Heft not enough to justify insurer deals, top DOJ lawyer says
Assistant Attorney General William Baer said that consumer choice is a bigger priority than health companies’ desire to add market share and gain leverage over providers like hospitals.
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Contract calls for anti-abortion group to line up counseling
Real Alternatives will act as a middleman, signing up service providers to "enable pregnant women in Indiana to maintain pregnancy and achieve positive healthy pregnancy outcomes through provision of pregnancy support services and referrals to care."
FBI probe puts private Jackson family in spotlight
The family's American Senior Communities is the dominant nursing home company in Indiana, with 94 long-term care facilities.
SMARTT: Health disparities among Amos’ many causes
Before his untimely death, Amos Brown used his media pulpit to raise awareness among minority populations about their elevated risks of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
Indy lawyers lead D.C. coalition chipping away at health care regulations
With regulations on the rise and 25 percent of health care spending going toward administration, lawyers at Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman are taking aim at some of the most pain-inducing pieces of federal anti-kickback statutes.
Doctor group asks regulators to block health insurer mergers
Anthem Inc. shouldn’t be permitted to buy Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc. should be blocked from acquiring Humana Inc., the American Medical Association said in a letter Wednesday to the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
City-County Council gives go-ahead to 16 Tech bonds
The City-County Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve $75 million in bonds for infrastructure improvements that should allow development of the 16 Tech innovation district to move forward.
Advantage CEO exits after un-reported losses come to light
Vicki Perry, the longtime CEO of Advantage Health Solutions Inc., has been replaced after a financial review found “significant un-reported losses” at the Indianapolis-based health insurer.
Lilly, other drugmakers face federal pricing probe
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. and other U.S. drugmakers are being investigated by federal prosecutors over their drug-pricing practices related to Medicare and Medicaid, according to newspaper reports.
New state program aims more money at treating offenders
Starting Nov. 1, courts, probation and parole officers and community correction managers were able to begin referring eligible felons to designated drug and mental health treatment centers instead of to jail or prison.
Advantage Health to exit Medicare business after $46M in losses
Advantage Health Solutions was placed under the supervision of the Indiana Department of Insurance on Friday after the company lost $46.3 million during the first eight months of the year and decided to terminate its Medicare Advantage business.
Mainstreet engineers reverse takeover of public Canadian firm
Carmel-based Mainstreet has engineered a $302.5 million reverse takeover of a Canadian long-term care company that will once again give Mainstreet a publicly traded investment firm to help finance its development projects.
Covering the uninsured brings only a small benefit for the insured
Hospitals have long argued that they pass on the cost of the uninsured to private insurance customers. But a new study shows that’s less than half-true.
IU Health aims to extend insurance service to 1M Hoosiers
The Indianapolis-based hospital system said its efforts to reduce patients’ need for expensive health care services, known as population health, slashed the use of hospitals, nursing homes and expensive imaging scans among the 140,000 Hoosiers IU Health now serves.
UPDATE: Eli Lilly to build $70M R&D building in Indianapolis
The 130,000-square-foot building will be designed to encourage collaboration among scientists across different disciplines, which the company said is crucial to fostering innovation.
Caregivers see need for more pint-sized medical devices
Companies—including Indiana-based OrthoPediatrics Corp.—are starting to answer parents’ call for more help for children.
When it comes to health benefits, Hoosier employers are cheap
Lower wages, higher hospital prices and unhealthy lives force Indiana employers to charge more and give fewer health benefits to their workers.
Sticker shock hits insurance customers of Obamacare exchange
The prices health insurers charge Hoosiers on the Obamacare exchange will drop more than in any other state next year. But for most Hoosiers, that’s bad news. Lower average premiums statewide means smaller tax subsidies statewide to reduce the cost of Obamacare policies.
Big insurers remain upbeat about fledgling ACA exchanges
Slipping enrollment has done little to shake the faith that the nation's biggest health insurers, including Anthem, have placed in the Affordable Care Act's public insurance exchanges.
Champions of 16 Tech see it as magnet for development, high-tech workers
City leaders want to make the 60-acre tract of land just north of the Indiana University School of Medicine campus a mix of all of the best the city has to offer and catch the eyes of more creative and highly sought-after workers.