The university will hire 10 faculty members and team with the state and major health systems on what it calls a comprehensive plan to understand and deal with addictions, which are costing Indiana more than $1 billion a year.
More than half of all physicians suffer from burnout, which can lead to alcoholism, depression and suicide. Health systems are trying to cope with the issue.
High-deductible health plans are booming in popularity, but, in an effort to save money, too many people are skipping preventive care even though such visits are covered 100 percent.
The city of Indianapolis plans to file a “robust lawsuit” against several drug companies, Mayor Joe Hogsett announced Thursday morning.
Thermalin Inc., a Cleveland-based biotech startup that just won $17.5 million in venture capital to develop new insulin therapies, plans to add several researchers to a lab at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
After struggling for more than 20 years to develop cancer drugs without success, West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc. is pausing it own R&D efforts to concentrate on a potential blockbuster drug from a German chemical company.
The appointments mark the latest changes in the Indianapolis-based drugmaker’s executive suite since David Ricks took over as CEO in January.
Hoosiers buying health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace will pay an average of nearly $500 a month in premiums next year, a sharp rise over current rates.
The National Business Group on Health is projecting the total cost of providing medical and pharmacy benefits to increase 5 percent for the fifth consecutive year in 2018.
St. Vincent Hospital refused to accommodate a worker who had lifting restrictions due to a disability, then fired her in violation of federal law, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The new, five-story building in Muncie will include classrooms, labs, offices, a physical fitness center and community health clinics.
Health experts at an IBJ Health Care & Benefits panel discussion on Thursday said passage of the Graham-Cassidy bill could challenge Indiana's ability to care for low-income Hoosiers.
The deal for HealthSun gives Anthem another 40,000 members and helps build its base in south Florida.
Dr. Kristina Box will take over Indiana’s top health job next month, succeeding Dr. Jerome Adams, who resigned to become U.S. surgeon general.
The Greenfield-based unit, which makes a vast array of vaccines, antibiotics, feed additives and other health products for livestock and pets, is in a slump, after more than a decade of growth.
The five-year grant from the National Science Foundation is expected to provide an early boost to Purdue’s new engineering research center.
The new “clarifying guidance” from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could provide a big challenge to new micro hospitals popping up in central Indiana and nationally.
At least three Indiana school districts that hired the startup firm True Consultant Service LLC to revamp bus routes ran into major problems when school began this summer, forcing administrators to apologize to parents and reverse course.
Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. said the 3,500 jobs represent 8.3 percent of its global workforce. Lilly hopes the cuts will save it $500 million a year.
A virtual-power purchase agreement is a new type of energy contract that allows a large customer to support green-energy projects and hedge electricity prices
