracting big money
The Warsaw area is well-known as the home of gigantic orthopedic implant companies and their suppliers. But now a handful of startups have been able to raise nearly $25 million in equity investments despite the recession—putting a bit more fuel into a fairly stagnant entrepreneurial sector.
Domestic-partner benefits proposal introduced
Health-care benefits would be offered to the domestic partners of Indianapolis city workers under a proposal introduced Monday night to the City-County Council.
WellPoint: Consumers will control health insurance
The future of health insurance is lower profit margins and greater consumer control. WellPoint Inc. just bet $900 million on it.
IU research leads to new genetic test
It took the identification of 19 different genes for researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine to develop a test for a rare form of cancer. But their gene-hunting has paid off, as a Texas-based company announced Monday the test is available for doctors to use.
WellPoint seeks to diversify by buying contacts retailer
WellPoint Inc. plans to buy lens retailer 1-800-Contacts Inc. in a deal worth an estimated $900 million, giving the insurer its first direct-to-consumer business outside selling individual health coverage.
WellPoint buying 1-800 Contacts for about $900M
The Indianapolis-based health insurer said 1-800 Contacts is attractive partly because it has bigger profit margins than its core insurance business, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Area company rolls out inventive wellness benefit
EMC Precision Machining in Sheridan will give each of its 93 employees a new bicycle Friday for exceeding company cost-cutting goals.
Mainstreet signs operator for new health care properties
A Cicero-based developer has signed a national senior-living company to operate four new properties it plans for Indiana.
Price hikes offset slower health care use
Newly available data from private health insurance plans show that price hikes by hospitals, doctors and drug companies have kept employer spending rising recently even as their employees and dependents have moderated their consumption of health care services.
BASI promises ‘never again’ after big losses
Bioanalytical Systems Inc.’s new CFO won praise this month for laying out an aggressive cost-cutting plan—but not before the rest of the company’s leaders got a tongue lashing for their past performance.
Fort Wayne health IT firm looks to Indianapolis for talent
By the end of 2012, Medical Informatics Engineering anticipates that its six-person Indianapolis workforce will have doubled to 12, then to as many as 25 over the following year or so.
Physician buyouts bruising hospitals
As St. Vincent Health has nearly doubled the number of physicians it employs over the past two years, the losses on those practices have mounted. And the same thing is happening at all the major Indianapolis hospital systems, as all have spent the past four years aggressively acquiring physician practices.