Articles

Marian med school oversubscribed

Marian University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine—only the second medical school in Indiana—will enroll 162 students this fall, about 8 percent more than it planned.

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Once-thriving drug lab in turnaround mode

Two years ago, executives at AIT Laboratories “took their eye off the ball,” and watched the company’s business plummet 29 percent in value. Now, after two years of turmoil, the drug-testing lab says it’s poised to return to the double-digit rates of growth that made it a local star.

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Q&A

Dave Reed is president of the Healthcare Business Solutions group inside Bloomington-based Cook Medical Inc. Since 2007, his team of 18 full-time people—aided by about 60 others throughout Cook’s organization—has worked with hospital systems, distributors of medical products and group purchasing organizations to improve the efficiency of the business side of health care and to make sure new products contribute to that efficiency, as well as solving unmet medical needs.

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Eli Lilly and Co.’s rebound bolsters endowment

The value of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s principal holding—Eli Lilly and Co. stock—has increased nearly $2 billion over the past two years, bolstering the private foundation’s philanthropic firepower after a decade of declining or stagnant assets.

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Amerigroup chief emerges as a frontrunner for WellPoint job

WellPoint Inc. is still considering former Amerigroup Corp. CEO James Carlson among several finalists to become CEO. Statements and filings this month have fueled speculation among analysts and shareholders that Carlson has vaulted ahead of other prospects.

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Franciscan, American Health join new ACOs

Franciscan St. Francis Health and American Health Network continue to get deeper into the accountable care organization concept being promoted by the federal Medicare program under the 2010 health reform law.

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