Indiana University handed the stateâ??s life sciences industry a nice love letter today in the form of a study.
Pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and health care supplies were responsible for nearly a fourth of all jobs
created in the state…
Swine flu dominated the news a couple of weeks ago as the virus spread out of Mexico and ultimately to
more than 30 countries. Indiana now has 22 cases.
However, once it became apparent the flu wouldnâ??t turn into a full-blown…
Financial reports trickling in from Indianapolis’ major hospitals show why the city’s health care building boom ground to
a near halt this year. It ran into a wall of investment losses.
The cost of nursing home care in Indianapolis is rising faster than in the rest of the country, according to an annual survey
of long-term-care costs by Virginia-based Genworth Financial.
Specialist physicians, who have traditionally been fiercely independent, are more and more coming on as employees of hospitals.
Obesity and smoking rates are little changed since Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels took office in January 2005.
WellPoint unwittingly made an interesting point this morning when it announced it expects to save $24 million
by laying off 600 workers.
Those 600 workers in affect are being valued at about half the $47.5 million in total compensation…
Dr. Judith Monroe, Dr. Virginia Caine and G. Marie Swanson are three local women who have risen to leadership positions
in the health care community.
Anti-smoking advocates are organizing a new attempt to strengthen Indianapolis’ ban against smoking in the workplace.
Hardly a month goes by without more news about hospital consolidations and partnerships.
Clarian Health, St. Vincent Health and Community Hospitals â?? all behemoths by Indiana standards, and all with
head offices in Indianapolis â?? are scooping up local institutions in…
The Indiana General Assembly should pass a bill into law that bans smoking in public places.
As the bedrock of the United State’s health care delivery framework, the nursing profession represents the top need for open
health care positions across Indiana and much of the nation.
Health care benefits that promote wellness should be an ongoing executive suite focus, not simply an annual budget concern.
Dr. Francis Price Jr. has brought hundreds of eye surgeons to Indianapolis to train them in how to use
a new cornea transplant technique that has swept the ophthalmology field—DSEK, which stands
for Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty.
The St. Francis hospital system and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana are haggling over insurance reimbursement
costs. The original demand of Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. would have increased reimbursement amounts $80 million
over three years, Rick Rhodes, an Anthem regional vice president, wrote in an Oct. 30 letter to employers covered by Anthem.
The increase would mean $12 million more in out-of-pocket costs to Anthem customers. But St. Francis claims its request for
an increase only brings it in line with what other hospitals are getting.
Indiana’s economic woes are long standing and may be having an adverse effect on the health of our people,
because Hoosiers can’t consistently gain access to excellent health care.
Times are tough enough that more people are beginning to switch to generic drugs to save money. Insurers
like Indianapolis-based WellPoint are playing a role, too, by pushing policy holders toward generics.
People also are splitting pills…
One of the people responsible for ensuring we stay healthy is Dr. Judy Monroe, who directs the Indiana Department
of Health.
So, what keeps someone with a job like hers up at night?
A nightmare scenario is a new virus that quickly…
Just how big of a deal was the Healthy Indiana Plan? That seems to be the key question dividing Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and his Democratic challenger, Jill Long Thompson, in their competing plans over health care reform. Daniels’ campaign for re-election points to his administration’s ongoing rollout of the Healthy Indiana Plan as his entire plan for health care reform in his second term. The plan, which uses cigarette tax revenue to offer health insurance and health savings accounts…
Joe the Plumber has been getting plenty of attention in recent weeks, but what about Kimberly the Merchant or John the Manufacturer? For all the talk about whether this year’s presidential candidates favor Wall Street or Main Street, there’s little discussion of the fact that neither Democrat Barack Obama nor Republican John McCain may be perfect for all small-business owners. Indianapolis manufacturing firm owner John Raine is backing McCain because of his stance on taxes and labor unions. Local shop…
