South Bend mental health facility cutting 100 jobs
The Madison Center in South Bend has notified state officials that 100 employees at the mental health facility will lose their jobs.
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HealthNet lands $10.5 million in stimulus funds
HealthNet said it will use the funds to expand and renovate two community health centers that have outgrown their space.
Legislators could test drugmakers’ support for health overhaul
The pharmaceutical industry may have to cough up more than the $80 billion it agreed to contribute to President Barack Obama’s
health overhaul effort, reflecting pressure from Democrats and their supporters for more money to cover older and low-income
people.
Health reform provision called ‘death sentence’ for doctor-owned hospitals
House and Senate versions of health care reform could halt the trend toward physician-owned hospitals.
Health care reform could drive more people to buy their own insurance
If Congress passes health care reform, more people will become like Juli Erhart-Graves, whose family spends nearly 18 percent
of its income on health insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs.
HICKS: New breast cancer recommendation not supported
Under the current proposal, the same type of groups that made the CDC’s recommendations will outline guidelines about which treatment will be offered under a government program.
St. Vincent-Novia clinic partnership cuts out insurance middleman
The St. Vincent Health hospital system has joined with Indianapolis-based Novia CareClinics LLC to set up clinics on employers’
campuses, offering health care for their workers with no insurance companies involved.
Mad about work? Let it out
If you’re angry about unfair treatment at work, and don’t let it out, you’re much more likely to have a heart attack, a new
study shows.
Group to rally for saving parts of current health care system
Doctors for Patient Care says doctors and patients need to get involved in the current debate over health care to preserve the good qualities of the current health care system while fixing its problems.
KATTERJOHN: Health care issues decades old
The unsustainable
system of health care that we now find ourselves participating in has been decades in the making. What makes us think we can
fix it—really fix it—overnight?
Lilly snags talent kudos
Fortune magazine ranked the drug company among the best in the world for managing talent.
Indiana No. 3 in premium surge
Health insurance costs have spiked 136 percent in past decade, more than three times more than wage growth.
Health reform prods partnership of St. Vincent, OrthoIndy
The specter of declining reimbursement, as well as the desire for statewide growth, lie behind St. Vincent Health’s decision
to form a physician management firm with OrthoIndy and buy a minority stake in its Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital.
St. Vincent, OrthoIndy form partnership
St. Vincent Health has acquired a minority interest in Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital and is in discussions with OrthoIndy physicians
and other independent doctors to create a management company that would oversee orthopaedic and spine services at St. Vincent
Indianapolis. The health care providers announced the deal early Friday.
Hancock Regional Hospital goes after Geist market
The $7.8 million medical office building in McCordsville will allow the hospital to tap patients with private insurance.
Vera Bradley gives another $10M to IU cancer center
Previous gifts from the foundation to the cancer center have been used to hire 10 researchers working on breast cancer.
Lilly, WellPoint CEOs pin hopes on Senate
Drugmaker and health insurer bemoan aspects of House health reform bill and hope Senate crafts more industry-friendly bill.
House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate
A government health insurance plan included in the House health care reform bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.
House passes health care bill on close vote
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation
Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate
on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.
WellPoint, Obama administration battle over cost of health reform to employers
At this point in the health reform debate, you have to take numbers from any side with a grain of salt. That said, Indianapolis-based
WellPoint Inc. has done perhaps the only local analysis of how proposed reforms would affect the cost of health insurance
for employers.