A medical group for an Indianapolis hospital has taken the unusual step of eliminating noncompete clauses from its physicians' contracts, allowing them to join rival health care systems without repercussion.... Read More
Indiana Medicaid Director Allison Taylor will resign “later this summer” after eight years with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and six years in the role — and as the program makes drastic adjustments post-pandemic.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. announced Tuesday morning it is buying a California biopharmaceutical company in a deal worth about $2.4 billion as it looks to expand its presence in skin diseases and immunology disorders.... Read More
Thousands more Hoosiers left the state’s Medicaid rolls during the second month of “unwinding” federal protections, according to the latest report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.... Read More
A new traveling role at the autism treatment provider Hopebridge will be added to expand accessibility, provide its teams support and improve its quality of health care. The Indianapolis-based company will hire travel board certified behavior analysts to be sent on six-month assignments in any of the 12 state Hopebridge serves.... Read More
Zakiyyah Darden claims that public disclosure of her medical information turned her life upside down. In court filings, she says her fiancé broke off their engagement after finding out about her diagnosis and kicked her out of his house. Her co-workers and supervisor at her warehouse job made comments, causing her to leave her job. She also lost several clients at her hairdressing business.... Read More
A federal judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1.... Read More
IUPUI School of Science researchers will have $11.7 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to study potential drug treatments to treat a traumatic brain injury-related condition leading to cerebrospinal fluid to amass in the brain.... Read More
The Indiana Youth Institute is preparing to launch a $20 million initiative designed to support workers at youth services organizations throughout the state. The Youth Worker Well-Being Project is a collaboration among five intermediary youth-serving organizations.... Read More
Indiana’s Legislature trampled upon the rights of young transgender patients and their parents with a new law aiming to ban them from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries, an attorney told a federal judge Wednesday.... Read More
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction is holding the torch to dispersing funding to local governments and community mental health centers. Funding stems from the American Rescue Plan Act and the National Opioid Settlement.... Read More
Valparaiso-based HealthLinc announced Tuesday that Beth Wrobel will retire at the end of the year after 21 years. The federally qualified health center said during Wrobel's tenure, the organization has significantly grown its footprint across northern Indiana.... Read More
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
