July 28, 2025
Rokita announces $16.5 million for Indiana from latest drug company settlements
Indiana will receive more than $16 million from the latest settlements with drug companies over the opioid crisis.
Read MoreJuly 24, 2025
Riley surgeons perform Indiana’s first spine surgery on fetus inside the womb
The surgical procedure makes the hospital one of only a handful of places nationwide that offer this procedure.
Read MoreJuly 21, 2025
Advocates, providers say FSSA proposed changes would hurt, isolate people with disabilities
Indiana has proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home- and community-based services — including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Advocates and providers said the proposal from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration would harm people with disabilities and isolate them from their communities.
Read MoreJuly 21, 2025
$50B rural health 'slush fund' faces questions, skepticism
Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with promises it would help plug the hole left by Medicaid cuts. Rural hospital and clinic leaders worry the infusion won’t reach the right places.
Read MoreJuly 18, 2025
Program to protect mentally ill from abuse is slated for cuts. Experts are worried
Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to protect individuals with mental illness from harm at risk of curtailed services and loss of staff.
Read MoreJuly 17, 2025
IU Indy marks first year with local connections and big growth
IU leaders said the urban research campus builds on the legacy of IUPUI, a 55-year collaboration in the capital city with Purdue University.
Read MoreJuly 17, 2025
FSSA reopens Medicaid waiver slots, but only covers a fraction of Hoosiers on waitlists
Previously closed slots for Indiana's Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Indiana Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13,000 people still on the waitlist for home- and community-based health services.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2025
Rural hospitals issue warning in wake of federal cuts
Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President Donald Trump's budget bill.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2025
Indiana cancer center needs state support. Lawmakers established fund but didn't contribute money
Indiana's only comprehensive cancer center could lose its National Cancer Institute designation if the state doesn't invest in cancer research. A new state law establishes a cancer research fund — but Indiana hasn't dedicated any money to it.
Read MoreJuly 11, 2025
Indiana axes public health programs and staff as Braun aims to end DEI
In a report released this week, Braun's administration detailed the programs that have been eliminated or face planned cuts, including in the Indiana Department of Health and the Family and Social Services Administration.
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