Articles tagged as: Medicaid
February 22, 2017
Do Indiana's Claims About Its Medicaid Program Check Out?
Some health policy experts argue the information presented by the state on its application to renew its Healthy Indiana Plan actually shows that the program is not working as well as it should.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2017
Amid Uncertainty About National Health Policy, Indiana Asks To Extend Its Medicaid Expansion
The state has applied to keep HIP 2.0 running for three more years.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2017
State Seeks Three-Year Renewal Of HIP 2.0
Indiana announced Tuesday it wants the federal government to renew HIP 2.0, the state's Medicaid expansion program, for three years.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2017
As Congress Moves Closer To Obamacare Repeal, What Will Happen To Hoosiers Covered by HIP 2.0?
A repeal could affect millions of Americans who gained coverage through Medicaid expansion, including about 250,000 Hoosiers.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2017
Indiana's Model For Medicaid Could Spread--But It's Not Working For Everyone
Legal and health care advocates say the requirement for Hoosiers to pay into the state's HIP 2.0 system is causing problems.
Read MoreDecember 6, 2016
Signed Out Of Prison But Not Signed Up For Health Insurance
Most of the state prison systems in the places that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare have come up short on enrolling exiting inmates, despite the fact that many of them are chronically ill.
Read MoreOctober 12, 2016
Former Nursing Home CEO Charged With Fraud, Money Laundering, Conspiracy
A grand jury indictment alleges that James Burkhart and three others created shell companies and used them to falsify charges to Medicare and Medicaid.
Read MoreOctober 10, 2016
Years-Long Study Aims To Prevent Unnecessary Hospitalizations Of Fragile Geriatric Patients
Phase one of the study, developed by Indiana University's Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Center, placed nurses in the state's nursing homes who were trained to recognize problems in geriatric patients before they turn into full-blown issues that require hospitalization.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2016
A Life Of Predictable Emergencies: Undocumented On Dialysis
There are an estimated 5,500 undocumented immigrants in the United States who have been diagnosed with kidney failure.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2016
Uninsured Numbers Drop In Indiana
The Affordable Care Act and Healthy Indiana Plan have helped provide hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers with health insurance.
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