The Indiana Supreme Court this week will consider whether hospital billing practices should be put on trial. The state’s highest court will hear oral arguments Thursday in a case in which two uninsured patients have sued Indiana University Health for charging them much higher prices than it would have charged insured patients.
Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. saw revenue climb but profit shrink in the first quarter, the company said Monday.
May 12
Downtown Carmel
The Carmel Arts and Design District’s latest addition, Soori Gallery, has a coming-out party as part of the monthly Second Saturday Gallery Walk. The eclectic group of spaces that now make up the district includes Atlas Fantasy Art House (for science fiction and fantasy aficionados), Trilridge Fine Art Gallery showcasing landscape photography, and flagship Evan Lurie Gallery. For a look at what to expect from newcomer Soori, click here. Details on the gallery walk here.
Bonnie Raitt takes over Clowes Hall May 16. Marc Cohn opens the show. Details here.
The Nashville Symphony performs Brahms and Rachmaninoff at the Palladium May 10. Details here.
Daughtry performs at the Egyptian Room at Old National Center on May 10. Details here.
Andres Cardenes, former concertmaster for the Pittsburgh Symphony, teams up with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra for a concert of Prokofiev and Haydn May 12. Details here.
Erykah Badu and Chris Thomas team up for a May 11 “Jokes and James” concert at the Murat Theatre. Details here.
Hot comic Aziz Ansari performs at the Murat Theatre May 12. Details here.
TV foodie Ted Allen shares recipes at a Carmel Clay Public Library fundraiser May 11 at the Ritz Charles. Details here.
On May 16, the Max Allen Band relaunches the monthly Summer Sounds Concert Series at the Indiana State Museum. Details here.
Actors Sam Fain and Michael and Frank Shelton team up for “An Evening of Bob Dylan” at the Hidden Door Theatre in Greenfield May 10-12. Details here.
Our roundup of new fast-food and fast-casual restaurants including Dairy Queen, Wendy’s and McAlister’s will provide plenty of fodder for the anti-chain crowd.
A large question looms in the wake of the April 27 announcement that Conour has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with misappropriating more than $2.5 million in client funds from December 2000 to March 2012. If he is indeed guilty of the wire-fraud charge he faces, where did all the money go?
EventzPlus, besides hosting large gatherings, will also offer daily office space rentals to small business owners.
South Dakota-based National American University wants to turn 35,000 square feet on the second floor of a building in the College Park office complex into its latest campus.
The City-County Council is set to hear a proposal by two companies to lease space on city-owned rooftops and sell electricity generated by solar panels installed in those spots.
Much of the nearly 45 minutes of arguments and questioning on May 10 involved the justices and the lawyers for both parties trying unsuccessfully to apply various scenarios from the retail world of commerce to health care pricing.
Sixteen minors were arrested and a Carmel bar was cited on multiple charges Saturday after police raided the tavern. The Double Apple Lounge in the 4000 block of West 96th Street was preliminarily charged with 16 counts of allowing a minor to loiter, five counts of sale of alcohol to a minor, and one count each of hindering enforcement, employment of minors, and failing to maintain employee records. Excise police said three underage girls were found in the kitchen, pretending to be cooks, even though the grill was cold. Police said several of the minors, age 15 through 20, had blood alcohol levels as high as 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit for driving. The Double Apple was cited on similar charges in January.
Dr. Philip Dulberger was named CEO of Indiana University Health Quality Partners, a statewide network of more than 2,000 doctors committed to providing clinically integrated care according to evidence-based standards of quality. Dulberger has been CEO of the IU Health Saxony hospital in Fishers since it opened late last year. He now will hand those duties to Jonathan Goble, CEO of the IU Health North hospital in Carmel. Dulberger holds a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College and did his medical training at the IU School of Medicine.
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC added Caryn Kaufman as an associate attorney in its Indianapolis office. Kaufman’s practice focuses on health information technology. She previously worked as an attorney for IBM. Kaufman earned a bachelor’s degree from Miami University and a law degree from The Ohio State University.
Indianapolis-based iSalus Healthcare, a maker of electronic medical record systems, named three new executives. Dr. Chuck Dietzen, founder of the not-for-profit Timmy Global Health, is now chief medical officer of the company. iSalus also hired Randy Kidd and John Brady, the co-founders of Stratice Healthcare, an Indianapolis-based company trying to develop systems to allow electronic prescribing for durable medical equipment. Kidd is now iSalus’ chief information officer; Brady is iSalus’ chief marketing officer.
Benefits firm FirstPerson has hired four new people. Tina Deitrick and Ryan Miller have joined the Indianapolis-based firm as account managers. FirstPerson also added Scott Barrett as an analyst and Mary Poole as a client relations coordinator.
Brent and Matthew Claymon have founded OnSite Space LLC and acquired Indianapolis-based Tyson Corp., to form OnSite Space by Tyson. The brothers sold Pac-Van in 2006 and have returned to the industry after their five-year non-compete expired.
Boone, Hancock counties on the Muncie-based bank’s radar.
Would Andrew Luck the Aspiring Architect ever consider moving to Indy?
Local firm hired Carmel-based MediaSauce two years ago to help design, develop and market Stitch, a platform for schools to create an online version of their yearbook. The product, tested at 54 schools, is expected to roll out nationally in July.
-Kort Builders has completed a 5,040-square-foot restaurant space for Tin Roof at 36 S. Pennsylvania St.
-Kort Builders has completed a 2,526-square-foot retail space for Massage Envy at 6815 S. Emerson Ave., Southport.
-Kort Builders has completed a 4,400-square-foot retail space for Play It Again Sports at 2332 E. 116th St., Carmel.
CityWay has landed a fine dining restaurant, a mixology bar, a Qdoba and a frozen yogurt shop as developer Buckingham Cos. turns its attention to the retail portion of the $155 million mixed-use project.
