Indiana bill enhances rural areas for young entrepreneurs
A bill signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels will create a type of auction among rural communities for young entrepreneurs graduating from some universities in the state.
A bill signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels will create a type of auction among rural communities for young entrepreneurs graduating from some universities in the state.
A legislative stalemate in Indiana reached a political milestone on Tuesday as House Democrats stayed away from their jobs for a 30th consecutive day in what now ranks among the longest Statehouse boycotts in recent U.S. history.
Community Heart and Vascular added Dr. Jo Mahenthiran as its 12th physician. Mahenthiran specializes in non-invasive cardiology and cardiac imaging. Most recently, he was an associate professor of clinical medicine and the director of cardiac imaging at the Krannert Institute of Cardiology at Indiana University. The practice is part of Indianapolis-based Community Health Network.
Robert Wade has joined Indianapolis-based Krieg DeVault LLP’s health care practice as a partner in the law firm’s Mishawaka office. His practice concentrates on hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, physician groups, physicians and other medical providers. Wade is the creator of Captain Integrity, www.captainintegrity.com, a compliance program resource used by many hospitals, health systems and other providers.
Dr. Paul E. Driscoll has been selected as medical director for St. Francis Medical Group after serving in that position on an interim basis for several months. A family physician, Driscoll will continue to oversee clinical operations of the 140-member physician group, which is owned by Franciscan St. Francis Health. Driscoll is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Harold Berfiend has been named chief operating officer of Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital. Berfiend is a former controller for IU Health, when it was called Clarian Health. He came to Ball Memorial as chief financial officer after Clarian acquired the Muncie hospital in 2008.
Indianapolis-based SonarMed Inc. has named William DeMars its vice president of sales and marketing. DeMars will orchestrate the 2011 U.S. market launch of SonarMed’s Airwave system, which monitors breathing tubes for patients requiring ventilators. DeMars was previously the vice president of business development for Minnesota-based Ashmak, a medical consultancy.
In the face of new health reform restrictions, expect more small employers to opt for self-funded health benefits, concludes a report this week from Indianapolis-based United Benefit Advisors.
Indiana wants to use its public health savings account program for low-income adults to cover people who will become newly eligible for Medicaid under the federal health care law beginning in 2014.
The Indianapolis-based insurer awarded Angela Braly a total pay package worth $13.4 million, up from $13.1 million in 2009 even as the company's profit and enrollment numbers slipped.
Franklin Community Schools officials say they don't want to be in the same situation they were last year, when the state forced the district to eliminate $3 million from its budget.
It’s striking how little workers at this Geely factory earn, by U.S. standards at least: roughly $5,500 to $7,300 a year.
Since opening in late 2008, the midfield terminal and related structures at Indianapolis International Airport have required more than $2.5 million in fixes—not counting last month’s collapse of a canopy above the parking garage.
Human resources used to be about payroll and benefits. Now it’s also about watching Congress.
Indiana University Health is the latest system to drill employees ranging from clerks to physicians in how to treat patients.
Tracy Lawrence is joined by Philip Steven & The Open Road at 8 Seconds Saloon March 18. Details here.
On March 19, Radmilla Cody discusses her experiences as the first biracial Miss Navajo Nation after a screening of the film “Hearing Radmilla” at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Details here
Three Dog Night brings its hits to French Lick Resort March 18. Details here.
Composer Marvin Hamlisch (“A Chorus Line,” “The Way We Were”) performs at the Palladium March 20. Details here.
Vince Gill offers two shows at the Palladium March 22-23. Details here.
All shapes and sizes show their stuff when Angel Burlesque presents “Erin Go Bragh-less” in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Details here.
IndyChoruses’ “Moonlight on the Wabash” features songs by Hoosiers, March 19-20. Details here.
The Talking Heads tribute group This Must Be the Band performs at the Cabaret at the Athenaeum, March 19. Details at 997-7001.
Pianist Monika Herzig celebrates Women’s History Month—and the release of her latest disc, “Come With Me”—with a performance at the Jazz Kitchen March 18. Details here.
Percussionist Colin Currie and jazz group The Icarus Ensemble join the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for its latest Happy Hour concert, March 17. Details here.
The Carmel-based homebuilder said Tuesday that it will shut down if outside investors or a line of credit aren’t obtained soon. The company previously received a cash infusion last June from a group of subcontractors.
Butler University Bulldog fans will have to do without their mascot when the men’s basketball team takes on Old Dominion in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday night in Washington. Blue II, a real bulldog, attended the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis last year as Butler made its run to the championship game. But NCAA rules forbid live animals from early-round venues. Blue II’s Twitter site has been overwhelmed with fans opposing the ban.
In 1987, KFC became the first fast-food chain to enter mainland China, and it’s never looked back.
Though Big Ten tournament attendance in Indianapolis is up this year, it would be exponentially higher if IU and Purdue were rival powerhouses.
China has made educating its population in English a big priority. And when this Communist government decides something is important, it goes all out.
NFL labor talks broke down just hours before the latest contract extension expired Friday, putting America’s most popular sport on a path to its first work stoppage since 1987, and raising questions about Indianapolis’ hosting of the 2012 Super Bowl.
Jim Schellinger, chairman and CEO of CSO Architects, has been appointed to handle weather preparedness for the Super Bowl to be hosted in Indianapolis in February.