Cook calls for new approach to health reform
Founder of medical device firm says Congress should fund network of low-cost clinics.
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Afraid to die
Fear of death may be causing Americans to expect too much from our medical system when it comes to prolonging the lives of
the old and infirm.
Endocyte receives $26M infusion from investors
West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc. announced Friday that it has closed on $26 million in equity financing to help the company
continue developing cancer-fighting drugs.
State’s health IT groups seek stimulus funds
Some of Indiana’s leading organizations in health information technology are collaborating on an effort to receive several
million dollars of stimulus funding.
Power Breakfast panel debates health care reform
As health care legislation
continues to wend its way through Congress, Indianapolis-area industry leaders still harbor strong
opinions about the issue. Five industry insiders discussed how to improve the health care system during
IBJ’s Power Breakfast Sept. 25 at the Westin Indianapolis.
KALSCHEUR: Doctors eye precautions as reform gains steam
Doctors are considering their options as health care reform gains momentum.
SMITH: Cut health care costs by limiting malpractice lawsuits
A peer-review panel of experts would help minimize unnecessary medical malpractice suits.
Lilly to sell Lafayette plant to German firm
Nearly 700 workers will be offered severance, new jobs
Indiana Health Information Exchange lands big insurer
UnitedHealthcare has become the second health insurer to join Quality Health First, a pay-for-performance program operated
by the Indiana Health Information Exchange, the exchange announced Tuesday.
Insurers escalate criticism of health overhaul
The insurance industry sharply escalated its criticism of the Senate health care bill Sunday, charging that the legislation
would shift costs to privately insured people, raising the price of a typical policy by hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars
annually.
WellPoint shares partially recover after Thursday plunge
Shares of WellPoint Inc. partially recovered Friday morning after a plunge was touched off Thursday by gathering momentum behind health care reform and talk of a windfall-profit tax by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Baucus health reform bill would stick Indiana companies with fees
The health reform bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., would help pay for expanded health insurance coverage
by levying fees of $13 billion a year on the health care industry. The fees would deliver a hefty bill to just
about all of Indiana’s major health care companies. But how they’re reacting to the fees is all over the map.
Proposed Fishers medical park faces uncertain demand
The business park would encompass about 900 acres on the town’s northeast side and require rezoning
of much of the land, from residential and agriculture to commercial.
New Community Hospital East president pursues care for all
The new president of Community Hospital East says her job is all about health—the health of not just patients, but
the entire neighborhood.
Lilly settles Zyprexa suit with S. Carolina
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to settle the State of South Carolina’s lawsuit that claimed Lilly improperly marketed the antipsychotic
drug Zyprexa, according to Bloomberg News.
Proposed Fishers medical park faces uncertain demand
Fishers development officials hope to create a huge cluster of medical and research facilities near Interstate 69’s Exit
10, near St. Vincent Medical Center Northeast, but local real estate experts disagree about the amount of potential demand
for such a development.
Rolls-Royce and health care reform
Rolls-Royce, the British jet engine maker, isn’t taking a position on health care reform, but let’s drag them into it, anyway,
because Rolls-Royce’s business model might interest the crowd advocating for reform via market forces.
Proposed Medicaid change splits state nursing homes
The Indiana Division of Aging wants to change Medicaid rates to nursing homes to reward quality care and penalize the lack
of it, leaving the industry divided over whether to support the groundbreaking rule or to seek revisions and a slower phase-in.
Indiana hospitals settle Medicare lawsuit
Six hospital systems, including three in Indiana, have agreed to pay the federal government $8.3 million to settle a whistleblower
lawsuit alleging the hospitals deliberately overcharged Medicare for routine back surgeries.
St. Francis resumes work on $265M project
With its financial performance exceeding expectations, St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers will resume construction on a $265 million, 221-bed patient tower at its Indianapolis campus, the hospital system announced Thursday.