Hancock Regional Hospital goes after Geist market
The $7.8 million medical office building in McCordsville will allow the hospital to tap patients with private insurance.
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Hill-Rom’s fourth quarter profit exceeds expectations
The Batesville-based maker of hospital equipment reported profit of $26.4 million, or 42 cents per share, in the period ended
Sept. 30.
Vera Bradley gives another $10M to IU cancer center
Previous gifts from the foundation to the cancer center have been used to hire 10 researchers working on breast cancer.
Lilly to pay Utah $24 million to settle Zyprexa suit
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay Utah $24 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the company improperly marketed the antipsychotic
drug Zyprexa.
Indiana hospitals face Medicaid-reimbursement cut
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced Tuesday that $34 million in new budget cuts includes a 5-percent
cut in Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals.
Lilly, WellPoint CEOs pin hopes on Senate
Drugmaker and health insurer bemoan aspects of House health reform bill and hope Senate crafts more industry-friendly bill.
Council resurrects workplace smoking ban proposal
Two weeks after reaching a stalemate on a proposal that would broaden the city’s workplace smoking ban, City-Council
Council members voted Monday night to resurrect the measure.
Arcadia adds Goldsmith to board, seeks $11M in offering
Indianapolis-based Arcadia Resources Inc. has added former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith to its board and plans to raise
$11.1 million in a registered direct stock offering.
House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate
A government health insurance plan included in the House health care reform bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.
House passes health care bill on close vote
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation
Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate
on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.
UPDATE: Life science firm to add 100 jobs at Park 100
California-based life science firm Beckman Coulter Inc. is moving its precision plastics injection molding operation
to the Park 100 business park on Indianapolis’ northwest side, making what it calls a multimillion-dollar investment in the
operation.
IUPUI mulling options for old Wishard Hospital site
The most obvious use for the old Wishard site is an expansion of the Indiana University School of Medicine, particularly for
medical research space, university administrators said.
WellPoint, Obama administration battle over cost of health reform to employers
At this point in the health reform debate, you have to take numbers from any side with a grain of salt. That said, Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. has done perhaps the only local analysis of how proposed reforms would affect the cost of health insurance
for employers.
Struggling Bioanalytical Systems adds outsider to board
Shareholders are starting to make inroads in their effort to turn struggling West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems Inc. in a new direction.
Daniels blasts House health bill
In letter to Indiana congressmen, the governor says the reform bill would kill jobs with ‘enormous’ new taxes.
Catholic-owned builder edges into Indianapolis
When Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. bought Tonn and Blank Construction Co. in 1998, more
than one employee of the Michigan City firm wondered what it would be like to be run by a Roman Catholic
order that not only owned a string of Midwestern hospitals but also traced its spiritual heritage to
a 12th century mystic.
Conseco reports $15.4 million profit in third quarter
The Carmel-based life insurer’s third-quarter results exceeded Wall Street analysts’ predictions.
Senate probing WellPoint, others over small-biz rates
The Senate health care committee is investigating how health insurers, including Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., price
the coverage they sell to small businesses.
Work on new Wishard Hospital set to start next week
After winning 83-percent support for $754 million hospital, Wishard officials hope to sell bonds, pick construction firm
by year’s end.
New Wishard gets overwhelming approval in referendum
Unofficial results from Tuesday night’s special election show more than eight out of 10 Marion County voters supporting a new $754 million hospital for Wishard Health Services.