HealthNet names new president and CEO
The Indianapolis-based not-for-profit network of health care centers said J. Cornelius Brown, who arrives from Swope Health Services in Kansas City, Mo., will replace the retiring Booker Thomas.
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Daniels: Indiana moving to adopt outdoor stage rules
Gov. Mitch Daniels told an entertainment industry group pushing for safer outdoor events Monday that Indiana has learned from last year's deadly State Fair stage collapse and is moving to approve emergency rules for outdoor stages.
IU doc group becomes Eskenazi Medical
A group of 123 doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants have formed the Eskenazi Medical Group in order to focus on maximizing patient care and related bonus payments at Wishard Health Services.
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Purdue University plans to start construction this summer on two academic buildings in a $79 million project for its newly designated Life and Health Sciences Park, according to the Journal & Courier of Lafayette. The $38 million Lyles-Porter Hall will house health programs, including Purdue's speech and hearing sciences department and the West Lafayette programs of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Purdue also is planning a $25 million Drug Discovery Building that will bring together pharmaceutical researchers from throughout the school. Plans are for the buildings and a new 850-space parking garage to be completed in 2014.
More than 70 workers will lose their jobs at Integra Specialty Hospital in Muncie when it closes in June. Hospital officials notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development on Thursday that the 32-bed long-term-care facility will shut down on June 17. Renaissance Specialty Hospital of Central Indiana Operations Co. LLC, which operates Integra, did not provide a reason for the closing. The company said it expects that some of the 72 employees will be offered the opportunity to transfer to other long-term-care facilities.
Eli Lilly and Co. could receive up to $100 million from Washington, D.C.,-based Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., which licensed an alcohol-dependence drug from the Indianapolis drugmaker last week. The experimental drug, called LY686017, has been shown to reduce alcohol cravings and consumption in alcoholics. If it reaches the market, the drug would compete with Emend, a similar NK-1R antagonist made by New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc.
The government-contracting arm of WellPoint Inc. won a renewal of its contract, worth more than $111 million, to support the desktop program used by customer service representatives at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the next five years. WellPoint’s National Government Services unit has held the contract since the program’s inception. The program helped Medicare’s call center field 26 million calls last year. NGS, which employs 2,000, also processed 170 million Medicare claims and administered benefits of $75.6 billion from the Medicare Trust Fund in 2011.
An animal rights group wants the federal government to fine a research institute owned by Indiana University Health for what it calls negligence toward animals, according to the Associated Press. The group Stop Animal Exploitation Now says IU Health's Methodist Research Institute had seven violations, including killing one dog and putting another dog in severe pain. According to a March report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a dog was fed before surgery, which violated proper protocol. The dog’s heart stopped, and it died. IU Health officials said in a statement that the use of animals in research has contributed significantly to advancements in health care.
You-review-it Monday
For me, it was ‘The Mark of Zorro’ and ‘The History of Cardenio.’ What about you?
Domes hold mystique for philanthropist Cook
Gayle Cook marvels at grand churches, courthouses and certainly, the awe-inspiring 200-foot-diameter dome above the West Baden Springs Hotel that she and her late husband, Bill, restored and reopened in the summer of 2007.
Downtown building owner faults IPL for outages
The owner of Market Square Center is complaining to state utility regulators that Indianapolis Power & Light has failed to provide reliable service to the office building, better known as the Gold Building, at 151 N. Delaware St.
Startup wants to make pouring beer from the top passe
Josh Springer has moved to Indianapolis his company that designs and sells draft beer dispensers that fill specially designed cups from the bottom up, speeding the process and cutting down on foam.WellPoint enrolls IBM supercomputer at IU medical school
IBM’s supercomputer Watson is already a “Jeopardy!” champion. Now, three doctors in Indianapolis are trying to teach it how to treat cancer.
Barbara Cook at Feinstein’s and ‘Music Man’ at B&B
While the original Marian the Librarian takes Manhattan, another takes the dinner theater stage.
Indy not ready for another big hotel, experts say
Speculation is deemed premature despite rising occupancy rates.
Are corporate gift policies inhospitable?
Sober times have made no-no’s of many of the perks that once greased business relationships.
Also this week
Joshua Bell joins the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for an evening of Beethoven April 20 at the Palladium. Details here.
“Southern Baptist Sissies” returns to Theatre on the Square April 20-May 12. Details here.
Shannon Forsell sings “Songs I’ve Never Sung on Broadway” April 20-21 at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club. Details here.
The Indianapolis Art Center opens “Art from the Heartland” on April 20. The juried show runs through June 10. Details here.
Conner Prairie acknowledges the “Bicentennial of the War of 1812” April 21-22 with re-enactors, firearms displays, and an encampment. Details here.
University of Indianapolis Theatre presents the local premiere of “Animals Out of Paper” by Rajiv Joseph (“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”) April 20-22. Details here.
The touring production of “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” comes to Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music April 19. Details here.
Violinist Alina Ibragimova joins the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time with an all-French concert including music by Ravel and Saint-Saens April 20-21. Details here.
Butler Ballet and the Jordan College of Fine Arts present “Coppelia” April 20-22 at Clowes Hall. Details here.
The Ronen Chamber Orchestra presents “Janusz Korczak: a Biography in Sound” featuring actors, musicians and a singer paying tribute to the Holocaust hero April 22 at the Hasten Hebrew Academy auditorium. Details here.
Fortune Industries shareholder seeks to stop proposed sale
A shareholder of Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. has filed suit against the public company and its top executives, seeking class-action status on behalf of shareholders who want to stop a transaction that would take it private.
IPS issues rebuttal to Mind Trust’s reform plan
In an hour-long defense of Indianapolis Public Schools, Superintendent Eugene White outlined plans to streamline administrative staff, create more choices for parents, direct more resources to the district’s most challenged schools and give more autonomy to its highest performing schools.
Overlapping downtown events give hotels a boost
The annual Fire Department Instructors Conference attracts nearly 30,000 visitors to downtown. But with Race for the Cure on Saturday, demand for hotel rooms is even stronger, particularly toward the end of the week.
Poison pills remain as Lilly shareholder vote falls short
The proposal garnered support from the owners of 62 percent of Eli Lilly’s outstanding shares. To pass, the proposal needed approval from the owners of 80 percent of Lilly’s shares.
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Indiana University Health named Mona Euler vice president of IU Health Neuroscience. She will oversee the development of the neuroscience center the hospital system is building across the street from its Methodist Hospital, along with Dr. Nicholas Barbaro, the center’s medical director. Euler holds a nursing degree from Ball State University and a master’s from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Dr. Justin Miller, a spine surgeon, will open a location for Indianapolis-based Indiana Spine Group at the Hendricks Regional Health hospital in Danville. Miller, a native of Indianapolis, holds degrees from Manchester College and the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Indy is poster child (again) for medical arms race
Indianapolis was highlighted in a new national study because its hospitals have been particularly aggressive at expanding their geographic reach—raising concerns among health insurers and even hospitals themselves that new medical facilities and market power can only lead to higher prices.
NFL borrows from Indy’s Super Bowl playbook
League officials said a Super Bowl Village like the one in downtown Indianapolis will now be a requirement for future cities hosting the big game.