The federal government has granted a one-month extension to Indiana's Medicaid program, known as the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP 2.0, which was set to expire this month.

The commonwealth is one of 10 states, including Indiana, that have requested approval from the federal government for such a provision.

Kentucky got the green light from the federal government Friday to require people who get Medicaid to work. It's a big change from the Obama administration, which rejected overtures from states that wanted to add a work requirement.

Ten states, including Indiana, have submitted proposals to add a work requirement to their Medicaid plans.

On Friday, the Indiana Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board agreed to remove prior authorizations for preferred versions of the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine.

Michigan-based McLaren Health Care announced Thursday that it's signed a definitive agreement to acquire MDwise a nonprofit insurer serving more than 360,000 Indiana residents who are on Medicaid.

In many low-income communities, especially in rural areas, charity clinics like this provide dental care for a population whose needs are not fully met by the existing safety net.

A lack of qualified professionals tops the list of barriers to treatment in Indiana communities.

A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released this week shows Indiana would receive 3 percent less under the block grant system than it currently does under the Affordable Care Act.

Students on a national bus tour stopped at Sen. Donnelly's office to urge him to support defunding Planned Parenthood through the latest repeal effort.