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Humana executive compensation doubles as EPS plummets
Humana’s earnings last year fell by more than half — but executive compensation roughly doubled. That’s because top executives received huge stock and stock option awards that were tied to the...
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Soccer club inks broadcast deal, prepares for third season
Louisville’s professional soccer club has signed a broadcasting deal that will bring all 32 games to television and provide the club with another revenue stream. WDRB will show four Louisville City FC...
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Economist: Tightening job market will drive up wages
Though the nation’s employers in February added more jobs than expected, job growth will slow this year, in what is bad news for employers and good news for employees, an economist told Insider. The...
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Insurance experts: Replacement plan harms many, helps few
Health care industry experts told Insider that the GOP’s proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act could leave millions more uninsured while doing little to rein in costs. The Congressional Budget...
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Baptist Health cuts 288 jobs, including 149 in Louisville
Baptist Health is cutting 288 positions, including 149 at its headquarters in Louisville. The nonprofit health system, which includes eight hospitals, said in a statement that the job cuts were part of...
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Norton to invest $78M to increase children’s hospital capacity
Norton Healthcare will invest $78.3 million to increase the critical care capacity at its children’s hospital and to create the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. The 17-bed...
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How a Louisville-based company is helping seniors live at home for longer
Louisville resident Debbie Watson last year faced a decision that many adults dread: How to convince an ailing parent that they can no longer live independently. Waton’s father, William Beltle, who...
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Baptist Health CEO exits one week after job cuts
Baptist Health chief executive officer Steve Hanson has left the company, effective immediately. His departure was announced Tuesday and comes just one week after the elimination of nearly 300 jobs...
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Doc, patient recall heart transplant surgery 30 years later
Kathy Anderson had just given life to two girls — but she was dying. Anderson, of Brandenburg, Ky., was 20 when she delivered twin girls on March 17, 1987, but a deteriorating heart muscle had reduced...
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Health leaders: Proposed federal budget would gut medical research
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would cripple medical research for chronic and urgent diseases, cost thousands of high-paying jobs and reduce economic activity by billions of dollars,...
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Humana report: Communities are getting healthier — but not Louisville
Humana says residents in six of seven communities where it has implemented a health improvement initiative have gotten healthier in the last year. The city where people didn’t get better: Louisville....
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New uniform sponsors boost soccer club’s revenue
Revenue streams for Louisville’s pro soccer club continue to improve and expand, thanks in part to broadcast deals and new uniform sponsors. When Louisville City FC players step onto Slugger Field at 2...
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Health law generates exponential growth for local software company
For many businesses and governmental organizations, the Affordable Care Act has created lots of data collection and reporting requirements — and potentially stiff penalties for compliance failure. But...
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U.S. attorney issues unprecedented ‘call to action’ to combat addiction crisis
The top federal prosecutor for the western half of Kentucky has issued an unprecedented call for action against the growing threat of drug addiction. U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. said state and local...
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UPS recruits rural high school students with tour of Worldport
About a dozen high school students from Lewis County, Kentucky, stood along a railing to gaze down four stories of conveyor belts that carried UPS packages under the watchful red eyes of label...
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Norton: Kentucky has nation’s second-highest child abuse rate
Kentucky had nearly 19,000 child abuse cases in 2015, or 19 for every 1,000 children, which is more than double the national average, according to Norton Children’s Hospital. Kentucky’s rate ranked...
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Auto parts maker to invest $50M in Kentucky, thanks in part to Ford’s...
An automotive supplier is investing nearly $50 million in two Kentucky operations in part because of more business from Ford’s Louisville area manufacturing plants. Livonia, Mich.-based Tower...
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Ford recalls more Louisville-made trucks
Ford said F-Series sales increased 10 percent in March, in part because of the Louisville-made Super Duty — but the automaker also issued yet another recall — the fourth in four days. The Dearborn,...
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Spalding to break ground on $5.5M athletic complex this fall
Spalding University plans to break ground this fall on a $5.5 million athletic fields project that officials hope will be ready to host softball matches early next year. The university will build the...
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Norton, UofL join forces for new cancer institute
Norton Healthcare and UofL have formed a new children’s cancer initiative to develop new kinds of care, recruit more oncologists and to increase the number of clinical trials offered to patients. As...
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