Elevance lawsuit accuses autism-therapy provider of collecting $160M with fraudulent claims
The Indianapolis-based insurer accuses The Perfect Child of submitting fraudulent claims and threatening families with massive bills.
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Study involving IU School of Medicine researchers shows inmates who get treatment are less likely to reoffend
Researchers say the results are encouraging for reducing recidivism and cutting down criminal justice system costs.
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Training aims to boost ranks of sexual assault nurse examiners
Only about 25% of U.S. hospitals have a forensic nurse on staff, according to the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
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Conversations signal rising awareness of secondary trauma in legal profession
Secondary trauma is the act of experiencing physical, mental and emotional trauma as a result of a professionals’ proximity to traumatic events experienced by the clients they serve.
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If approved, Terre Haute hospital merger would be the last under state law
The merger is now being reviewed for a second time by the state’s health department, but it will be the last merger considered under the certificate of public advantage process.
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Corteva, Inari settle lawsuit over seed patent dispute
In its lawsuit, Corteva accused Inari Agriculture Inc. of taking Corteva’s patent-protected seeds, making slight genetic modifications and preparing to commercialize them under its own name.
Defendants awaiting trial are filling up psychiatric hospital beds. Indiana officials call it a crisis.
State officials said about 70% of patients currently in Indiana’s state psychiatric hospitals are patients in the criminal justice system, known as forensic patients.
Former Parkview Health employee says company ‘shortchanged’ workers of pay
The complaint says Parkview Health failed to pay some employees the required overtime rate because of a time-rounding policy that shortened their hours.
Appeals court affirms judgment against Zionsville company over unpaid promissory notes
In the opinion, Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Scheele held that just because a promissory note violates securities law does not automatically make it void or unenforceable.
Prison health care contract extended amid scrutiny
But records show that the state is making moves this summer to consider other options.
Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group
The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPATH, made deceptive claims about gender-transition care for minors, and its members profited off the claims.
Indiana attorney general seeks to block federal marijuana shift
Indiana’s Todd Rokita and attorneys general in Nebraska and Louisiana maintain that rescheduling the drug will have a negative impact on communities.
Rebecca St. John: Between duty and daughterhood: Anticipatory grief in parent care
The lawyer in me understood it as a necessary decision grounded in safety and duty. The daughter in me experienced it differently.
US Supreme Court temporarily clears way for mail distribution of widely used abortion pill
The court’s action extends a week-long pause on the appellate court decision that had been put in place by Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Former Resultant official sues company for employment discrimination
Heidi Steinecker filed her complaint on April 30, four months after the company terminated her as part of a “reduction in force” following her medical leave.
‘Not enough’: Indiana pharmacy board rejects hospital deal in drug diversion case
Regulators said $44K in penalties tied to former pharmacist’s alleged drug theft falls short in what’s been flagged as one of Indiana’s largest-ever diversions.
Indiana appeals court upholds trial court’s ruling in favor of NCAA over football head injury case
The case debated whether the NCAA had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risks of football-related head trauma, which can lead to death.
Bond trustee sues addiction treatment centers’ operator
Facilities in Greenfield and Knox are at the heart of a lawsuit that seeks to replace the centers’ Indianapolis-based operator, Crossroads Health Management LLC, over allegations of financial mismanagement and revenue diversion.
Former Jefferson County doctor, Norton Health facing medical negligence suit
An Indianapolis law firm has filed a civil suit against the health system and physician, the latest in an investigation into the recently suspended doctor’s alleged sexual misconduct.
Indiana AG leads national effort to prevent prisoner sex-change operations
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita emphasized that the Eighth Amendment stops cruel and unusual punishment, but it does not give prisoners the right to demand sex-change surgeries.
Fight over GLP-1 compounding plays out in statehouses, courthouses
Since 2023, Eli Lilly and Co. has filed lawsuits against dozens of compound pharmacies, weight-loss centers and health spas that produced and sold copies of Mounjaro and Zepbound.
Bill that would remove law exam requirement for pharmacists passed by Indiana Senate
Under Senate Bill 293, pharmacists would instead take continuing education courses to maintain their knowledge of current state laws and policies.
Trump rural health grants come with clawback threat to states
The Trump administration is announcing awards to states from a rural health care fund, with the threat that some of that money can be clawed back if jurisdictions fail to embrace policy initiatives backed by the president.
More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care
A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.