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Lilly to market euro bonds as low rates lure U.S. firms
The drugmaker plans to sell 2.1 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of securities in three parts, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified.
Fallout from Supreme Court case on Obamacare could be ‘ugly’
A Supreme Court ruling due in a few weeks could wipe out health insurance for millions of people covered by President Barack Obama’s health care law.
VA to cancel contract with Goodwill, ending jobs for 67 workers
Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana Inc. is appealing a decision by the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center that would put 63 janitors and their four managers out of work by Aug. 1.
7-year-old Simon Cancer Center already outmoded
The Indiana University Simon Cancer Center appears ill-suited for the future of cancer care and its own future is in question.
How Indy’s hospitals kept chugging through that terrible year of 2013
The individual hospital campuses around Indianapolis saw their collective revenue rise 8 percent and their collective operating profits rise 22 percent from from 2011 to 2013. That’s solid, just not stellar, growth.
Health insurers press gas on value-based payments
In Indiana, Anthem has struck accountable care organization deals with 14 health care provider groups and signed up nearly 2,900 primary care providers to its medical home program. And it’s pushing for more in the future.
The price we pay for diabetes
For employer health plans, diabetics generate $10,000 more per year in medical bills than non-diabetics. That means the rise in the prevalence of diabetes over the past 25 years is costing Hoosiers an extra $2.6 billion annually.
Community Health plans $175M East hospital, $60M cancer center
Community Health Network said Thursday that it will spend $175 million to build a hospital on its East campus instead of renovating existing facilities. It also plans to build a $60 million cancer center on its North campus in the Castleton neighborhood.
Lilly pledges $60M to German firm to form research partnership
In a bid to get into the white-hot market for drugs that use the body’s immune system, Eli Lilly and Co. will spend $60 million to form a research partnership with Germany-based BioNTech.
Anthem’s brand suffers small ding from data breach
Anthem Inc.’s brand has taken a noticeable hit since a massive data breach earlier this year, but the impact was blunted by positive perceptions of the way the company handled the breach.
Hoosier hospitals save $22M by sparing patients harm
That’s less than one-tenth of 1 percent of what Hoosiers and their health plans spend on hospital care each year. But it’s a step in the right direction.
Tensions spawn exodus of IU eye doctors
Since 2008, the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology has seen nine physicians depart—nearly half its clinicians who care for adult patients.
Diabetes drug metformin show promise in cancer
Researchers at Purdue University, the Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin discovered a combination of two currently available drugs significantly slowed the growth of late-stage prostate cancer tumors in mice.
Verve Health aims to triple workforce with new approach
Verve Health, an Indianapolis-based company that provides wellness and health clinics to employers, is pitching a new option—integrative medicine. If plans are successful, it could add more than 100 workers in the next year.
Volunteer doctors, nurses get civil immunity under new law
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill into law on Tuesday that gives civil immunity to volunteer health care providers.
State offers employment help to HIP 2.0 members
Members of state’s health insurance plan for low-income Hoosiers will now have more access to career development resources.
Health care referral service plans to hire 180 by 2019
Indianapolis-based HealthPro suggests health care providers to patients based on the providers’ prices, proximity and availability.
$1B Methodist plan could spur neighborhood rebirth
The area surrounding Methodist Hospital at Capitol Avenue and West 16th Street could be ripe for much-needed redevelopment following Indiana University Health’s announcement that it will spend $1 billion to expand the campus.
Hendricks Regional to make $40M bet with Brownsburg ER, outpatient center
Hendricks Regional Health will construct a 100,000-square-foot emergency room and outpatient center on the north side of Brownsburg by early 2017, hoping to capitalize on an underserved part of the state’s second-fastest-growing county.