Nurse no longer employed at IU Health after racist tweets
IU Health declined to name the employee or specify whether the job separation was a resignation or firing.
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Tangled incentives push drugmakers away from opioid solutions
Pharmaceutical companies have introduced medicines to treat dependence, reverse overdoses and deal with opioid side effects. But few effective and economically viable alternatives to addictive painkillers have emerged from the laboratory.
CNO CEO Bonach has left mark on far more than his company
Ed Bonach became active in the community partly to send a message to the company’s beaten-down workforce that “you don’t have to hang your head about being part of this company. We are doing a lot of good things, and we will be doing more of them.”
Former Pharmakon exec pleads guilty to 10 criminal charges
Caprice Bearden, 63, of Carmel pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and nine misdemeanor counts related to the sale of adulterated drugs, including painkillers that were used on hospitalized infants.
Brother of ex-American Senior Communities CEO admits guilt in fraud case
Joshua Burkhart is the second defendant to admit guilt in what prosecutors allege was a $16 million fraud orchestrated by leaders of the state's biggest nursing home company.
Ohio gets 370 applications for medical marijuana licenses
Officials in Indiana’s neighbor to the east say they’ve received plenty of interest from companies interested in operating the 60 dispensaries that will sell medical marijuana.
Leading lawmakers leery of boosting Indiana smoking age
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce wants lawmakers to raise the state’s legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21 and also is calling for a repeal of a state law that prohibits businesses from refusing to hire tobacco users.
Trump’s HHS nominee reaped big earnings from drug industry tenure
As a top pharma industry veteran from 2007 to 2017, former Eli Lilly and Co. executive Alex Azar built a substantial financial portfolio now worth as much as $20.6 million.
More consumers qualifying for free Obamacare
Experts say wider availability of no-premium plans is the unintended consequence of Trump administration actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
Mainstreet Health makes $425M acquisition, plans name change
Mainstreet Health Investments Inc., a company founded by Carmel-based Mainstreet Property Group, has reached a deal to acquire Care Investment Trust LLC, which owns 42 senior housing and care properties.
FDA clears Indiana firm’s device to aid recovery from opioids
U.S. health authorities have cleared a brain-stimulating device made by an Indiana-based company for patients suffering from debilitating withdrawal symptoms caused by addiction to heroin and other opioids.
Vacant Hobart hospital acquired by Franciscan
The single-story, 35,000-square-foot building is on 17 acres on the southwest corner of 61st Street and Lake Park Avenue, south of the St. Mary Medical Center.
IU Health loses, recovers patient info in Muncie
The Indianapolis-based health system said Nov. 3 that it recovered the bag of paperwork within hours and began an internal investigation.
St. Vincent to open clinic inside Gleaners Food Bank
The clinic, at 3737 Waldemere Ave., will offer treatments for minor injuries and illnesses that do not require a visit to the emergency room.
The agony and ecstasy of electronic medical records
Health care providers’ frustration is running high, and even advocates say the movement has fallen short.
Senate Republicans toss potential Obamacare bomb into tax bill
The plan released Tuesday night by Senate Republicans mixes two red-hot debates by adding a repeal of the Obamacare law’s individual mandate to their tax legislation.
Obamacare sign-ups well ahead of last year’s pace
Sign-ups for Affordable Care Act health plans are running more than 45 percent ahead of last year's pace as people rush to meet a shorter deadline.
Trump names former Lilly exec as new health secretary
If confirmed by the Senate, former Eli Lilly and Co. exec Alex Azar will oversee a $1 trillion department responsible for major health insurance programs, medical research, food and drug safety, and public health.
Is it an emergency? Anthem makes patients question ER visits
Anthem said it has seen a drop in unnecessary ER visits in Kentucky since it started its review there and has rejected only around 1 percent of all claims as avoidable. The policy will expand to Indiana next year.
Trump expected to name ex-Lilly exec to lead Health & Human Services
Alex Azar, who ran U.S. operations for Eli Lilly before leaving in January, would be the administration’s point person on running—or dismantling—Obamacare.