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Hospitals slow to embrace future, survey finds
Hospital executives, in spite of mounting financial pressures under their older business models, are stepping cautiously into the future, with nearly half opting against new accountable care business models touted by Obamacare.
Sorry, docs, but Obamacare will suffer from a shortage
There is good evidence that new technology deployed via new methods of medicine across the entire health care system can reduce the need for physicians. But there are too many barriers for such changes to occur in time to cut off the surge in demand brought on by Obamacare.
Cummins plans wellness center for employees
The facility in Columbus would be the first of its kind for the company. Should the concept prove successful, Cummins will consider similar arrangements in other areas with Cummins plants, said Dr. Dexter Shurney, chief medical officer for Cummins.
Renowned architects creating unique park at Eskenazi Hospital
Eskenazi Health leadership’s desire to connect the diversity of its hospital’s population through a healing park drew in a landscape architect firm that is not only one of the top in the country, but also one of the hottest architecture firms in the world.
Obama team willing to ‘Republicanize’ Medicaid, but maybe not enough for Indiana
A new Medicaid expansion deal with the Republican governor of Iowa OK’d a cost-sharing requirement similar to what Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants. But the Obama administration says it won’t extend that deal as low as Pence would like to go.
Lilly foe still testing Alzheimer’s theory where others failed
Since 1998, there have been more than 100 attempts to develop an Alzheimer’s treatment, and all have failed. Such a product may generate as much as $5 billion annually for Merck, according to analysts
FDA approves first generic versions of Lilly’s Cymbalta
Cymbalta is Eli Lilly and Co. Inc.'s best-selling drug and posted 2012 sales of $4.7 billion, making it the fifth-highest selling medication in the world. The drug's patent expired Wednesday.
Obamacare exchange enrollment reaches 3,500 in Indiana
Enrollment in November was about four times faster than in October, but it will need to be about 12 times faster through the end of March to meet federal projections.
Indiana extends Healthy Indiana Plan through April
The Family and Social Services Administration announced Tuesday it is extending its Healthy Indiana Plan to participants who earn between 100 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
IU seeks proposals for Evansville medical facility
The university's existing Evansville campus serves students for two years. The new site would allow students to finish their medical education in Evansville.
Lilly set to fall off second patent cliff
Eli Lilly and Co. on Wednesday will fall off its second “patent cliff” in as many years as its best-selling drug Cymbalta sees its U.S. patents expire.
What if exchange enrollment never catches up?
Based on some very rough assumptions, I calculate that Hoosiers could see premiums 14 percent to 28 percent higher in 2015, due in part to low enrollment in the Obamacare exchanges in 2014.
Costs of rare November storms, tornadoes top $1 billion
Tornadoes and thunderstorms that swept across the U.S. Midwest last month will probably cost more than $1 billion in economic losses, led by damage in Illinois and Indiana, according to insurance broker Aon Plc.
Nearly 150 patients moved in hospital transition
Eskenazi admitted its first patients and the hospital it's replacing, Wishard Memorial, discharged its last Saturday as part of the transition between the two hospitals.
Hospital cuts create uncertain future for nurses
The new climate is a seismic change for many who got into nursing because for generations it had been a recession-proof career.
Eskenazi Health hospital set to open Saturday
The new $754 million hospital is scheduled to begin accepting patients at 7 a.m. Saturday, which is one minute after Wishard Hospital will stop accepting patients.
Hospitals figure out their own way to game Obamacare’s tax subsidies
In response to insurers’ “zero-premium” strategy, hospitals figure out their own way to game the tax subsidies available in the new Obamacare exchanges: pay premiums for their patients.
Insurance bargain-hunters might miss out on subsidies
Hoosiers who sign up for “zero premium” health insurance in the new Obamacare exchanges might end up leaving thousands of dollars on the table. An estimated 250,000 uninsured Hoosiers could qualify for health insurance in the Obamacare exchanges that would cost them nothing—at least upfront.