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Arcadia Resources Inc. employs pharmacists who call patients to help them comply with their prescription drug regimens. The Nov. 10 edition of IBJ Health Care & Reform Weekly incorrectly reported that Arcadia uses nurses to coach patients.

Karen Porter will lead the construction of St. Vincent Health’s strategic plan. Her duties were described incorrectly in the Nov. 17 edition of IBJ Health Care & Reform Weekly.

People

Dr. Heather Maria Greist, an internist, has established a practice with St. Francis Medical Group Rheumatology & Osteoporosis Specialists, located on the St. Francis Hospital-Indianapolis campus. Greist earned her medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine; she also holds degrees from Purdue University and Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Robert Prince, an anesthesiologist, has joined the St. Francis Medical Group Spine Specialists, located on the St. Francis-Indianapolis campus. He is the former chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain at Riverside Tappahannock Hospital (Virginia) and at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Effingham, Ill.

Dr. Cindy De Neira has established a practice with St. Francis Medical Group Plainfield Family Medicine. De Neira earned a doctorate in osteopathic medicine at Des Moines University in Iowa. She also holds degrees in nutrition and chemistry from the University of Florida.

Timothy Gee has been appointed director of cardiovascular practices for St. Francis Medical Group. In that role, Gee will oversee operations at Indiana Heart Physicians and Vascular Surgeons. Previously, he was a business consultant for Indianapolis Medical Management.

Company news

Eli Lilly and Co. said that next year, for the first time, it would hire an outside firm to search for state disciplinary actions against its hired speakers and advisers, after reporting by New York-based ProPublica found that Lilly was paying more than 100 physicians who had been under state sanctions. Indianapolis-based Lilly and British firm GlaxoSmithKline plc had the most state-sanctioned physicians among their speakers and advisers out of the seven pharmaceutical companies that ProPublica scrutinized. For example, Lilly used cardiologist Ali Sherzoy as a speaker, paying him more than $4,300 in the first two quarters of this year. But Sherzoy had his license suspended in New York and New Jersey early this year after he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual contact in 2008. Sherzoy said the matter involved his family's nanny and not his practice. He said he pleaded guilty on his lawyer's advice to put the matter behind him.

A trade group of health insurers, which includes Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million in August 2009 to wage a campaign against the health reform law being debated by Congress, according to Bloomberg News. The bill eventually was passed and became law in March 2010. The money came from America’s Health Insurance Plans and exceeded its entire budget for the previous year, according to Bloomberg. The $86.2 million paid for advertisements, polling and grass-roots events to drum up opposition to the bill. The Chamber said in a statement it used the funds to “advance a market-based health care system and advocate for fundamental reform that would improve access to quality care while lowering costs.” A WellPoint spokesman declined to comment to Bloomberg.

Teams of researchers at Indiana University and Purdue University both made striking medical breakthroughs recently. Purdue researchers found evidence that an environmental pollutant may play an important role in causing multiple sclerosis and that a hypertension drug might be used to treat the disease. They noticed that the toxin acrolein was elevated by about 60 percent in the spinal cord tissues of mice with a disease similar to multiple sclerosis. Acrolein is found in tobacco smoke and auto exhaust. Previous studies by this research team found that neuronal death caused by acrolein can be prevented by administering the hypertension drug hydralazine, also known as Apresoline. At the IU School of Medicine, researchers induced a complete remission of metastatic melanoma in mice when they introduced a potent anti-tumor gene into the stem cells in bone marrow that produce all blood and immune system cells. IU’s research has now led to a small clinical trial of 12 patients in late 2011.

L.H. Medical Corp. will add 65 jobs in Fort Wayne by 2013 as it expands its production of custom medical-device components for the orthopedic implant industry. The company will move to a new facility and begin hiring manufacturing workers and engineers early next year. Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered L.H. Medical up to $550,000 in performance-based tax credits and up to $60,000 in training grants. Also, Allen County officials will consider an additional property tax abatement.

Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc., which operates three hospitals in the Indianapolis area, has decided to change its name to Franciscan Alliance. The Mishawaka-based system, which has 13 hospitals in Indiana and Illinois, announced the decision of its board of directors Monday morning. The announcement comes after months of consumer research—and six months after rival system Clarian Health said it would change its name to Indiana University Health. Beginning in early 2011, all St. Francis hospitals will have the name Franciscan added to their logos, with the previous name of each hospital written below it.

Franklin Township schools OK big cuts

Franklin Township Schools Corp. voted 4-1 Monday night to cut $10 million from its budget if a referendum doesn’t pass in May. The cuts include eliminating transportation to all students except those with special needs, chopping 48 teaching jobs, closing three schools and converting a middle school into a large elementary school. Superintendent Walter Bourke agreed to a $10,000 pay cut.
 

IPS bus driver arrested after crash

An Indianapolis Public Schools bus driver was arrested Monday night after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident. A man said Scherri Hooten, 35, was driving on the west side near Michigan and Concord streets during rush hour when she ran a stop sign and hit a car. She got out of the bus, checked for damage, then got back on the bus and drove off, he said.
 

Zionsville police chief under investigation

Zionsville Police Chief Rick Dowden is being investigated by Indiana State Police, according to Boone County Prosecutor Todd Meyer. He’s accused of stealing items from the department’s evidence room. Meyer said police have searched the Zionsville police station and Dowden’s home. Search warrants show authorities looked for video-surveillance tapes of police headquarters, a gun and a 50-inch plasma TV.
 

Also this week

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band barrels into The Vogue Nov. 26 with opening acts Love Life and Alice Chalmers & the Stick a Cork in Your Jug Band. Details here.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra returns to Conseco Fieldhouse Nov. 27. Details here.

“A Beef & Boards Christmas” gets redecorated for its 2010 edition, running Nov. 26-Dec. 23. Meanwhile, the theater also will be offering its one-hour take on “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 4-21. Details on both here.

Butler University Theatre presents “Twelfth Night,” directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Dr. Elaina Artemiev, Dec. 1-5. Details here.
 

“The Santaland Diaries”

Nov. 24-Dec. 12
Waldron Auditorium, Bloomington
Dec. 2-12
IndyFringe Building

I’ve often wondered why small-scale productions don’t do more traveling around the state. After all, a show staged in West Lafayette or Bloomington or Fort Wayne isn’t likely to have much of an overlapping audience with Indianapolis.

So here’s an experiment I hope will work. Cardinal Stage, Bloomington’s professional theater company, is staging the one-elf show “The Santaland Diaries” at the Waldron Auditorium in Bloomington this weekend—then shipping it up to the IndyFringe Building for an additional two weekends.

The piece, in case you aren’t familiar, is based on humorist David Sedaris’ adventures working as a department store elf. Details here.
 

“A Very Phoenix Xmas 5: Regifted!”

Nov. 26-Dec. 19
Phoenix Theatre

Over at the Phoenix, it’s beginning to look a lot like previous versions of “A Very Phoenix Xmas,” as the theater offers a greatest hits redo of sketches and songs from previous editions. Each scene, the Phoenix promises, has been tweaked for the current show—with new material added.

Returnees include “Disco Nativity” and “Death of a Snowman.” Details here.
 

“A Christmas Carol”

Nov. 26-Dec. 26
Indiana Repertory Theatre

In with the new: After 12 years of directing “A Christmas Carol” at the IRT, Priscilla Lindsay has moved on to academia, leaving the holiday standby in the hands of Richard J. Roberts. At the same time, long-standing Scrooge Chuck Goad has turned over his role to actor Ryan Artzberger (recently seen at the Phoenix Theatre in “Reasons to be Pretty”—now that’s range.)

That’s not all that will be different this season. Early-birders attending in November can take advantage of the IRT’s new $25 deal. Also added this year: a series of “Oh What Fun” events tied to each performance, such as a pre-show concert by the Indianapolis Symphonic Band on Nov. 28 and Dec. 18; live reindeer on Dec. 4, 11, 18 and 26; ComedySportz doing holiday improv on Dec. 22; and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir performing Dec. 23. Details here.