Articles tagged as: Medicare
January 23, 2023
Three health policy stories to watch in 2023
Considering the countrys divided Congress, Americans shouldnt hold their breath for major health reform legislation this year. On the other hand, 2023 is shaping up to see some incredibly consequential health policy changes that could impact millions.
Read MoreOctober 28, 2022
How a major Medicare change could help seniors with high drug costs
An overhaul of Medicares prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
Read MoreOctober 6, 2022
Indianapolis health care giant must face federal lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud
Indianapolis-based health insurance giant Elevance Health, previously Anthem, Inc., will have to face a federal lawsuit alleging it pocketed at least tens of millions of dollars by submitting inaccurate claims to the U.S. Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services.
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2022
The next round in the fight over prescription drug prices
The Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers to lower prescription drug prices, but lawsuits, loopholes and opposition from the drug industry could undermine them.
Read MoreJuly 28, 2021
Economists Ask: Do Medicaid Paperwork Hassles For Doctors Worsen Health Care Disparities?
Administrative burdens — like haggling with insurers over payments — cut into the already low reimbursement rates Medicaid provides doctors for services. This can disincentivize doctors from accepting Medicaid, according to a new working paper from the University of Chicago.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2020
Indiana Extension Of HIP Approved For 10 Years
Indiana has received approval to continue its Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, for 10 more years. The state says this will help continue health coverage for more than 500,000 low-income adult Hoosiers.
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2020
DOJ files lawsuit against Community Health Network
The DOJ alleges the network paid physicians well above market value for referrals and paid bonuses to physicians if they referred a certain number of patients to the hospital.
Read MoreOctober 28, 2019
U.S. Medicare Administrator Talks Open Enrollment, Lower Premiums
Enrollment for Medicare is open right now and countrys top Medicare official says some Hoosiers could be paying less.
Read MoreOctober 28, 2019
Democrats Tout Medicare Plans In Iowa, As Caucuses Near
More than half of the Iowas hospitals are operating in the red, while per capita spending on health care is rising sharply. So what are the candidates proposing when it comes to Medicare?
Read MoreOctober 22, 2018
Verma Promotes Medicare Changes In Indianapolis
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, was in Indianapolis to promote changes to Medicare.
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