Want health reform? Change these 6 things all at once
Meaningful health reform has proved so difficult because it requires simultaneous change across a massive system. Here’s a post-Obamacare plan to do exactly that.
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Government edges closer to shutdown over Obamacare
About 800,000 federal workers could be forced off the job after midnight if Congress can’t cut an eleventh hour deal on the budget, complicated by the GOP’s attempt to delay Obamacare.
Indiana prepares to roll out online health exchange
More than 500,000 Indiana residents without health insurance will be able to start buying it Tuesday under the Affordable Care Act.
Lilly shares dip after cancer treatment misses goal
Eli Lilly said a potential breast cancer treatment missed its main goal in a late-stage study. However, the drugmaker will seek approval to use the treatment in stomach cancer patients after ramucirumab performed better in a separate study.
Insurance rates set for Indiana, other states under exchanges
With new health insurance markets launching next week, the Obama administration is unveiling premiums for 36 states, including Indiana, where the federal government is taking the lead to cover uninsured residents.
Lilly bets quality over quantity will pay off in diabetes battle
Eli Lilly and Co. is counting on the quality of a diversified product portfolio over boosting its sales forces to grab a bigger slice of the $22 billion U.S. diabetes market, a difference in strategy to some of its rivals.
Insurance broker growth part of Fort Wayne project
An insurance brokerage will relocate its Fort Wayne headquarters to a new $71 million downtown mixed-use project and create 115 jobs by 2017, Mayor Tom Henry said Monday.
Device prices plunge as hospitals pay less to fix hearts, hips
Prices paid in the United States for medical devices, including those made by Indiana-based manufacturers, have plunged as much as one-third since 2007 as hospitals clamped down on spending.
Anthem rolls out new bonus system for docs
The Indianapolis-based health insurer expects to pay, on average, $3.50 per month for every patient enrolled in one of Anthem’s commercial health plans.
Hey IU, someone has to pay for those health care jobs
The IU researchers, as have many before them, approach health care jobs as if every one of them is an unmixed blessing to the Indiana economy. Employers and workers could have easily told them that’s not the case.
Alzheimer’s targeted in $45M government study grant
Part of the funding will go to an existing study of drugs from Eli Lilly and Co. and others to see whether they can ward off the disease in people who inherited genes that predestine them to get Alzheimer’s.
Kokomo hospital plans on cutting 50 jobs
Community Howard Regional Health said it will reduce its current workforce by 50 positions over the next few weeks.
WellPoint adds consulting executives to board
The Indianapolis-based insurer said Tuesday that John Short and Elizabeth Tallett will join its 11-member board Wednesday and Oct. 1, respectively.
Sores, surgery errors top 2012 Indiana medical errors
The report says a total of 100 medical errors were reported in 2012, the same number as 2011.
Indy corporate leaders eye nutrition initiative
The group that oversees Indiana’s economic development initiatives for life sciences, information technology, transportation and clean technology is moving toward a fifth thrust focused on nutrition.
State officials explain extension for Healthy Indiana Plan
Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Debra Minott took questions on the Healthy Indiana Plan two weeks after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed off on a one-year extension and some sizable changes to the program, including a new limit on earnings.
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Analyst foresees managed care growth in 2014
Major health insurers like WellPoint Inc. are in line for another year of growth, as the health care overhaul implements key elements in its push to cover millions of uninsured people.
Indiana lawmaker to sponsor concussion training bill
The measure would require all football coaches using taxpayer-funded facilities to be certified to recognize the signs of concussions in players and get them treatment.
Anthem to omit some big hospitals from exchange network
Most of Indianapolis’ major hospitals and physician practices will not be available through Anthem’s exchange plan, but instead will be working with a health plan run by Indianapolis-based MDwise Inc.