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James D. Wolf Jr. Staff Reporter May 8, 2021 1 of 4 The room where chemo drugs are mixed and stored at Logansport Memorial Hospital as seen on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Logansport. Photos by Jonah Hinebaugh | Pharos-Tribune Chemotherapy drugs are stored in a refrigerated container inside Logansport Memorial Hospital’s pharmacy unit on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Logansport. Jonah Hinebaugh | Pharos-Tribune Supplies, a refrigerated storage container and ventilation hood are seen in a room where chemotherapy drugs are mixed at Logansport Memorial Hospital...

May 6, 2021 The theory is that white bagging — insurance companies requiring hospitals to use a specific specialty pharmacy for intensive treatments instead of the hospitals using their own resources — will save money while not changing patient care. Hospitals in Indiana are finding out that isn’t the reality when it comes to chemotherapy. On April 1, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Indiana, the state’s largest health insurer, began requiring hospitals and clinics to buy chemotherapy drugs from CVS Specialty, a unit of pharmacy giant CVS Health — or lower their prices to match CVS. At...

“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Al’s hospitalization. Noe, 66, ...

Bill Aimed At Indiana Teacher Union Clears House Committee, Now Heads To The Floor Unable to load the audio player. playpausemuteunmute Justin Hicks/IPB News Teachers could be required to take extra steps to keep their union membership if legislation headed to the House floor advances after it passed a committee vote last week along party lines. Senate Bill 251 would have teachers opt in to union membership every year while being informed of their right to not join the Indiana State Teachers Association. School districts would have to confirm their decision by email. Advocates for the bill s...

Indiana lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are once again bringing bills related to marijuana reform to the table this session.