Medical oxygen plant in Plainfield closing; 130 to lose jobs
Relocating operations to an existing plant in Canton, Ga., will result in the loss of 130 jobs.
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Hospitals stand to gain big by hiring docs
To understand why hospitals are so eager to employ physicians—and prevent them from owning their own facilities—look
no further than the latest data on how much doctors are paid compared with how much revenue they generate for hospitals.
Shareholder group wants WellPoint to become not-for-profit
Proposal at annual meeting will ask health insurer to study feasibility of converting to not-for-profit status.
Conseco trims CEO’s pay but gives exec team raises
James Prieur’s total compensation fell 5 percent last year to $3.3 million, but other Conseco executives saw pay hikes between
25 percent and 54 percent.
Lilly wins court ban on generic copy of Gemzar
Eli Lilly and Co. won a U.S. court ruling Wednesday that bars Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from selling a generic version
of the cancer drug Gemzar until November.
Lilly drug wins U.K. backing as cancer therapy
Eli Lilly and Co.’s Alimta has received the preliminary backing of a United Kingdom agency as a maintenance treatment for
patients with the most common form of lung cancer.
Hill-Rom to cut 160 more jobs
The Batesville-based medical equipment supplier said it expects the cuts to save the company about $16 million a year.
Volunteers in Medicine fill need as boomers retire
Not-for-profit sees increasing numbers of patients, but can't plug the entire gap to be created by health care retirements.
Conseco cuts 20 jobs at Carmel headquarters
Conseco Inc. moved some of its customer-service work to India, prompting the local job reductions.
WellPoint faces biggest changes under new law
The Indianapolis-based health insurer has more individual and small-business customers than its major competitors, increasing
the impact of health reform.
Indiana joins legal challenge to health care overhaul
State attorney general says the federal health care law raises serious constitutional questions, including whether Congress
has the authority to enact a mandate that most Americans purchase health insurance.
Eli Lilly spent $2.2 M lobbying in 4th quarter
Lilly’s lobbying spending represents a 36-percent drop from the final quarter of 2008, even though the Congressional debate
over health care reform peaked during the last quarter of 2009.
Lilly to let 115 workers go in new outsourcing deal
Deal with unit of Massachusetts-based Thermo Fisher Scientific would keep many of the employees working in same
location.
Doctor’s license revoked over prescriptions
The Indiana State Medical Licensing Board voted Thursday to revoke the license of Dr. Beverley Edwards, who practiced in Anderson
from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s.
Employers fret over health care overhaul
Most employers in central Indiana are just beginning to figure out what the health insurance reform bill will mean for their
businesses. Caterpillar Inc., which employs nearly 1,500 at an engine plant in Lafayette, expects costs to rise about 20 percent.
CEO: Conseco’s name no longer says insurance
Conseco Inc. CEO Jim Prieur says it’s time to change the company’s 27-year-old name partly because it’s become better associated
with a sports facility than with the insurer’s products.
Health care bill burns local tanning industry
With one of the nation’s largest tanning-bed manufacturers and dozens of salons in central Indiana, a 10-percent tax on tanning
could cost the region jobs.
Lilly eyes more animal-health acquisitions
Eli Lilly is interested in assets that may be offered for sale as a result of Sanofi-Aventis SA and Merck & Co.’s plan to
combine their veterinary units.
Conseco seeking to change its name
Carmel-based insurer Conseco Inc. will ask shareholders to approve changing the company’s name to CNO Financial Group,
the company said Thursday morning.