Aetna’s Obamacare reversal latest blow to U.S. health law
Health care insurance giant Aetna Inc., facing more than $300 million in losses from Affordable Care Act health plans this year, may exit Obamacare markets.
Health care insurance giant Aetna Inc., facing more than $300 million in losses from Affordable Care Act health plans this year, may exit Obamacare markets.
There were more pharmacy robberies in Indiana last year than California, which has a population about six times larger.
Over the last eight years, Eli Lilly relied on a three-decade company veteran to steer it through declining sales and a struggling product pipeline. Now, it’ll rely on another long-time executive for its next chapter.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer said its participation in the government’s health insurance exchanges—a sore subject for the Obama administration that is trying to stop the acquisition—may be at stake.
Anthem Inc. shares fell Wednesday after the Indianapolis-based insurer said it expects to lose money on Affordable Care Act plans this year. The company had been planning to break even.
Anthem Inc. told a federal court that its proposed $48 billion merger with rival health insurer Cigna Corp. will lower consumer costs and extend coverage to more people, in response to a U.S. lawsuit seeking to block the deal.
CEO John Lechleiter said the company's strong R&D pipeline has put it on track to report average annual revenue growth of at least 5 percent through the remainder of the decade.
The health system has opened five urgent care facilities in the area since the beginning of last year.
A Texas company that plans to build four “micro-hospitals” in central Indiana could face intense competition for patients, some hospital experts predict.
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. plans to have 120 full-time employees at the facility by the end of next year.
The Indianapolis hospital group and its Tennessee partner were able to reduce emergency room visits, inpatient admissions and readmissions, and increase the percentage of generic drugs under a new model of care.
Patient visits are falling sharply at Planned Parenthood clinics in Indiana, due to more options for women’s services and less frequent need for Pap tests, prompting the organization’s decision to close six health centers in the state.
The agreement by Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. to sell its pharmacy-benefits arm to St. Louis-based Express Scripts for $4.7 billion has turned the companies at each other’s throats, culminating in a multibillion-dollar legal battle that began early this year.
The development, known as MedTech Park, would encompass 37 acres to the east of St. Vincent’s Hospital along 136th Street and Interstate 69.
The report from number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human Services projects that health care spending will grow at a faster rate than the national economy over the coming decade.
The Indiana University School of Medicine got the donation from the children of Indianapolis real estate developer Sidney Eskenazi. The endowed fund will be used to recruit a cancer researcher to Simon Cancer Center.
President Barack Obama has written a game plan on health care for the next president, including a crackdown on prescription drug prices that may cut pharmaceutical manufacturers’ profits if adopted.
The planned demolitions of the old IUPUI Psychiatric Research Building and the Wishard Helipad site are the next projects sparked by the land swap between IUPUI and Eskenazi Health’s parent.
Indiana Republicans are criticizing Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Gregg for a lucrative perk he helped institute for members of the General Assembly when he was speaker of the House.
A new law that lets residents visit with health care professionals via smartphones has gone into effect in Indiana.