Amid the aroma of its lobby coffee shop and soothing tones of its player piano, the Indiana Heart Hospital sits at the center of significant changes in how Indianapolis’ hospitals and doctors do business. The 56-bed facility in Castleton was launched in 2003 as a forprofit venture between Community Health Network and its cardiovascular physicians. […]
A friend of mine is a minister and an expert on church management and growth. During one of our discussions, it struck me
how much starting and running a church is very like running a business. There are the same problems with morale, with retention,
with site selection, finance, marketing and growth pains. And with technology.
Undaunted, some entrepreneurs still count on franchises, despite the shaky economy.
Three entrepreneurs from the medical and software realms are herding angels to invest in upstart life sciences companies in
Indiana.
Three entrepreneurs from the medical and software realms are herding angels to invest in upstart life sciences companies in Indiana. StepStone Angels won’t be a fund, per se, but a membership-based group that brings together wealthy investors and slides promising companies their way for evaluation. Angel investors typically bridge the gap between an early-stage company’s […]
Some of Indiana’s most high-profile women have something in common beyond their gender and community status: They were Girl
Scouts.
The state’s two biggest pension funds are poised to combine into one Indiana Public Retirement System, with a single executive
director and board.
The state’s two biggest pension funds are poised to combine into one Indiana Public Retirement System, with a single executive director and board. And they’ll need only one tourniquet to stem their bleeding. Over the last 15 months, the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund and Indiana State Teachers’ Retirement Fund have hemorrhaged a combined $8 billion. […]
Shoring up the state’s jobless-fund shortfall likely will cost employers and employees more.
Christel House Academy, a K-8 charter school, launched a campaign this year to raise money for a $5 million high school, with classes starting in the 2010-2011 school year.
When Stacie Floyd enrolled her daughter Kyli in kindergarten at Christel House Academy, she hoped Kyli would be able to earn a high school diploma there. Now, six years later, Floyd will get her wish. The academy, a K-8 charter school, launched a campaign this year to raise money for a $5 million high school, […]
First the good news about Indiana’s insolvent Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: As part of its $787 billion stimulus, the federal government has just agreed to stop charging interest on its loans to pay benefits to the jobless. President Obama’s package allows Indiana to continue zero-percent borrowing for unemployment insurance through 2010, a provision that will […]
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a New York probe into how the health insurer reimbursed customers for out-of-network services. WellPoint also agreed to stop using the Ingenix database of reimbursement rates that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has called “defective and manipulated.” “WellPoint acknowledges the conflicts of interest in […]
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a New York probe into how the health insurer reimbursed customers for out-of-network services. WellPoint also agreed to stop using the Ingenix database of reimbursement rates that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has called “defective and manipulated.” “WellPoint acknowledges the conflicts of interest […]
It can be tempting to trust in "experts," when it comes to loved ones’ health and nursing home care. But the consequences can be dire.
Indiana Medicaid officials want to take over management of all its patients’ prescription drugs because they say it could save the state as much as $40 million a year.
I was disappointed and then grew angry when I read Somerset President Pat Early’s comments relative to the Penrod Society’s
misfortune apparently caused by Somerset employee and Penrod volunteer Brandon Benker. ("Penrod suspect had record" in the
Jan. 12 issue)
A quick turnaround from city official to high-paid land-use lobbyist raises questions for some critics of revolving-door
government.
Several major issues with business implications are expected to receive ample attention when legislators convene next month,
particularly the continuing saga of property-tax relief and the state’s ability to pay jobless benefits.
Liquidity is king! Stay away from long-term, illiquid commitments until the equity markets really flash sustained levels of
demand.
