An indictment unsealed Wednesday alleges former American Senior Communities CEO James Burkhart orchestrated a massive scheme that defrauded the nursing home company, its owner and federal health care programs out of more than $16 million.
The hospital said Monday afternoon it had decided to voluntarily suspend the use of the operating rooms while it conducts air-quality tests.
The issue has continued to flare up regularly since Indiana University Health fired eight employees in 2012 for refusing to get a flu vaccination.
The high court’s ruling leaves in place a trial court and state appeals court decision that ruled an Indiana hospital will have to release information about how it charges and offers discounts to insured patients.
Letters and emails between the two companies might become evidence in the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to halt the $48 billion deal.
The hospital system, which scaled back operations at Community Hospital Westview last year, said it made the decision to close it entirely after a "thorough evaluation of its care delivery models" in Indiana.
Indiana is the 10th highest state for children not reaching their first birthday. Hospitals and public officials want to turn that around.
IEMS has been at the forefront of big data, unifying granular information into a real-time public health picture and spurring action across other government agencies.
For more than two years, Eli Lilly and Co. has pushed the message that the worst days are over and a brighter future is just around the corner. Now, finally, Wall Street is starting to believe.
Rx Help Centers, which helps insured and uninsured patients extract discounts on brand-name and generic drugs, has grown rapidly since shifting its focus from individuals to employers last year.
The Indianapolis drugmaker's animal-health division is bulking up its companion-animal business by buying Boehringer Ingelheim International's U.S. feline, canine and rabies medications.
A new poll shows that a growing number of people feel drug prices are unreasonable, and they favor a variety of government actions to keep prices down.
Pharma giant Novo Nordisk announced Thursday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs after slashing forecasts for 2016, citing lower prices for diabetes drugs. Novo and competitors such as Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly will likely have to keep tightening their belts as prices and profit margins fall, experts say.
CNO Financial Group Inc. said it ended a risk-transfer deal with a reinsurer tied to embattled hedge fund Platinum Partners and has filed suit against executives of Beechwood Re. CNO shares tumbled after the news.
A deal struck two years ago aimed at offloading the risks associated with a big block of long-term care insurance has come back to haunt the Carmel-based company in a big way.
In a Q&A, Monon Bioventures CEO Joe Trebley talks about the goals and ambitions of his one-year-old firm.
A broad-based alliance of health and business groups warns that medical costs will keep soaring unless state leaders take steps to promote healthy living, including new restrictions and higher taxes on cigarettes.
Employers began hiring health advocates in earnest nationwide about four years ago, fueled by implementation of the Affordable Care Act and growing public awareness that provider rates and quality can differ greatly.
Brian Tabor, currently an executive vice president at the organization, will take over as president next year.
Pharmakon Long Term Care Pharmacy Inc. and sister firm Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals Inc. plan to eliminate 195 employees at their headquarters by the end of the week, the owner of the companies said.
