Parkview Health providing ‘strategic consulting services’ to struggling Riverview Health
The relationship comes following at least two consecutive years of operating losses for Riverview.
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Parkview Health to build $150M hospital in Lebanon
Parkview said work on the 108,000-square foot hospital and 30,000-square foot medical office building is expected to begin next year.
Gen Xers are getting more joint replacements
Many patients in their 50s simply want to end chronic joint pain from arthritis, injuries and years of wear and tear to get back to hiking or to take up pickleball.
Indy health care workers take hands-on approach to ‘food as medicine’ concept
At the 5,000-square-foot Roche Community Garden, Roche employees grow tomatoes, strawberries, watermelons and a variety of peppers to be provided to low-income patients.
Lilly signs $1.3B deal with Boston startup for AI-assisted drug development
Superluminal will use its AI-driven platform to discover and optimize small-molecule treatments for G protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs, which have emerged as a key to conditions such as diabetes and obesity.
Costco will not sell abortion pills after pressure from conservatives
Costco received pressure from groups on both sides of the issue, many of them investors in the nationwide grocery giant.
Butler grad earns patent to help cochlear implant wearers fix longstanding issues with helmets
The sophisticated hearing aid technology can create problems when a person straps on a helmet, which is designed to fit snugly against the skull to provide impact protection.
Texas AG: Eli Lilly and Co. offered kickbacks to providers to prescribe blockbuster drugs
The complaint alleges the Indianapolis-based drugmaker offered illegal incentives to influence Texas providers to prescribe Lilly medications including Zepbound and Mounjaro.
More than two dozen Indiana lawsuits accuse Lilly of downplaying obesity drug side effects
Seventeen of the complaints also name Eli Lilly and Co. competitor Novo Nordisk Inc. as a defendant and make similar allegations about its GLP-1 drug, Ozempic.
UIndy embraces growing role for nurse practitioners in hospitals
The University of Indianapolis is launching a program this month to prepare nurse practitioners, long a fixture in primary care exam rooms, to care for complex and critically ill patients in hospitals.
Parkview Health brings brand campaign to Indianapolis media market
Fort Wayne-based hospital system Parkview Health does not have a hospital in the Indianapolis area, but it is seeking to increase its name recognition in the state’s political center and largest market.
Indiana Chamber will no longer have Anthem as provider for small-business health coverage
The two organizations disagree on the source of the conflict, which is resulting in a new insurance provider covering those enrolled in the Chamber’s pooled coverage plan.
IU Health names new president for downtown and metro region
Dr. Ryan Nagy, who previously held the role, left IU Health earlier this year for a leadership position at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Riley Children’s Foundation names new CEO
Incoming CEO and president Courtney Roberts most recently served as president of the Ivy Tech Foundation.
Animal-health startup BiomEdit advances poultry antibody, lands $20M in funding, grants
BiomEdit said the disease it’s targeting, avian necrotic enteritis, causes an estimated $6 billion in annual losses worldwide.
Nursing home employment struggles with immigration crackdown
More than a quarter of an estimated 4 million nursing assistants, home health aides, personal care aides and other so-called direct care workers are foreign born.
Fairbanks Foundation awards $13M to create new statewide apprenticeship program
The first students in the Career Apprenticeship Pathway, or INCAP, will start in fall 2026 and split time between school and the workplace.
Komen Tissue Bank hosting breast tissue donation drive ahead of WNBA All-Star festivities
The event, a partnership between the tissue bank and the city’s WNBA All-Star 2025 Host Committee, seeks 500 women to donate breast tissue for cancer research.
11 Eastern Europeans charged in $10.6B Medicare fraud scheme
Prosecutors say the organization bought more than 30 previously legitimate U.S. companies and turned them from lawful businesses into consistent vehicles for fraud.
IU School of Medicine opens new $230M education and research building
The school’s primary classroom and education facility is being moved from its longtime home on the Indianapolis campus to be closer to the new IU Health teaching hospital, set to open in 2027.