Shareholders overwhelmingly OK Conseco name change
Carmel-based life and health insurer is now CNO Financial Group Inc. to reflect what company officers call a “transformation”
of the once-troubled firm.
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Report: WellPoint, Aetna may need relief from cost mandate
The U.S. health overhaul’s mandate that insurers spend 80 percent of premiums on medical care may
need to be loosened
to keep companies from quitting the market for people who buy coverage on their own, state regulators said.
WellPoint, others may need relief from law’s spending mandate
The health law passed by Congress in March will force insurers like WellPoint to give rebates to customers next year if the
companies don’t meet the medical-spending minimums.
Braly, Obama spar again over WellPoint cancellation policies
CEO of Indianapolis-based health insurer wrote to Obama on Sunday to rebut the president’s criticism that WellPoint seeks
out breast cancer patients to cancel their policies.
Clarian Health sued over bills for services
The lawsuit filed this week in Marion Superior Court claims Clarian Health charges uninsured patients—or those receiving
treatments not covered by their insurance—unreasonably high prices.
Latest Lilly job cuts target marketing employees
Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. is on course to cut 5,500 jobs by the end of 2011 in a bid to eliminate $1
billion in annual expenses.
Lilly hopes Elanco unit becomes a cash cow
Elanco Animal Health chief Jeff Simmons predicts that consumers will opt for food made cheaper by using
Elanco’s productivity-enhancing drugs over pricier organic and locally grown products. But, as a hedge,
he has Elanco developing products to help organic farmers, too.
Indiana’s growth in life sciences jobs beats national average
Bloomington led the nation as the No. 1 small city in medical devices and equipment.
Judge rejects controversial Guidant plea agreement
The deal included a $296 million criminal fine, but no charges against executives who failed to properly report problems with the company's defibrillators.
Masonic Home plans $8M assisted-living center in Franklin
Groundbreaking will be held May 16 to mark start of construction on center to be built on 300-acre campus.
Glick Eye Institute designed to mesh architectural styles, ophthalmology researchers
The new home for the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute that’s rising from the ground at IUPUI must do a lot
of things well.
TAYLOR: Reform will drive demand for health care facilities
There has been a noticeable uptick in the level of health care real estate development activity this year.
Sebelius warns states to check WellPoint hikes
The Obama administration has asked state regulators to double-check premium hikes from Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint
Inc. after an audit found problems with proposed California increases.
Wishard Hospital project is life blood to contractors
Replacing the existing Wishard Memorial Hospital is so critical to the well-being of the sickly construction sector that one
industry official likens the project to a "lifeline."
Lilly sues to block copy of Evista osteoporosis drug
Watson Pharmaceuticals filed for FDA approval to sell a low-cost version of Eli Lilly and Co.’s osteoporosis medicine. Indianapolis-based
Lilly is seeking a court order that would block approval until three of its patents expire in 2017.
Clarian hospital system to adopt IU name
Clarian will become Indiana University Health early next year in a bet the IU brand carries more punch statewide and nationally.
Marketing experts: Clarian will get boost from IU name
The Indianapolis-based hospital system, which has 16 hospitals as far afield as LaPorte, Hartford City and Paoli, can
now associate with all its facilities the name of the school that trains the majority of doctors and nurses throughout the
state.
New federal funds come with big goals
Indiana has now received nearly $50 million in federal bucks to digitize health care around the state. But the latest grant—$16
million to the Indiana Health Information Exchange—comes with specific, ambitious goals for health care providers.
Central Indiana gets $16M in health IT stimulus
The central Indiana area has been selected as one of 15 communities that will share in $220 million worth of grants for pilot
projects to test health-care information technology.
Wishard Foundation appoints new leader
Ernest Vargo II’s Vargo’s top priority will be guiding the foundation’s $50 million capital campaign for the construction
of the new, $754 million Wishard Hospital.