The House passed House Bill 1004 by a 67-23 vote and, shortly later, the Senate passed the same legislation 37-13, touted by its backers as an effort to rein in high hospital prices in Indiana.... Read More
In a letter to the Indiana Department of Health, Attorney General Todd Rokita said the merger would create a regional monopoly that "would impose a negative impact on Hoosiers in the area seeking quality health care and affordable costs."... Read More
Among the bills sent to Gov. Mike Braun Wednesday was a Senate Republican priority measure to increase transparency — and scrutiny — around state government contracts.... Read More
Indiana lawmakers have discovered this legislative session that performing major financial surgery on multibillion-dollar nonprofit hospital systems is a motley and entangled task.... Read More
Here’s how four companies in southwest Indiana are approaching recruitment, retention and upskilling to shore up employment in the Evansville region.... Read More
A Zionsville mom's journey to find the right therapists for her daughter has grown into a business that helps connect other families with providers.... Read More
Americans spent an estimated $71.7 billion on GLP-1 drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy in 2023, a 500% increase from their spending on such drugs five years earlier, according to a research letter published earlier this month in JAMA Network Open.... Read More
Something is missing from Harrison County Hospital’s website. It used to feature birth announcements with pictures, names and weights. However, the proud declarations have been taken down since the facility’s labor and delivery services closed on April 1.... Read More
Eli Lilly & Co. plans to manufacture its new weight-loss pill in the United States for patients around the world as President Donald Trump presses companies to move production back to American shores.... Read More
Under Senate Bill 2, Hoosiers getting their health insurance under the Healthy Indiana Plan would need to log at least 20 work or volunteer hours a week with the overseeing state agency, a move that supporters hope will curb the program’s enrollment numbers.... Read More
After a final reading, the Indiana Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that threatens to strip hospitals of their state nonprofit status if they charge prices exceeding certain averages in the coming years.... Read More
Gov. Mike Braun debuted a suite of executive orders under his “Make Indiana Healthy Again” initiative Tuesday morning, drawing support from top Trump administration officials Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz.... Read More
In January, Evansville-based Move Health, a health care insurance planning firm, acquired San Francisco-based Caribou. Cole Craven, Move Health’s head of growth, spoke with Inside INdiana Business about the company’s rapid growth and the Caribou acquisition.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Health is giving residents in Vigo County and surrounding areas a chance to weigh in on Terre Haute-based Union Health's proposed acquisition of Terre Haute Regional Hospital.... Read More
The Carmel location, previously a Community Health Pavilion for primary care and other services, includes 17 infusion rooms, eight rooms for clinical visits, a procedure room and pharmacy. It offers lab, imaging and physical therapy services.... Read More
Ethan Atterson, who uses a wheelchair, has overcome obstacles to master many aspects of music—from playing the trumpet to performing in marching bands—but one element has long eluded him: conducting an ensemble. He just surmounted that too. ... Read More
A somewhat obscure federal program designed to reduce drug prices for health providers is getting scrutiny from Indiana lawmakers this year, with many questioning whether those savings are being used effectively for underserved patients. ... Read More
D. Wade Clapp, chair of the school’s Pediatrics Department, will serve as a scientific lead for IU LAB, a planned state-of-the-art facility to help drive advancements and commercialization in biosciences. ... Read More
The Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee voted 9-4 Thursday to amend a bill targeting the cost of health care at nonprofit hospitals, with the new version freezing prices but not imposing penalties for two years.... Read More
To be located on a seven-acre site at the intersection of U.S. 231 and Airport Road, the facility is expected to have space for advanced urgent care, imaging, labs and primary care physicians, Purdue said.... Read More
