Wells leaves as Medicaid chief with cost-cutting plan in limbo
Dr. Jeff Wells is moving on from the Indiana Medicaid program even as a $40 million cost-savings plan he spearheaded faces
a threat in the Legislature.
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Lilly relying on technology to spot management talent
An electronic succession-planning system created by Eli Lilly & Co. about seven years ago is sniffing out top talent.
Let’s set record straight on benefits
The insurance industry and [Indiana] Chamber of Commerce are providing misleading and untruthful statements to employers and
their insured members about assignment of benefits.
Nursing home column was on target
I want to commend [Tawn Parent’s Feb. 16 column] about overseeing a loved one’s care while in a nursing home or rehab facility.
Pulliam Trust sponsors support for addicts
The recovery experts at Fairbanks Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center last year launched a recovery management program, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
AIT Laboratories named ‘Small Business of the Year’
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has named Indianapolis-based health care research and testing firm AIT Laboratories its 2009
Small Business of the Year.
Dow may need to sell Indy’s Dow AgroSciences
Financially strapped Dow Chemical Co. acknowledges it may sell Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC, the ag-chemicals-and-biotech
firm that’s one of the biggest jewels in the city’s life sciences crown.
Are we victims of ‘group think’?
“Group think,” a powerful and controlling force, was present as the Capital Improvement Board built Lucas Oil Stadium and Eli Lilly and Co. developed and marketed Zyprexa.
Startup NICO raises another $1.73M
Indianapolis-based medical-device startup NICO Corp. has raised $1.73 million from investors.
Cook splits device unit to focus on cancer products
Cook Medical has split its interventional devices business into two units, pulling its lesser known cancer products out from under the shadow of its heart products.
Grants will shrink, life sciences leader predicts
Last fall, BioCrossroads named Leonard J. Betley—chairman of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, the Regenstrief Foundation
and the Walther Cancer Foundation—its inaugural Life Sciences Champion of the Year. IBJ recently caught up with Betley to get his thoughts on the latest life sciences developments and gauge the climate
for fund raising.
Legislation takes aim at Anthem
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s growing market dominance in Indiana is sparking a backlash from doctors who plan to push
a bill this year in the Indiana General Assembly that would allow physicians to reject patients covered by massive health
insurer.
Lilly makes $6.5B acquisition
Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter played a game of pharmaceutical poker with former Lilly Chief Financial Officer Jim
Cornelius—and won.
WellPoint shares suffer
It was a bad year to be a shareholder of most companies. But the value of the Indianapolis-based health insurer’s stock lost
more than 55 percent of its value during the year.
3M prepares launch of Hoosier startup’s toothpaste
In January, St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M will release “Clinpro 5000,” a specialty toothpaste Indiana Nanotech developed.
Have you checked your PSA lately?
I’m here to plead with all men and the people who love them: Don’t be lazy like I was about getting annual PSA checks
and physical exams.
Thanks for column on smoking law
Thank you for taking time to write an amazing [Maurer column in the Dec. 15] IBJ on smoke-free air. Your editorial and others written by IBJ staff will help influence local policymakers to pass a comprehensive smoke-free-air law in Indianapolis and Indiana. Smoke Free Indy is very grateful to have yours and IBJ’s support as […]
New retirement savings law means new biz for AUL
In order to comply with stricter rules from the Internal Revenue Service, schools and other not-for-profits are making changes
and consolidations to retirement plans, creating growth opportunities for companies like Indianapolis-based American United
Life Insurance Co.
A health plan for job hoppers
Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Co. has launched a plan aimed at people who move in and out of jobs that don’t offer
health insurance.
‘Smoke free’ needs to be the law in all Hoosier public places
If Indianapolis is going to be a first-class city, it needs to have a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law.