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Community Health Network’s Hook Rehabilitation Center hired psychologist Jennifer Wethe. She comes to Community from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, where she was associate director of the Children’s Center for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Wethe holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from Purdue University.

Community Physician Network named Steve Jarosinski to the new position of chief specialty care executive. Jarosinski comes to Community from Johnson Memorial Hospital, where he most recently served as vice president of physician practices. Jarosinski has a bachelor’s in physical therapy and an MBA from Indiana University.

Dr. Mohammed Tarrabain has established a practice with St. Francis Medical Group. He most recently worked in the family medicine department at American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Tarrabain also earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees at American University in Beirut.

Survey: Solo practices nearly gone

Only 1 percent of the jobs given to Texas-based Merritt Hawkins over the past year were for solo practitioners, the physician recruiting firm reported this month. That’s down from 22 percent of all searches in 2004.

Company news

A troubled central Indiana nuclear medicine company said it plans to build a $65 million plant in Gary that would employ up to 50 people within five years, dropping plans to build a smaller facility in Noblesville. Fishers-based Positron Corp. will make radioactive medical imaging isotopes at the new plant, which will be equipped with a 70-million-electron-volt cyclotron, it said in a news release issued Friday. Cyclotrons are molecular particle accelerators that can be used to produce isotopes that can help physicians spot medical anomalies in the human body. The Gary plant will boast the nation's most powerful commercial cyclotron, the company said. Gary has approved $15 million in tax increment financing bonds for Positron and is helping the company land New Market Tax Credits worth another $15 million, Positron said. That's more than the incentives offered last year when the company said it planned to move its operations to Noblesville and build a $55 million cyclotron there, creating 86 jobs. Positron has lost tens of millions of dollars in recent years, and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission last year accused CEO Patrick G. Rooney of defrauding investors in a hedge fund he operates. The company has racked up more than $110 million in losses since its founding in 1983. Its accounting firm issued a "going concern" warning about Positron in 2010, raising doubt about its ability to remain in business in the long term.

Franciscan St. Francis Health will open an Immediate Care facility on Aug. 1 in the Village Park Plaza strip mall on the edges of Carmel and Westfield. The facility will operate from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day, with four physicians seeing patients without appointments. Immediate Care, which Franciscan acquired in 2010, operates four other clinics around the Indianapolis area. The newest clinic will complement Franciscan’s new short-stay hospital in Carmel, which is about two miles south of the Immediate Care clinic. The new short-stay hospital offers imaging, surgery and laboratory, and includes six inpatient beds.

Westfield-based MaxIT Healthcare Holdings Inc. has agreed to sell itself for $473 million to Virginia-based Science Applications International Corp., the companies announced July 17. MaxIT’s 1,300 employees provide information technology services to hospitals and physician practices throughout the United States and Canada. Only about 75 of MaxIT’s employees are in Westfield. The company is riding a wave of hospitals’ and medical offices’ switching or adding computer systems to better track patient records, CEO Mike Sweeney told IBJ earlier this year. MaxIT saw revenue shoot up 63 percent in 2011, to $179.4 million. The acquisition is expected to close next month. MaxIT was founded in 2001 by Parker Hinshaw. Healthcare Informatics, a trade journal, ranked MaxIT the 41st-largest health IT firm in the nation in 2011, based on revenue. SAIC ranked No. 18 in the nation, with revenue from health IT businesses topping $554 million. SAIC also performs a variety of secret work for the U.S. departments of defense, homeland security and the U.S. intelligence community.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said July 17 he plans to consult his potential successors before he decides whether the state should set up a health care exchange, according to the Associated Press. States have until Nov. 16 to submit a plan to the federal government for a health exchange. Daniels said he does not want to make a decision that binds the state's next governor without consulting the candidates. "I don't consider it right for me or my administration to make such a decision that the next administration then has to implement. So I'm going to have to find some way to get input from the next governor," the Republican governor said. Libertarian Rupert Boneham, Democrat John Gregg and Republican Mike Pence are running for governor. Daniels is barred by law from seeking a third term. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that the part of the federal law enabling health insurance exchanges is constitutional. States can choose to create their own exchange or have residents seek insurance via a federal exchange. The court also ruled that states cannot be forced to expand Medicaid coverage. Spokespeople for the Gregg and Pence campaigns said they look forward to working with Daniels.

For the first time, Indiana University Health in Indianapolis has been named to U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Honor Roll," a distinction that goes to the top medical centers in the country. Hospitals on the list, announced July 17, must show high expertise across multiple specialties, scoring at or near the top in at least six of 16 ranked specialties.  IU Health was ranked No. 16 out of 17 hospitals on the Honor Roll. Eleven of its clinical specialties were ranked among the top 50 in the nation: cancer; diabetes; gastroenterology; nephrology; orthopedics; urology; cardiology; ear, nose and throat; geriatrics; neurosurgery; and pulmonology. The hospital's top specialty ranking came in urology, at No. 8 in the nation. U.S. News said it surveyed nearly 10,000 specialists and analyzed data for almost 5,000 hospitals to compile its rankings. Massachusetts General Hospital was ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time, displacing Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore.

Missing Lawrence man located

Lawrence police have found Larry Hodge after issuing a “Silver Alert” for the 61-year-old man early Monday morning. Hodge was reported missing after last being seen at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

Man in critical after nightclub shooting

A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition early Monday after a shooting at a west-side bar. Indianapolis police were dispatched to the Cloud Nine nightclub at 5010 W. 38th St. at 2:40 a.m. after a report of a large fight and an injured person. They found the gunshot victim, a male in his early 20s, outside the club. Police are interviewing witnesses.

Summer Celebration ends 11-day run

Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration wrapped up its 11-day run Sunday without any major crime incidents for the second year in a row. About 600 police officers took to downtown’s streets to ensure safety during the event, which draws more than 200,000 attendees annually. Ten teenagers were injured by gunshots at the event two years ago, prompting tighter security.

Suburban hospitals charm patients

A little extra Medicare money will flow to suburban hospitals in the Indianapolis area, based on recent patient satisfaction scores. But hospitals in the core of Indianapolis—and hospitals that do significant amounts of teaching medical students—may take a hit.

Lids division renews contract with IUPUI

Under the five-year deal, Nike will maintain its status as the official outfitter of all student athletes on the 16 varsity sports teams at IUPU. The initial deal was signed in October 2009. Terms of the current agreement were not disclosed.

Private schools with vouchers saw slight drop in test scores

Private Indiana schools that accepted students from low- to middle-income families using state-funded vouchers last year experienced a small drop in their passing rates on the state's ISTEP test this year, a newspaper's analysis of test scores shows.

Sales/acquisitions

-Timberland Lumber Home Center Inc. bought a 70,000-square-foot industrial building at 2702 N. Tibbs Ave. The buyer was represented by Cameron Kucic of Summit Realty Group. The seller, ATC Realty Sixteen Inc., was represented by Bryan Poynter of Cassidy Turley.

-Kort Builders Inc. bought an 8,280-square-foot industrial building at 8709 Castle Park Drive. The buyer was represented by Pete Anderson of BI Realty Services. The seller, ASL Property Management Co., was represented by Michael Weishaar of Cassidy Turley.

Leases/leasing contracts

-Burlington Coat Factory leased 75,000 square feet of retail space at 5410 5540 E. 82nd St. The tenant was represented by Brad Gershman of Gershman Brown Crowley Inc. The landlord, American National Insurance Co., was represented by Bill French of Cassidy Turley.

-McGladrey LLP leased 7,365 square feet of office space at 9225 Priority Way, West Drive. The tenant was represented by Dave Moore and John Crisp of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, Pace Properties, was represented by Darrin Boyd of Cassidy Turley.

-Imani Church leased 6,309 square feet of retail space at 3754 Commercial Drive. The tenant was represented by Jacque Haynes of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, Sandor Development, was represented by Drew Kelly of Sandor Development Co.

-Crown Castle USA Inc. leased 4,573 square feet of office space at Precedent Office Park, 3939 Priority Way, South Drive. The tenant was represented by Kim Estes Hartman, Tom Osborne, and R.J. Rudolph of Colliers International. The landlord, HDG Mansur, was represented by Tim Hull of CBRE.

-Indiana Gastroenterology leased 4,286 square feet of medical office space at 8902 N. Meridian St. The tenant was represented by Kim Estes Hartman, Tom Osborne, and R.J. Rudolph of Colliers International. The landlord, Duke Realty Healthcare, was represented by Travis Tucker of Duke Realty.
 
-Community Hospital renewed its lease for 2,649 square feet of office space in Murphy’s Landing Professional Building, 6925 S. Harding St. The tenant was represented by Rob Lukemeyer of Baseline Inc. The landlord, The Copeland Family 1995 Trust, was represented by Cathy Richards of Lee & Associates.  
 
-Zimmer Chiropractic leased 2,444 square feet of office space at 9757 Westpoint Drive. The tenant was represented by Bryan Poynter of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, Crosspoint Partners LLC, was represented by Darrin Boyd and Dave Moore of Cassidy Turley.

-Axium leased 2,127 square feet of office space at Crosspoint Six, 9775 Crosspoint Blvd., Fishers. The tenant was represented by Tim O’Brien of Colliers International. The landlord, Young Realty Crosspoint Six LLC,  represented itself.

-Subway leased 2,000 square feet of retail space at 7710 S. Meridian St. The tenant and landlord, Mohammed Hanif/Manzoor Hussain, were represented by   Mike Medlock and Bob Lindgren of Lee & Associates.

-State Farm leased 1,465 square feet of office space at 9757 Westpoint Drive. The tenant was represented by Matthew Waggoner of Summit Realty Group. The landlord, Crosspoint Partners LLC, was represented by Darrin Boyd and Dave Moore of Cassidy Turley.

-Jackson Concrete Inc. leased 1,200 square feet of industrial space in Greenwood Oaks Business Centre, 500 S. Polk St., Greenwood. The tenant and landlord, Greenwood Oaks Investments LLC, were represented by Cathy Richards of Lee & Associates.

-Plainfield Smokes leased 1,200 square feet at Main Street Crossing, 120 N Perry Road, Plainfield. The landlord, The Tabani Group, was represented by Keith Fried of Sitehawk Retail Real Estate.  The tenant represented itself.

Residential

The average rate for 30-year mortgages fell from 3.79 percent to 3.78 percent for the week ended July 18, according to Bankrate.com. The rate for 15-year mortgages fell from 3.05 percent to 3.04 percent.

NCAA hammers Penn State with major sanctions

The NCAA on Monday morning slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.