Daniels shifts aim to education reform
Education reform is taking on greater priority after governor incomes misses an ambitious goal of raising Hoosier incomes.
J.K. Wall
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New doc lifts Community breast biz
Community Health Network wooed Dr. Robert J. Goulet Jr. to join its breast-surgery team from the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center. The move fits nicely with Community’s focus on breast-care services and the economics of health care.
Latest iPhone app: Baby EKG
Mobile medicine has arrived. Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg became the first hospital in Indiana to start using AirStrip OB, a patient-monitoring system that sends things like the heartbeat waves of patients directly to physicians’ iPhones, BlackBerrys or other mobile devices.
Group questions growth of pharmacy schools
Two weeks before Manchester College announced a $35 million gift to help open a pharmacy school, a national trade group suggested there are too many pharmacy schools already.
2010 NEWSMAKER: Lubbers changes higher-ed funding
Higher education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers ushered in a new era in higher education financing this year. But she’ll need to persuade the General Assembly to stick with it in 2011.
Eli Lilly puts faith in drug pipeline
Eli Lilly and Co. started to tip over its massive “patent cliff” this year, yet announced little publicly that will significantly soften its inevitable sales plunge.
Clarian moves forward with downtown expansion
Clarian Health, after the 2008 financial meltdown forced it to halt its aggressive building campaign, put the hard hats back to work in 2010.
WellPoint helps usher in health care reform
President Obama revived the health care reform bill by seizing on news of sharp premium hikes on individual customers by Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc.
Clarian, Morgan clear way for merger
The merger of Morgan Hospital & Medical Center into Clarian Health got the go-ahead from all parties in the past week, opening the way for Morgan to bring on new doctors to its facilities.
Zimmer looks to China to reignite growth
Zimmer Holdings Inc. completed an acquisition in China on Tuesday, but recession hangovers in the United States and Europe are trumping all other factors and keeping the company’s growth bottled up for now.
Lilly Endowment gives $35M to start pharmacy school
Manchester College will use money to launch the state’s third program offering doctorates in pharmacy.
OneAmerica moves beyond small employers, eyes big retirement plans
OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc. last month launched an insurance product aimed at landing far larger retirement plans than it has served before, and significantly growing its assets.
Clarian off to slow start in insurance
Clarian Health got few takers in its first year offering a health care benefits program to large employers, but the Indianapolis-based hospital system is undeterred in growing its budding insurance services business.
Ivy Tech gets $23M to renovate old Stouffer’s Hotel building
Grant from Lilly Endowment will create a workforce training center, space for distance education and administrative offices at 45-year-old former hotel on North Meridian Street.
Biomet owners look to arrange $11B marriage
Warsaw-based Biomet Inc. could get a whole lot bigger if rumors prove true that its owners have made a bid for U.K.-based rival Smith & Nephew plc.
Health insurance investors unfazed by court ruling
This week’s ruling by a federal judge could force Congress to rework the new health law to avoid a health insurance market collapse. But the decision had little to no effect on investor sentiment toward WellPoint Inc. and its peers.
IU surgeon Pescovitz dies in accident
Dr. Mark Pescovitz, a surgeon at the Indiana University School of Medicine, died Sunday in a car accident outside Ann Arbor, Mich., after visiting his wife, Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz.
Distribution deal to stoke sales at pain-pump maker Symbios
The Indianapolis company expects the pact will boost revenue from $1 million now to more than $10 million in 2013.
Clarian Health looks to scoop up White County hospital
The Indianapolis-based hospital system’s board of directors could vote to acquire the 25-bed hospital as early as next week, but might put off a decision till February.