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The state's delegation to Capitol Hill will be its least experienced in many years, although those new members can bring new energy to Washington, D.C., a former longtime Indiana congressman said.
WellPoint’s average small-employer client has just 8.5 lives covered on its health plan. And firms of that size are far more likely to use the new health insurance exchanges, said WellPoint Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt.
About a hundred people held candles and stood together outside Southwest Elementary School in Greenwood on Sunday night to remember a second-grade teacher killed in an explosion. Jennifer Longworth and her husband, John Dion Longworth, died when their home in the Richmond Hill neighborhood blew up Saturday. Many of Longworth's colleagues and students attended the vigil. The school had a two-hour delay Monday morning and is making grief counselors available for students and faculty.
A memorial service for local radio icon “Big” John Gillis is scheduled for Saturday. Gillis, 65, who died at his Broad Ripple home Friday night, was well-known as the traffic reporter for WIBC for nearly three decades before retiring in 2007. Visitation is set for noon at Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Home followed by a service at 2 p.m. A family spokesman said Gillis had recently developed breathing problems.
Indianapolis-based Indigo Biosystems Inc., a scientific software provider, plans to add 63 jobs by 2015 as part of a $1.4 million expansion. The company, headquartered at 20 E. 91st St. in Woodland Corporate Park IV, now has about 30 employees and is hiring engineers, mathematicians, scientists and project managers. Using advanced algorithms, Indigo’s cloud-based software enables analytical laboratories to automate diagnostic tests performed on millions of patient samples every year. The company was founded in 2004 by Dr. Randall K. Julian Jr. as a project of the Lilly Ventures arm of drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. Indigo became an independent company in 2008.
Health officials developing a statewide trauma system say Indiana needs more than the eight trauma centers it currently has, according to the Associated Press. The State Department of Health trauma prevention experts say only 58 percent of Indiana residents live within 45 minutes of one of Indiana's eight trauma centers certified by the American College of Surgeons. Three are in Indianapolis—at Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indiana University Health's Methodist Hospital and St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. There are also two each in Fort Wayne and Evansville and one in South Bend. Traumatic injuries are the top killer of Hoosiers under age 45, and injuries hospitalize more than 32,000 people each year. About 3,700 injuries resulted in death in 2009, the most recent data available.
The Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute has signed a five-year agreement with New Jersey-based drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. to explore new methods for studying diseases and interventions for chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed. “With Merck’s depth of expertise and its global reach, we hope to develop and test new approaches to care, and advance successful models of health care broadly,” said Dr. Jon Duke, Regenstrief’s innovations officer. The two organizations think their work can improve drug development and the safety of medicines, as well as advance the personalization of medical treatments.
Dr. Zeba Madni, a psychiatrist, has joined Wishard Health Services. She received her medical degree in India and completed her residency in general psychiatry at Indiana University.
Dr. George Sheng, a vascular surgeon, has joined the CorVasc surgical practice, which is part of the St. Vincent Medical Group in Indianapolis. Sheng earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Trinity University. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn.
Adam Horst, director the Office of Management and Budget under outgoing Gov. Mitch Daniels, will become vice president and controller at Indiana University Health. Horst will work under IU Health CFO Ryan Kitchell, who also was Horst’s boss for time in the Daniels administration. Horst holds a master’s degree in political science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in government and psychology from Dartmouth College.
A Hostess spokesman said the company is debating whether it will close its Indiana plants after workers went on strike on Friday. Hostess employs about 875 workers in Indiana, including 288 in Indianapolis.
LabDoor, which soon will launch an iPhone app that assigns A-F grades to over-the-counter vitamins and medicines, moved last month from Indianapolis to San Francisco, where it received $100,000 in startup financing.
Health officials developing a statewide trauma system say Indiana needs more trauma centers.
New figures show international enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities grew nearly 6 percent last year, driven by a 23-percent increase from China. Growth is even higher at Midwest schools like Indiana University and Purdue.
Fair Finance Co.'s investors have been dealt a blow by a federal judge who dismissed a bankrutpcy trustee's lawsuit against one of the company’s deep-pocketed lenders.
The Zionsville restaurant Oobatz! is adding a second location in the former home of Uno Chicago Grill along East 82nd Street in front of the Clearwater Crossing shopping center.
Lemonade Day is having a fundraiser Monday evening to raise $5,000 to $10,000 for a startup capital fund for the annual children’s entrepreneurship event.
Indianapolis Deputy Code Enforcement Director Adam Collins said 80 homes were damaged in the Richmond Hill neighborhood, including 31 houses that might need to be demolished. He estimated the damage at $3.6 million.
Indianapolis-based Indigo Biosystems Inc., a scientific software provider, announced Monday morning that it plans to add 63 jobs by 2015 as part of a $1.4 million expansion.
Did you give in to ISO’s “Spanish Seductions”? Catch “Skyfall”? Find yourself at a Spirit & Place event?
The IU coach's base salary will go from approximately $2.52 million per year to $3.16 million. The deal also includes performance bonuses based on Academic Progress Rate scores, Graduation Success Rate scores and the team's GPA.
An INDOT spokesman said the state sometimes has to shell out more than the appraised value to encourage land owners to sell.
Joe Donnelly did everything he could to wrap himself in the image of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar while painting Richard Mourdock as a tea party extremist.
New districts must be drawn up for council members, which gives Democrats a glimmer of hope that they might get a voice at the table.
