UPDATE: Johnson Memorial plans $42M overhaul of Franklin campus
In the largest project in its history, Johnson Memorial plans to demolish its old hospital building and construct two new health care facilities.
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Franciscan Alliance to demolish former Beech Grove hospital
The project, expected to take 18 months, will raze 900,000 square feet of adjoining buildings on a 15-acre site.
Health law consumers face least choice in program’s history
Americans in the health insurance markets created by President Barack Obama's law will have less choice next year than any time since the program started.
Drug firms fighting ‘tooth and nail’ against California ballot measure
Drugmakers including Eli Lilly and Co. are becoming increasingly vocal in fighting a California ballot proposition designed to bring down prices on prescription medicine.
Lilly sales, profit disappoint in final earnings report under Lechleiter
Sales of Lilly's Humalog insulin, its top-selling product, fell 9 percent, to $641 million, offsetting gains by a stable of new drugs that is helping the company weather a blitz of patent expirations.
Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
Obamacare premiums will go up sharply next year under and many consumers will be down to just one insurer to choose from, the administration confirmed Monday.
IU’s new data science degree taps into hot health care market
The new degree blends such disciplines as biostatistics, computer science and informatics to better understand issues related to health care cost and quality.
Community Hospital North reopens 6 operating rooms
The hospital voluntarily closed the rooms Oct. 10 after finding discoloration on ceiling tiles and walls in a nearby corridor area.
Rules mandate some firms cover transgender services
Starting Jan. 1, any health care organization that takes federal money for health purposes can’t refuse to provide transgender services.
Lilly cancer drug lands accelerated FDA approval
Lartruvo is the first front-line therapy approved by the FDA to treat soft tissue sarcomas since doxorubicin more than 40 years ago.
Indy-based NICO works for acceptance of less invasive brain surgery tools
Currently, only about 2-4 percent of U.S. brain surgeries for tumors, strokes and other abnormalities are done with NICO’s low-invasive approach.
Purdue startup focuses on prostate cancer therapy
Research developed at Purdue University and licensed by a biomedical startup could give patients with late-stage prostate cancer an alternative to hormone therapies that can develop resistance after prolonged use.
Nine13sports plans to expand bike program into new market
The Indianapolis-based not-for-profit announced plans Wednesday to launch the Kids Riding Bikes program in Minneapolis next year. It’s the second expansion in two years for the organization.
Lilly pledges $90 million to improve global drug access
Eli Lilly and Co. is pledging $90 million over five years to improve access to treatment for diabetes, cancer and tuberculosis in developing countries—the latest push in its philanthropic strategy of building health care systems around the world and increasing the market for its prescription drugs.
Mainstreet accused of not paying nearly $2M in fees to adviser
A Chicago investment broker says the Carmel-based developer of transitional care properties is refusing to pay up for lining up a major investor in several projects.
Princeton to pay $18 million to settle residents’ tax case
The residents who sued sought to revoke the school’s property-tax exemption, in part because Princeton shares commercial royalties with faculty from a patent that Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. turned into the cancer drug Alimta.
Medicare unveils far-reaching overhaul of doctors’ pay
The majority of medical professionals billing Medicare—some 600,000 doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and therapists—will be affected.
Obamacare enrollment predicted to see ‘significant slowdown’ next year
Enrollment in the Obamacare insurance marketplace is likely to stall or even decline for 2017 after two years of growth, according to S&P Global Ratings forecasts.
Dental school launches $21.6M expansion project
The school, on the IUPUI campus, broke ground Sept. 23 on the 45,000-square-foot addition. It will house 125 new patient treatment rooms, spread over three floors, that will provide more elbow room for dentists, faculty and patients.
Feds snag Mainscape owner in American Senior Communities probe
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis filed a felony count against Mainscape CEO Dave Mazanowski on Wednesday alleging he was a willing participant in a fraud and kickback scheme orchestrated by former American Senior Communities CEO James Burkhart.