February 8, 2024
Indiana Medicaid premiums, POWER account contributions to resume July 1
Medicaid members on certain plans will be required to pay premiums and POWER account contributions starting July 1. The return will impact Children's Health Insurance Program, MED works and the Healthy Indiana Plan members.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2024
Are schools prepared to respond if a student’s heart stops? Data shows some aren’t
Chances of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest are significantly higher if a school is prepared with a response plan and devices known as AEDs. But data show many schools aren't as prepared as they could be.
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2024
Lieutenant governor calls for FSSA audit, pause on proposed cuts following Medicaid shortfall
The Family and Social Services Administration proposed cuts to a program that supports care for children with disabilities in response to a $1 billion shortfall. Indiana's lieutenant governor and families of medically complex children are calling for the FSSA to pause the implementation of the cuts.
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2024
FDA move to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners called too little, too late
The FDA will soon move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products. It's more than a decade after research raised alarms about health risks and other worrying chemicals remain in the products.
Read MoreFebruary 2, 2024
5 Ways America's courts could change health care in 2024
Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender-affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way health care is delivered in America.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2024
Why are people afraid of the most popular opioid addiction treatment?
Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now its making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2024
Indiana earns failing grades in some tobacco prevention and cessation policies, new report suggests
Indiana scored failing grades in most categories included in the State of Tobacco report 2024 by the American Lung Association.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024
IDOH to withhold individual terminated pregnancy reports
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) will no longer release individual terminated pregnancy reports following the state’s near-total abortion ban, which sharply curtailed reproductive health care access. It will still release aggregated reports.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
Dozens protest proposed Medicaid changes that would end payment for parents of kids with disabilities
Around 50 people gathered at the Indiana Statehouse to protest proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid programs. The changes would end payments that thousands of families of adults and kids with disabilities relied on.
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2024
Providers say prior authorization creates barriers to care. Bill aims to limit its usage
Insurance companies may require pre-approval for medical services before they will cover it. This is what's known as prior authorization. A Senate committee moved a bill forward that would limit the use of prior authorization.
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