August 5, 2025
FSSA will accept public comment until Aug. 8 on Medicaid waiver changes that include service caps
Indiana's proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home- and community-based services are expected to take effect in December — including a significant cap on certain therapy services. But, people can still submit comments on the proposed changes until Friday.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2025
Senators raise questions about deals between telehealth and drug companies
Lawmakers warn the arrangement Eli Lilly and Pfizer have with telehealth platforms may lead to conflicts of interest, subpar patient care, and increase in federal health care spending.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2025
How a friend's overdose drove a leading addiction scientist to look for answers
A leading addiction expert explains how he's driven by the memory of a friend who died, and why he believes giving data on the drug supply to people on the street is more important than using it to inform national drug policy.
Read MoreJuly 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.
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