‘Smoke free’ needs to be the law in all Hoosier public places
If Indianapolis is going to be a first-class city, it needs to have a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law.
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My Health Care Manager goes national
Less than three years into its life, Indianapolis-based My Health Care Manager is going national.
New ER in Mooresville likely to intensify competition with Martinsville’s Morgan Hospital
St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is seeing higher-than-projected use of a newly added emergency department that has firmed
up its status as a full-service hospital.
Generic meds cost more than consumers realize
Generic drug makers drive up the cost of name-brand drugs developed by locally based Eli Lilly and Co. and other pharmaceutical
firms.
Gallagher buys two more brokers to increase size
Dane Hudson continues an acquisition binge aimed at making Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. a stronger health benefits broker in
the Indianapolis market.
Women are top leaders in Hoosier public health posts
Dr. Judith Monroe, Dr. Virginia Caine and G. Marie Swanson are three local women who have risen to leadership positions
in the health care community.
Lilly fighting with generic drug firms over Cymbalta, Alimta, 5 other medications
Eli Lilly & Co. has filed lawsuits against seven generic drug companies in federal court in Indianapolis, asking a judge to
declare its Cymbalta patent valid and to tell the generic companies to back off.
Smoke Free Indy advocates mount new campaign
Anti-smoking advocates are organizing a new attempt to strengthen Indianapolis’ ban against smoking in the workplace.
Health reform network crumbles without Rooney
The state’s Dec. 1 takeover of Medical Savings Insurance Co. marks the formal crumbling of J. Patrick Rooney’s network of
health care reform efforts.
Bold bets on Hoosier firms yield horrific results so far
The millions of dollars they plunked down to buy stock in local companies over the past two years have shriveled in value,
leaving them way, way below break-even.
Billingsley markets health care mystery shopping business
As co-founder and head of sales and marketing, Brooke Billingsley has helped build Indianapolis-based Perception Strategies
Inc. — a health
care mystery shopping business co-founded by her husband, Kevin.
Allied Group Insurance honors clients with charity gifts in their name
The Indianapolis office of Allied Group Insurance Services will make contributions to local charities in their clients’ names
instead of sending them holiday gifts.
Despite sour economy, retail developers press on
Retail developers always have been an audacious breed. They spend millions to build shopping centers, confident that tenants will flock to fill the slots they didn’t prelease. To charge ahead these days takes more than the usual dose of intestinal fortitude. Everyone is nervous — from shoppers to lenders to retailers, many of which have […]
Eli Lilly investing $100M in China, hoping to attract research partners
Hoping to increase sales in China’s rapidly growing pharmaceutical market, Eli Lilly and Co. is charging ahead
with
plans to invest $100 million in venture capital in the region over the next several years.
Companies shifting more health costs to employees
Employers, now doubly pinched by steadily rising health insurance premiums and a steadily deteriorating economy, are searching
for new and larger cost-shifting tools, according to survey and anecdotal evidence from Mercer, a global benefits brokerage
and consulting firm.
Technology will change future of health care delivery
Changes will dramatically materialize over the coming months and years as the delivery of health care services takes on a
consumer-driven focus.
Time to snuff out public smoking
The Indiana General Assembly should pass a bill into law that bans smoking in public places.
WellPoint could grow during tough time for health insurers
The health insurance industry — hurt by falling profits and threatened by Democratic reform bills — could see
another wave of
consolidation, and that may well involve Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc.
Nurse shortage still a major work force issue in Indiana
As the bedrock of the United State’s health care delivery framework, the nursing profession represents the top need for open
health care positions across Indiana and much of the nation.
Hospitals seek mergers to save costs
Marion County hospital systems anticipate more mergers, possibly with each other.