State and corporate leaders believe a tech park taking shape on the western edge of downtown could be a launchpad for health sciences innovation and commercialization as part of the state’s ambitious economic development portfolio.... Read More
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration filed to stay a federal court ruling that it says invalidated the state’s Medicaid expansion program for moderate-income adults under 65. The agency also has appealed the ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court.... Read More
Marian University has received a $29 million donation from Julie Wood—on behalf of the Tom & Julie Wood Family Foundation—to support the university's College of Osteopathic Medicine. The donation is the largest individual gift in Marian's history.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor is asking a federal judge to hold the owner of eight Indianapolis-area health care services companies in contempt for allegedly ignoring a 2022 court judgment requiring him to pay overtime to his employees.... Read More
Hendricks Regional Health this week broke ground on a $65 million medical building designed to expand services at its Brownsburg Hospital campus. The health system said the facility will include provider offices for a variety of services, including...... Read More
Elanco Animal Health said Tuesday it has completed the divestiture of its aqua business to Merck Animal Health for about $1.3 billion in cash, allowing it to pay down more of its sizable debt load. The Greenfield-based company said it plans to use...... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company that is developing therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and other chronic diseases for $3.2 billion. Indianapolis-based Lilly said it will acquire...... Read More
For Medicaid’s 1.98 million Hoosier enrollees, the pandemic was a reprieve from the seemingly haphazard rules imposed by the Family and Social Services Administration that could put someone’s insurance status at risk. But, with those rules either expired or...... Read More
Mishawaka-based Franciscan Health and the Greater La Porte Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon this week to celebrate the launch of the new Franciscan Health building in La Porte. The expansion created eight new jobs.... Read More
A Zionsville paramedic is bringing back the old fashioned house call with a modern spin through his startup that works in an emerging area of health care called community paramedicine. Shane Hardwick founded Medic Home Care after serving as a...... Read More
U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla for...... Read More
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has announced its PathWays for Aging program launched for more than 123,000 eligible Hoosiers aged 60 and over. This becomes the state’s fourth managed care program in addition to the...... Read More
IU Health Foundation has launched its “All the Difference: The Campaign for Indiana’s Health” in west central Indiana. The campaign supports a multi-pronged approach to make Indiana one of the healthiest states in the country and is part of a statewide fundraising effort. The campaign will fund IU Health hospital-based initiatives to help Hoosiers avoid and treat illness and injury. With a statewide campaign goal of $200 million, funds will be applied towards cardiovascular care, workforce development, cancer care, orthopedics, neuroscience, infant and maternal health improvement.... Read More
The Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) will stop enforcing collections of premium-like payments — the agency announced Monday, the same day it was set to restart the program. The action comes after a Thursday ruling from a federal judge...... Read More
A program providing hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers health insurance could be in jeopardy after a Washington D.C. judge on Thursday vacated a federal approval for the Healthy Indiana Plan. Chief Judge James E. Boasberg found fault with the...... Read More
Carmel-based MBX Biosciences Inc. announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Salomon Azoulay as Chief Medical Officer. The biopharmaceutical company said Azoulay will oversee its global clinical development pipeline.... Read More
Baptist Health and the nation's largest operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals has opened a 40-bed facility in Louisville. The hospital provides recovery services to patients who experienced stroke, brain injuries, amputations and other conditions. ... Read More
A new study released by the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership shows that the region's health and life sciences sector has grown significantly in its economic impact. Due in large part to the Stone Family Center for Health and Life Sciences...... Read More
Pinnacle Treatment Centers, a substance abuse treatment provider headquartered in New Jersey, announced Monday that it has opened a new inpatient treatment center in Martinsville.... Read More
An associate professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine has received a four-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Eye Institute and a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness to study genetic causes of blindness.... Read More
