Dr. Joseph Tector, who built IU Health’s transplant program into one of the nation’s largest before announcing his departure Friday, is seeking back wages and penalties worth $4.7 million from the hospital system.
Indiana University Health’s Joseph Tector, who built the transplant program into one of the nation’s largest, has resigned after 15 years to take a job at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
The three drugmakers that dominate the world diabetes market—Eli Lilly and Co., Novo Nordisk A/S and Sanofi—are introducing improved forms of insulin, with a price tag to match.
The biggest U.S.-based drugmaker, Pfizer Inc., will stay put thanks to aggressive new Treasury Department rules that succeeded in blocking Pfizer from acquiring rival Allergan and moving to Ireland—on paper—to reduce its tax bill.
Starting in July 2017, all coaches for every public school sport offered to students in grades five through 12 must complete a course on how to spot symptoms of concussions.
Several central Indiana groups already have received millions of dollars from Skill UP to give students and workers the training they need to fill jobs that are in high demand.
A small manufacturer angling to pick up more business in Indiana makes cold and allergy medicine resistant to being abused by methamphetamine makers.
The findings could help develop treatments for the mosquito-borne virus, which has swept through 33 countries and has been declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization.
Across Indiana, 64 hospitals are facing total federal penalties this year estimated at $9.3 million, according to the Indiana Hospital Association. Nationally, hospitals will pay an estimated $420 million.
Seth Warren, who served a short tenure as CEO of Laconia, New Hampshire-based LRGHealthcare, will replace Pat Fox as head of Noblesville-based Riverview on April 25.
Health insurers gained a sicker, more expensive patient population after the Affordable Care Act expanded coverage in 2014, according to an early look at medical claims.
Hospital executives and local officials have been discussing a potential expansion on the site for months. Initial plans were presented to the Hamilton County Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon.
The national not-for-profit organization, trying to fight back against high-end gyms and boutique studios, is now a national model for diabetes prevention.
Robin Run, managed by Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living Solutions, added a three-story building that expands its assisted-living and dementia-care services.
Within six months, Eli Lilly and Co. could know whether the Food and Drug Administration has approved its latest drug, baricitinib, a once-a-day tablet for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
The $10 million facility at 5315 Lafayette Road in Pike Township will be named the OrthoIndy Foundation YMCA and offer medical care and other services tailored to veterans and their families.
The trade association America's Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP, will soon start testing a more efficient way to update insurer provider directories. Indiana will be one three states where the method will be tested.
Express Scripts Holding Co.’s incoming CEO is trying to keep its biggest customer after Anthem Inc. sued to recoup billions of dollars in what it called excess payments for drugs and threatened to end their relationship.
Pharmacists in Indiana will be able to limit how much cold medicine customers can buy under a measure Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed into law Monday.
As Indiana continues to outpace the nation in smoking rates and other unhealthy behaviors, a group of public health officials and hospital executives are looking for ways to turn bad behavior around.
