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A federal judge in Minnesota rejected Guidant Corp.'s guilty plea to charges it hid defects in heart
defibrillators, after some doctors and patients complained about the deal, Bloomberg News reported. Guidant is a coronary
products company spun off from Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. in the 1990s and acquired by Boston Scientific
in 2006. Boston Scientific agreed to plead guilty and pay $296 million to settle the case brought by the U.S. Department of
Justice. But U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank suggested the company should be placed on probation for failing to disclose
defects with its heart devices to regulators. Prosecutors said in court papers that Guidant officials learned as early as
2002 that some of the implantable defibrillators had a tendency to short-circuit and caused users’ deaths. The company
didn’t disclose the defects for more than three years, the government said.

The first phase of a $65 million expansion opened Tuesday at Marquette, a retirement facility located south
of St. Vincent Hospital on Township Line Road. The expansion is designed to appeal to more active seniors, and includes a
bistro, performing-arts venue, a putting green and exercise facilities with a full-time trainer. A second phase of the expansion,
to be completed later this summer, will include 48 apartments.

The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis gave $1 million to Wishard Health Services
to help it purchase software to better coordinate care for pediatric asthma patients. The program provides coaching and educational
materials for children with asthma in coordination with their primary-care providers, including school clinics. The software,
known as RelayHealth Virtual Information Exchange, will electronically deliver patient-education materials to patients in
the pediatric asthma program, with easy-to-understand illustrations and animations. Eventually, Wishard hopes to use the software
to allow patients to schedule appointments, obtain prescription refills and have electronic visits with health care professionals.

The Lifeline helicopter medical service is starting to replace the aircraft it uses for emergency flights across much of
Indiana, according to the Associated Press. Indianapolis-based Clarian Health is buying four new helicopters
to replace aging ones. Lifeline program director Shelly Maersch says the new helicopters will have safety enhancements, with
the pilots being able to use night-vision goggles. The new helicopters also will allow for rear loading and not vibrate as
much. The first new helicopter will be stationed at Howard Regional Hospital in Kokomo. Lifeline also has regional bases in
Lafayette, Muncie, Columbus and Terre Haute.

Chad Priest, a registered nurse and attorney, has been appointed CEO of Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare
Inc., which aims to expand the capacity for central Indiana to provide medical and surgical care in the event of a disaster.
Priest has been practicing health law at the Baker & Daniels law firm in Indianapolis. He also is an adjunct instructor
at the Indiana University School of Nursing.

Dr. Eileen Thomason, Dr. Jason Reiser, Dr. Richard Rejer, and Dr. Brian Miles—all
part of Southeast Family Medicine—have joined the St. Francis Medical Group, which has grown to more than 120 doctors.

Marie Swanson, IUPUI’s associate vice chancellor for public health, has been appointed to an advisory
panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on toxic substances.

Alliance Home Health Care, a skilled provider of senior home health care, announced that Deborah Rood, a
registered nurse, has joined the company as its clinical director.

Indianapolis-based Harlan Laboratories Inc. has named Hans Thunem its new CEO. Thunem was previously president
of research models and services at Harlan, a contract research organization that focuses on animal testing. Harlan’s
previous CEO was Steve Sullivan, who joined Harlan from Covance Inc. in 2006. Sullivan stepped down in December.

Autopsy results show a bank robbery suspect died as a result of a gunshot wound from police. Police believe 29-year-old Paul
Sherfick held up an Old National Bank branch on South East Street in Indianapolis Friday morning. Sherfick’s body was
later discovered in a wooded area. It was unknown at the time whether he died of a self-inflicted gunshot or a shot from police.

A grand jury will decide whether charges will be filed in the high-profile Carmel High School sexual assault investigation
involving high school basketball players. The Hamilton County prosecutor requested a grand jury to review the evidence against
one or more Carmel players accused of hazing a student in the high school's locker room. Meanwhile, the Hendricks County
prosecutor is reviewing whether charges should be filed in the case of a freshman Carmel player who claims he was sexually
assaulted by senior members of the Carmel basketball team in the back of a bus while on the way home from a road game in January.

The Indiana Democratic Party and members of the Indiana Republican Party are still calling on Republican Senatorial candidate
Dan Coats to release his personal financial disclosure statement. The paperwork identifies income, assets, liabilities, gifts
and travel-related reimbursements. Candidates also must disclose any positions they hold with non-governmental organizations,
including lobbying groups. The forms were due April 4. A Coats campaign spokesperson said his forms will be released soon.
Opponents accuse the former U.S. Senator of trying to hide his connections to powerful lobbyists.

Police are searching for the person who has been throwing bricks off an overpass on the northeast side of Indianapolis. An
off-duty sheriff’s deputy was driving eastbound on Massachusetts Avenue under the Emerson Avenue overpass Monday night
when a brick crashed through his front windshield. He pulled over and called for backup.  While he was waiting, an SUV
driven by a mother with four child passengers was also hit by a brick. No one was hurt. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.