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Jean Wojtowicz, whose firm has helped fund more than 1,200 Indiana companies, recommends the "front-page test,"
looking seriously at expanding, and pulling the trigger quickly on toxic employees.
May 22
Downtown
Little is required of them besides graciously waving from the back of cars, but celebrity visitors are, nonetheless, a key
component in the 500 Festival. The easiest way to do your star-spotting is to get a place on the parade route, where this
year’s lineup includes “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts, Broadway-star-turned-country-singer
Laura Bell Bundy, “America’s Next Top Model” winner Krista White, and The Pointer Sisters (Neutron Dance,
anyone?).
The parade gets rolling at noon, but if you aren’t springing for a reserved seat, you’ll want to get there early
for a good spot. Details here.
Goldman Jewelry, J.P. Parker Flowers and Shapiro’s Deli plan a Tuesday evening farmer’s market on the south side of downtown
Indianapolis beginning June 1.
Formula One, which hasn’t conducted a U.S. race since 2007 in Indianapolis, plans to return to the United States in 2012 with
an event at a new track in Austin, Texas.
A friend asked for a a great comedy. I’m having trouble coming up with anything besides the usual suspects.
The $2 million exhibit opens Saturday featuring five of the fastest animals on land.
An orchestra conductor, a black newspaper publisher, a nurse and a federal judge will be honored as Indiana living legends
in July.
Emmis Communications Corp. agreed to be acquired for about $90 million by closely held JS Acquisition LLC, a company formed
by Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan.
Ouch. The Indianapolis metro area tumbled in a ranking of fitness of the nation’s 50 largest cities. The American
College of Sports Medicine ranked Indy a lowly 44th this year, down from 36th a year ago. The Indianapolis-based
organization said its hometown generally exercises less, smokes more and has a higher incidence of chronic diseases. No news
there. But the metro area also lags on amenities to support healthy activities: below-average numbers of parks, playgrounds,
ball diamonds, swimming pools, tennis courts and even farmers' markets. What does Indianapolis have going for it when
it comes to fitness? Lots of golf courses and slightly above-average health insurance coverage. To read the full report, go
here.
Arcadia Resources Inc. will spend $3.9 million and add 930 jobs in Indianapolis by 2013, the company announced
last week. Indianapolis-based Arcadia said it plans to grow its corporate presence and centralize its pharmacy-fulfillment
operations here, hiring managers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, account managers and sales staff. Arcadia leased 18,615
square feet of space earlier this year at 9320 Priority Way West in the Precedent Office Park. The provider of health care
services is trying to grow its DailyMed pharmaceutical service, which packages dosages of prescriptions into individual packets,
to make it easier for patients on numerous medications to stick to their drug regimens. "Our goal is to make Indianapolis
the central fill hub for our system," CEO Marvin Richardson told investors during a Feb. 5 conference call. "So
all things done with actually dispensing the boxes, will be done in Indianapolis. So things like customer service, order entry,
prescription transfers, the medication therapy management component can all be done there. And the capacity that we have in
that building will allow us to do that."
Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County, which operates Wishard Health Services, selected
Indianapolis-based American United Life Insurance Co. as its provider of 457 and 403(b) retirement plans.
Health and Hospital has 4,500 participants in its plans and more than $46 million in assets. American United Life, or AUL,
is a unit of Indianapolis-based OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels used the story of a blackjack player’s lawsuit in telling Franklin College graduates about using
skill to push the odds in one’s favor.
Now that health reform is law, a local not-for-profit group, Better Healthcare for Indiana, wants to help Indiana community
leaders use the law to slow runaway medical spending while improving the health of their citizens.
St. Francis Medical Group has 125 physicians. The number was incorrect in the May 19 IBJ Health Care & Reform Weekly.
WellPoint Inc.'s announcement of comparative effectiveness research guidelines last week marks a new era for U.S. drugmakers.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer will use studies that compare the effectiveness of one drug against another as a complement
to typical clinical trial research that compares a drug against a placebo sugar pill.
Don Stumpp, manager of payer contracting at Indianapolis-based physician group American Health Network and president of the Indiana Medical Group Management Association, discussed the impact of the health care reform law on primary care physicians as well as the near-constant threat of a sharp cut in Medicare reimbursement.
Police have recovered a truck stolen from a man who was shot Monday night during a carjacking on the east side of Indianapolis.
Officers found the vehicle abandoned on a highway outside of Chicago. The carjacking victim was taken to the hospital in critical
condition. Floyd Nickson, 28, of the 3500 block of Chester Avenue, was shot after he left his home and was about to get into
his 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck.
Dr. John Reynolds, the chief health officer for the Morgan County Health Department, could be facing an indictment over the
death of his former girlfriend, Sandra Kessler, 61. Kessler died Nov. 9, 2009. Her death was suspicious and is under investigation.
A grand jury is reviewing evidence this week. The coroner's report lists her cause of death as intoxication with the narcotics
morphine and codeine.
Indianapolis police are looking for suspects in an early-morning home invasion and robbery on the south side that left a
man in critical condition. The homeowners told police somebody knocked on their door in the 5300 block of Southeastern Avenue
at 4:52 a.m. Tuesday. When one of the residents opened the door, suspects forced their way into the house. The suspects tied
up the family of three and beat the 32-year-old son. He was later transported to Wishard Hospital in critical condition. Fox59
will have more at 4 p.m.
The Dow Jones industrials plunged below 10,000 Tuesday as traders turned away from stocks amid worries about the global economy
and tensions between North and South Korea.
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore Boehm will step down this fall after 14 years on the bench.
