January 28, 2025
The powerful vaccine committee RFK Jr. could soon control
If the Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a vaccine skeptic — to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he would control an influential group of federal vaccine advisors.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2025
Indiana ended Medicaid waiver waitlists before. As thousands wait, could it do it again?
Gerald Williams was one of thousands of Hoosiers placed on a waitlist for services. This isn’t the first time Indiana has implemented a waitlist for these services. In fact, advocates warn this could be the return to a decades-long wait for services and that wait is already having a human cost.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2025
Health care facilities can’t hire people with certain felonies. Bill offers peer recovery exception
Health care facilities are barred from hiring employees who have been convicted of certain criminal offenses, including felony convictions within the last five years related to “controlled substances.” Lawmakers want to introduce an exception for peer support professionals.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2025
New concerns over cancer and alcohol suggest even moderate drinking increases risk
New research shows strong ties between alcohol and cancer, which has reignited a debate among experts about the health impacts of drinking, even in moderate amounts.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2025
Hospitals support Indiana Medicaid expansion funding changes. Braun administration raises concerns
A House committee approved a bill that would make several funding changes to Indiana’s Medicaid expansion program. House Bill 1586 was supported by key health care stakeholders, such as the Insurance Institute of Indiana and the Indiana Hospital Association.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2025
Federal health agencies told to halt all external communications
In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters until Feb. 1, unless they get express approval from "a presidential appointee."
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Federal law bans doctor referral incentives. Lawmakers also want to prohibit it under Indiana law
An Indiana-based health network paid a $345 million settlement in 2023 after accusations that physicians received incentives for referrals – which goes against federal law. Now, state lawmakers want to make that practice a violation of state law as well.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Senate lawmakers advance a bill to ban noncompete agreements for physicians
Senate lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 475 Wednesday to ban non-compete agreements for doctors.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Latest Braun executive orders target health care affordability, transparency
Gov. Mike Braun signed a series of executive orders Wednesday that aim to make health care more “affordable, accessible and transparent.”
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Governor Braun orders IDOH to share individual terminated pregnancy reports
Gov. Mike Braun is ordering the Indiana Department of Health to resume releasing individual terminated pregnancy reports, as it did before the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect.
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