As Inside INdiana Business marks 25 years on television, we're looking back at progress made in the Indiana economy, including sectors like the life sciences, an industry that has grown from around $32 billion in value to more than $80 billion. ... Read More
Nursing home patients can sue providers that accept Medicaid in federal court, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday in an Indiana-born case with implications for millions of Americans.... Read More
A project at IU's Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, a data and research driven service and research hub on the Indianapolis campus, will investigate why the state is not producing enough those specialty health care workers to meet the demand through exploring the post-secondary pipeline. ... Read More
A New Albany-based startup is continuing its rapid growth after less than three years in business. RxLightning, which has developed a software platform to streamline specialty medication enrollment, has closed on a $17.5 million Series A round of funding.... Read More
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration estimated the southwest portion of the capital has 14,000 residents who are underserved. New patients are being accepted for wellness exams, well-child visits, immunizations, sports physicals, psychiatric medication management and evaluation specialist referrals.... Read More
A lawsuit that seeks to strike down the state’s near-total abortion ban on the basis of Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law was certified Tuesday as a class action by a Marion County Superior Court judge.... Read More
Versiti Blood Center of Indiana has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations. Versiti aims to have a three-day supply of available blood for local hospitals, but the organization said it currently has less than a one-day supply on the shelves. ... Read More
A northern Indiana abortion clinic will close nearly a year after the state approved a ban on the practice, with “unnecessary” and “politically driven” restrictions on abortions forcing its closure, according to a Monday announcement.... Read More
In partnership with MATTER, a Chicago-based health care collaborative, the health system puts on the Healthy Kids Healthy Future: A Pediatrics Innovation Competition, which seeks support management and treatment solutions for kids and teens with conditions like asthma, cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other developmental and behavioral disabilities.... Read More
Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, one of only three Indiana hospitals to perform organ transplants, is closing its heart transplant and inpatient burn services, citing low volumes. The move marks the end of Lutheran Hospital’s transplant program. ... Read More
It was a major case of burnout that led Morgan Leigh Miller to quit her job as a hospital patient care technician and become a campus bus driver at Indiana University. But there was one element of her old job she couldn’t let go.... Read More
New Jersey-based Catalent Inc. is a contract drug manufacturer that significantly increased its operations at the Monroe County location during the pandemic to meet the demand for COVID-19 vaccines. It's that same plant that the company blames in part for productivity issues and unexpected costs.... Read More
The governor signed a 2020 bill mandating the licensure requirement and serving the IDOI commissioner more authority to set requirements. Those may include provisions for licensure and financial requirements, application and renewal fees, pharmacy claims audits, maximum allowable cost pricing, annual reporting and violation penalties. The law became active March 22.... Read More
According to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, mobile integrated health is a patient-centered model of care that occurs in a patient’s home, with a traveling unit or via telehealth. More than half of Indiana’s counties have some form of mobile integrated health.... Read More
Mary Browning, CEO of the Indiana Organization for Nursing Leaders (IONL), has announced her retirement effective this month. The organization also announced Thursday that Cathy Wichman will succeed Browning when she steps down.... Read More
As the state's public health sits low in rankings, a local healthcare leader says community health centers are a way forward to instill an ability for Hoosiers to attain financially achievable medical and preventive care and reverse the state's public health trajectory.... Read More
A lengthy appeals process could play out following a state regulatory decision last week to sanction an Indianapolis OB-GYN in a divisive abortion case. The Indiana Medical Licensing Board ruled that Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state and federal patient privacy laws when she publicly discussed a 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion in Indiana. ... Read More
Purdue University has launched a new fully-online graduate certificate for medical and healthcare writing. Purdue notes the growth in the field of medical and healthcare writing, as new tests, drugs and treatments for COVID-19 have increased demand.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle class-action lawsuit that alleged Lilly systematically overpriced its insulin. The settlement covers older insulins in Lilly’s portfolio sold under the brand names Humalog, Humulin, and Basaglar. ... Read More
Satisfaction rates for Hoosier Medicaid recipients trail behind the national average, with many delaying necessary medical care as low reimbursement rates disincentivize providers from accepting the coverage. The findings come from a new national ‘Medicaid Matters’ report shared with the Indiana Capital Chronicle. ... Read More
