Indiana University Health has agreed to revoke disciplinary actions against two nurses who tried to organize a union at IU Health’s Methodist Hospital earlier this year, the United Steelworkers announced.
Many parents of children with special needs have to choose between working to help cover added expenses or unemployment so they can tend to their child full time. Financial planning is vital for these families, parents and special-needs advocates said.
The government wants to see Lance Armstrong’s medical records from his treatments for cancer as it attempts to recover millions of dollars in sponsorship money paid to his cycling teams.
The drugmaker faces as many as 5,000 cases claiming it downplayed Cymbalta’s withdrawal risks, which allegedly include electrical-shock sensations, vomiting and insomnia.
The company said the exposed information includes names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers and health records.
Pedestrians in downtown Indy this weekend can become bicyclists for no charge, as a global technology firm sponsors free rides through the Indiana Pacers Bikeshare program.
Payments for hospitals, doctors, drugs and insurance will rise by about 5.8 percent a year through 2024—1.1 percentage points faster than overall economic growth, actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Tuesday in an annual study.
Anthem Inc.’s bid to become the largest health insurer in history is setting up one of the biggest debt offerings backing a takeover.
Seeing mergers like Anthem’s planned acquisition of Cigna Corp., hospitals could decide that striking deals of their own could improve their negotiating power over medical reimbursements.
The company says its corporate headquarters will remain in Indianapolis, where its operations are responsible for contributing millions of dollars in corporate taxes and charitable giving.
During a visit to the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Robert McDonald said Thursday he thinks Congress will act to avoid shutting down some VA hospitals and other cost-cutting steps.
After a long and stormy courtship, Anthem Inc. announced Friday morning that it will pay $188 per share to acquire Cigna Corp., valuing the deal at $54.2 billion in cash, stock and the assumption of debt.
The next challenge for Anthem Inc. in its quest to marry Cigna Corp. is to get its legal guardians to allow the ceremony to happen.
Anthem’s $54 billion bid for rival insurer Cigna is twice the size of the next-largest acquisition in the Indianapolis area, which occurred nearly a decade ago.
Eli Lilly and Co.’s profits plunged 18 percent in the second-quarter but still easily beat the lowered expectations of Wall Street analysts.
Shares of Eli Lilly and Co. stagnated in Wednesday morning trading as investors and patients wished that the effects of solanezumab were more pronounced. Rival Biogen offered muddy results from its own Alzheimer’s drug.
New data released Wednesday morning suggest that Eli Lilly and Co.’s Alzheimer’s drug has a modest but lasting impact on the memory-sapping disease. But analysts worry the impact is too small to be meaningful.
Ashley Trent faces charges of forgery, deception, theft and practicing nursing without a license. She also is accused of forging letters from IU Health that claimed she had breast cancer.
The national report found that more Indiana children have health insurance and fewer are abusing drugs and alcohol, but the state still dropped in the rankings due to improved results in other states.
Healthiest Employers LLC, which collects and measures corporate health information, plans to use the funds to drive sales of its analytics software.
