The Indianapolis hospital group and its Tennessee partner were able to reduce emergency room visits, inpatient admissions and readmissions, and increase the percentage of generic drugs under a new model of care.
Patient visits are falling sharply at Planned Parenthood clinics in Indiana, due to more options for women’s services and less frequent need for Pap tests, prompting the organization’s decision to close six health centers in the state.
The agreement by Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. to sell its pharmacy-benefits arm to St. Louis-based Express Scripts for $4.7 billion has turned the companies at each other’s throats, culminating in a multibillion-dollar legal battle that began early this year.
The development, known as MedTech Park, would encompass 37 acres to the east of St. Vincent’s Hospital along 136th Street and Interstate 69.
The report from number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human Services projects that health care spending will grow at a faster rate than the national economy over the coming decade.
The Indiana University School of Medicine got the donation from the children of Indianapolis real estate developer Sidney Eskenazi. The endowed fund will be used to recruit a cancer researcher to Simon Cancer Center.
President Barack Obama has written a game plan on health care for the next president, including a crackdown on prescription drug prices that may cut pharmaceutical manufacturers’ profits if adopted.
The planned demolitions of the old IUPUI Psychiatric Research Building and the Wishard Helipad site are the next projects sparked by the land swap between IUPUI and Eskenazi Health’s parent.
Indiana Republicans are criticizing Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Gregg for a lucrative perk he helped institute for members of the General Assembly when he was speaker of the House.
A new law that lets residents visit with health care professionals via smartphones has gone into effect in Indiana.
It’s not as fun as planning a vacation or shopping for a motorcycle, but these are numbers you’re probably going to need.
New President Matthew Cook’s job is to build out a system that will help get physician referrals across the state to help fill Riley’s 385 beds.
A federal judge blocked a new Indiana law Thursday that bans abortions sought because of a fetus' genetic abnormalities or because of its race, sex or ancestry. The law was to take effect Friday.
A hot-selling drug for diabetes sold by Eli Lilly and Co. and a co-partner just got another potential boost, as a government panel narrowly recommended that the companies should be allowed to claim that the drug cuts the risk of cardiovascular death.
The state warned the institution about low passing rates earlier this year and asked for a “plan of correction”—the first step that could lead to a loss of state accreditation.
The health insurers are set to meet Friday with the Justice Department’s No. 3 official, a critical moment as the government makes its decision about whether to approve or block the $48 billion deal.
The West Lafayette-based company has named CFO and COO Mike Sherman as new CEO and president, but did not give a reason for the abrupt change in leadership.
Federal regulators are giving the proposed $48 billion merger between health insurers Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp a hard look, and some analysts are hedging their bets.
Doctors who accept free meals from the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to prescribe certain branded drugs to Medicare patients than generics, according to a study published Monday.
The money will be awarded from IU’s Grand Challenges Program, a new push that is designed to tackle “major and large-scale problems facing humanity” that can only be addressed by multidisciplinary research teams.
