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Indiana’s least competitive places to buy health insurance

Four of the 10 metro areas that will see the biggest decrease in competition from the Anthem-Cigna merger are in Indiana, according to an analysis by the American Medical Association—with Indianapolis facing the second-biggest impact among all of Anthem’s markets nationwide.

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Community set to go whole hog on new value-based payments

CEO Bryan Mills has set a goal to make 75 percent of revenue—or $1.5 billion a year—be covered by value-based contracts—which means Community would be rewarded for keeping patients out of the hospital. A new venture is Mills’ strategy to get there.

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Obamacare, HIP 2.0 goosing hospital profits—for now

More paying customers helped Community Health Network pull in $47 million in second-quarter profits, a story being repeated at not-for-profit hospitals around the country as Obamacare has boosted the number of insured customers to unprecedented highs.

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Novo Nordisk buying 2 DiMarchi-launched drug firms

Calibrium LLC and MB2 LLC, both based in Carmel, have agreed to be sold for undisclosed amounts. They were developing diabetes drugs discovered by the research team of Richard DiMarchi, a chemistry professor at Indiana University.

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YMCA partners with VA for Pike Township center

Although the $10 million Pike Township YMCA has no timetable for completion, officials have pledged to offer extensive services to veterans in conjunction with the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.

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