How Eli Lilly CEO Lechleiter pulled company out of long slide
After weathering a barrage of patent expirations, the pharmaceutical giant has restocked its pipeline and is positioned to grow.
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Massage therapy legislation passed by Indiana House
House Bill 1360, authored by Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, applies the standards of practice of health professions to certified massage therapists.
Not-for-profit developer BHI gears up to house flood of baby boomers
BHI Senior Living, an Indianapolis not-for-profit that’s spent more than half a century serving retirees, could be poised to go from incremental to exponential growth—all thanks to the aging of the baby boom generation.
Cuban immigrant gets 6 years for theft of Lilly drugs
A Cuban immigrant was sentenced Wednesday to more than six years in prison for his role in the 2010 heist of a Connecticut warehouse in which the robbers filled a tractor-trailer with more than $50 million worth of Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceuticals.
Physical therapy provider fans out
Tx:Team has always run its business by sending its therapists to wherever patients are—rather than wooing them into its own facilities. Now, financial pressures from Obamacare and cash-strapped employers are pushing all health care providers to do the same.
Medical-marijuana bill won’t fly this session, but attitudes shift
Indiana won’t put itself on the marijuana-friendly map this year, as a medical marijuana bill authored by Democratic Sen. Karen Tallian is unlikely to go further than a committee hearing.
2015 Forty Under 40: Daniel Vreeman
Daniel Vreeman, 36, directs development universal language for medical information as an associate research professor at the IU School of Medicine.
2015 Forty Under 40: Donetta Gee-Weiler
Donetta Gee-Weiler, 36, a former labor and deliver nurse, fills the key role of vice president of women’s & children’s services at Community Health Network.
2015 Forty Under 40: Adlai Chester
Adlai Chester, 34, chief financial officer of Mainstreet, juggles finances for more than $1 billion in post-acute health care properties.
2015 Forty Under 40: Dr. Gaurav Arora
Dr. Gaurav Arora, 39, is chief medical officer for Indiana University Health Saxony Hospital in Fishers.
IU Health to cut 96 workers in Martinsville
In a cost-cutting move, Indiana University Health plans to lay off nearly 100 workers as Morgan Hospital stops admitting overnight patients April 1.
Novartis expects price war with Lilly over psoriasis drugs
Novartis AG is racing to establish itself in the market for new treatments for psoriasis ahead of competing drugs by Amgen Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. in the United States.
Democrats, hospital group cheer Healthy Indiana Plan ruling
The top Democrat in the Indiana Senate is applauding the federal approval of Gov. Mike Pence's proposal for expansion of the Healthy Indiana Plan.
UPDATE: Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 gets federal approval
Federal officials have approved Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s plan to provide health insurance to lower-income Hoosiers, despite provisions that require some participants to pay part of the premium.
Meth bills mandating cold-pill prescriptions face tough road
Bills aiming to reduce Indiana’s methamphetamine problem by requiring prescriptions for some cold medicines probably won’t be considered in House or Senate committees this session, key lawmakers said.
CVS to close local nutrition center with 124 workers
A division of CVS Pharmacy Inc. said it would consolidate work done at the facility to locations in Littleton, Colorado, and Jackson, Tennessee.
Obamacare fees for uninsured kick in with 2014 taxes
Roughly 4 million uninsured people are expected to pay penalties, and 26 million could qualify for exemptions from a list of more than 30 waivers.
IU Health pondering new hospital in Bloomington
Indiana University Health officials are working on plans for building a new hospital in Bloomington to replace the system's aging facility.
Carmel heart surgeon-turned-land developer dies at 81
Pioneering heart surgeon John N. Pittman, a Carmel resident who helped establish the cardiovascular program at Indianapolis’ Methodist Hospital, died on Christmas Day. He was 81.
IU Health prepares to close at least 1 downtown hospital
IU Health wants to consolidate its University and Methodist hospitals into one downtown location, a plan that would see one or both facilities close or be converted to another use.