The bill would require nonprofit hospitals—though not county hospitals—to file a report each year by Nov. 1 with the Indiana Department of Health showing aggregated data on billed services compared with the Medicare reimbursement rate for those same services.... Read More
Pete Yonkman, president of Cook Group and Cook Medical, sees initiatives like the new Indiana University IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences, or IU LAB, as key to helping Hoosier health care companies stay on the cutting edge.... Read More
The hospital system said more than 500 staff, providers and partners participated Saturday in one of the biggest moves in its history. ... Read More
Taylor racked up the highest number of individual million-dollar-plus gifts, 14—including one $40 million and two $10 million donations—among the 57 donations in IBJ’s 2024 list of largest individual gifts to Indiana organizations.... Read More
Indiana Attorney Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit this week against pharmaceutical giants Mylan and Pfizer, alleging they conspired to increase prices of a potentially life-saving injectable drug by 600%.... Read More
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker will acquire Scorpion’s STX-478, a once-daily oral treatment in early trials for breast cancer and other advanced solid tumors. The therapy is designed to target PI3Ka gene mutations.... Read More
Kosali Simon, a professor at IU Bloomington’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a Regenstrief research scientist, will focus on identifying and addressing barriers to equitable and effective care for this growing population of patients.... Read More
The planned new rule, announced by the White House in November, would greatly expand Medicare Part D and Medicaid coverage for popular medications such as Eli Lilly and Co.’s Zepbound and Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy to treat obesity alone.... Read More
In a lawsuit filed Dec. 23 against Westend Dental in federal court, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita alleged that an online attack in October 2020 exposed patients’ protected health information. ... Read More
Grassroots coalition Solar Opportunities Indiana has received $117.4 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to expand clean energy access among low-income Hoosiers, with a goal of reducing participants’ utility bills by 20%.... Read More
