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HealthNet Inc., a system of not-for-profit health centers in Marion County, has named Ricardo Diaz chief operating officer, effective Aug. 19. For the past seven years, Diaz worked as chief operations officer for Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation. Diaz is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He holds a bachelor’s degree in health care administration from American Intercontinental University and a master’s degree in business administration from Ashford University.

Pearl Pathways recently hired Mark Killion as business development director. The Indiana University graduate has been a salesman for various companies, including Actavis Inc., Acorda Therapeutics and Savient Pharmaceuticals.

Indianapolis-based medical research organization Regenstrief Institute Inc. named Thane Peterson executive operating officer. Peterson has served since 2006 as senior director for contracts and compliance at Iowa-based Telligen, a population health management organization. He previously served as director of the office of sponsored programs administration for Iowa State University. Peterson holds a bachelor’s degree in business finance from Iowa State and a master’s of public administration from Drake University.
 

HICKS: There’s no end to odd stories about coinage

Today, we hear from seemingly sophisticated folks that we should return to the gold standard, and so ensure long-run stability and remove those unseemly humans from decisions about money. That argument ignores two common axioms.

There’s no reason for hospitals, doctors to lose the transparency debate

I launched The Dose with a post about the general use-lessness of the hopsital price data released in May by the Obama adminsitration. For what it's worth, the Journal of the American Medical Association, published by the nation's largest doctors' group, agrees with me. In a perspective piece published on July 10, http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1710451, JAMA contirbutor […]

Kelly to run for Fishers mayor

Walter Kelly, who spent 21 years on the Fishers Town Council, including 17 as president, on Thursday formerly announced his candidacy for mayor of the soon-to-be city. Fishers will hold its first mayoral election in November 2014 and become a city in 2015. Kelly last served as council president in 2000.  
 

Man evading warrant found dead

Madison County police say a man shot himself to death Thursday night after police came to serve him an arrest warrant at an Elwood home. Police say the man barricaded himself in the house when they arrived about 9:30 p.m. A short time later, shots rang out. Special weapons teams, chemical agents, robotic cameras and police dogs were used before the man’s body was found in the crawl space about four hours later.
 

Police make arrest in teen’s murder

Indianapolis police arrested Eron Bonner, 18, on Thursday in connection with the death of 16-year-old Monquize Edwards, who was shot on the Fourth of July after the downtown fireworks show. Bonner was charged Thursday with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, and criminal gang enhancement. Witnesses and surveillance photos led detectives to Bonner.
 

BMV to credit drivers overcharged for licenses

Irwin Levin, the lawyer who first exposed the alleged $30 million in overcharging in the lawsuit, called Friday's announcement a "political" move designed to gloss over the state's faults.

Familiar face returning to Fishers politics

Walt Kelly was appointed to the Fishers Town Council in 1977 and went on to be elected to the position, serving as the panel’s president for 17 years. He resigned more than a decade ago because of professional obligations.

ISO fills chair for general manager

Daniel Beckley, former executive director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, will take responsibility for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Hilbert Circle Theatre.

WellPoint will pay $1.7M in online privacy inquiry

The agency said that between Oct. 23, 2009 and March 7, 2010, security weaknesses in a WellPoint online application database left the information of 612,402 people accessible to unauthorized users.

Shelbyville sees spark of revival downtown

A homegrown revival in Shelbyville could gain serious momentum with redevelopment of the vacant First Methodist Building, one of the most prominent buildings on the circle. A California investor bought the five-story building in May and plans a $3.5 million renovation.

Firm passed over for Ball State planetarium cries foul

Bowen Technovation President Jeff Bowen says the university unfairly favored his Florida-based competitor to install a sophisticated audio-visual system for its new planetarium, but Ball State maintains there was nothing wrong with its process for awarding the nearly $2 million contract.