OurHealth readies citywide network of employer clinics
In a bid to make employer-sponsored health clinics available to companies of all sizes, Indianapolis-based OurHealth will open a network of seven offices around Indianapolis next year.
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Only now is Pence team starting Medicaid talks
Gov. Mike Pence’s go-slow approach could push an expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Indiana to the end of 2014. And he’s OK with that.
Healthy Indiana Plan extends trial run a year
Indiana is being granted a limited extension of its Healthy Indiana Plan while state and federal health care leaders continue negotiating a possible Medicaid expansion.
Cop faces molesting charge
Charges have been upgraded to felony child molesting against a Capitol police officer accused of fondling an 11-year-old girl Sunday at a home in Johnson County. Scott Litten, 43, of Anderson, was originally charged with sexual battery after two adults said they saw him kissing and touching the girl at a swimming pool. Charges were changed after more interviews with the girl. Litten was placed on paid administrative leave.
Man trapped under van
An Indianapolis Fire Department extrication team rescued a 37-year-old man trapped under a cargo van about 2 a.m. Tuesday morning behind a bar in the 2400 block of East English Avenue. Yerdon Perron, who was taken to Wishard Hospital with a leg injury, refused to tell emergency workers how he ended up under the front, driver’s side wheel of the van.
Colts release arrested rookie
The Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday released rookie John Boyett, who was arrested early Monday morning after an altercation involving police at a downtown bar. The 23-year-old safety, a sixth-round draft pick, faces charges of resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Witnesses say Boyett created a disturbance after an employee at Tiki Bob’s refused him entry because he appeared to be very intoxicated.
Company news
The assets of Greenwood former drugmaker Elona Biotechnologies Inc. will be liquidated at an auction Sept. 27. Elona, which was trying to make a generic version of insulin known as a biosimilar, was put into receivership in June after the city of Greenwood filed a foreclosure action to recover more than $9.5 million in loans and incentives. Bernadette Barron, the Chicago-based receiver for Elona, hired Indianapolis-based Key Auctioneers Inc. to liquidate Elona’s assets. Those assets include an unfinished, $28 million headquarters and manufacturing facility, as well as patents and other intellectual property. Elona was founded in 1997 by two former Eli Lilly and Co. scientists. If launched, Elona’s insulin would have been a cheaper competitor to brand-name insulins made by Indianapolis-based Lilly and other companies. There are no generic versions of insulin sold around the world. Elona was seen as a rising star, and Gov. Mike Pence even visited the company in March 2012 as part of his “jobs tour,” which was a key element of his gubernatorial campaign.
On Thursday, Greenfield Mayor Richard Pasco and officials from Hancock Regional Hospital will break ground on the O3 PureMed medical waste facility. O3 PureMed is the first commercial facility in the region to dispose of medical waste using an ozone-based green technology. The facility is a partnership of Hancock Regional and Greenfield-based waste management firm Fisk Services.
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. looked south for its latest partnership, a deal with Louisville-based health insurer Humana Inc. to conduct research to improve the health care of their members and patients. The companies will work together to identify and analyze data to improve health care quality and outcomes. The initial project will investigate the characteristics of Type 2 diabetes patients associated with increased health care costs. The companies might then study treatments that could change some of those characteristics. "We are pleased to partner with Humana on research that will help benefit patients facing a variety of diseases, including diabetes," said Dr. Dara Schuster, a medical fellow at Lilly. "Working together, we hope to provide patients with insights and guidance that will help them tailor their care to best match their individual needs."
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Community Health Network named Jason Fahrlander president of its north region, one of six administrative regions Community recently created. Fahrlander was CEO of Hillcrest Medical Center, a 691-bed hospital in Tulsa, Okla. Before that, he was chief operating officer at Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs, Colo., and senior vice president of Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. Fahrlander holds a bachelor’s degree from Missouri State University in gerontology and psychology. He also holds a masters of health administration degree from Washington University School of Medicine and a masters degree in administration he earned at Southwest Baptist University. Fahrlander will start with Community Sept. 16.
Greenwood biotech firm’s assets to hit auction block
The remnants of ill-fated Elona Biotechnologies Inc. will be auctioned on Sept. 27, presenting a rare turnkey opportunity for entrepreneurs interested in jumping into the life sciences industry.
East 10th Street home not your typical modular
Veteran custom homebuilder Ursula David moved into her modular home about a month ago and has eight more lots available in the Cottage Home Neighborhood.
Indiana Supreme Court to review energy contract
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on a lower court ruling invalidating part of a contract that would require the state to buy synthetic natural gas from a southwestern Indiana plant and resell it on the open market for 30 years.
Elkhart building at center of Bales trial set for auction
The building, owned by Indianapolis attorney Paul Page, houses Indiana’s Department of Child Services. Page agreed in January to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud in exchange for cooperating with federal prosecutors in the trial of brokers John M. Bales and William E. Spencer.
State appeals court sets hearing on IBM welfare lawsuit
The state is appealing a Marion County judge's ruling last year awarding $52 million to IBM after then-Gov. Mitch Daniels canceled what was a 10-year, $1.37 billion contract.
City targets east-side parcel for housing development
The city hopes to seek bids to redevelop land along East Washington Street that is part of the four-acre P.R. Mallory industrial complex. Real estate experts say an affordable housing project might make the most sense.
You-review-it Tuesday: WARMfest, the new Playscape, and more
Did you get to Mumford and Sons? Visit the Children’s Museum’s revamped Playscape? Catch WARMfest?
Commuters cope with downtown Indy highway project
Officials say they didn’t see problems any worse than anticipated Tuesday morning when commuters dealt with the closure of a key section of Interstates 65 and 70. But the afternoon could be a different story.
After tough August, investors face scary September
September is traditionally the stock market’s worst month of the year, but there are several unique events in store over the next few weeks that could make trading even more turbulent.
Hoosierwood: Group seeks state tax incentives for filmmakers
A lobbying group is hoping it can persuade Indiana lawmakers to approve tax incentives to companies making movies in the state, saying it will create jobs.
GOP powerbrokers crafted Indiana education policy, emails show
The Indiana education overhaul associated with Tony Bennett and then-Gov. Mitch Daniels actually was crafted in private by a handful of state GOP bigwigs, including Al Hubbard, Mark Miles and Mark Lubbers, according to emails obtained by the Associated Press. Elected officials weren’t included for months.
Ford recalls 370,000 cars
Potential corrosion to the cars' steering shafts might result in loss of control. No incidents or injuries have been reported.