Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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.

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.

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, disputed the inspector general's findings in a response that accompanies the report.

A report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday listed 1,141 total COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents as of May 24. That number is 196, or 21 percent, more than the 945 such deaths reported this week by the Indiana State Department of Health.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services extended the original Sunday deadline after reports of technical glitches.

The 30-day public comment period began May 24. The state submitted its proposal to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on May 25.

Indiana health care consultant Seema Verma is a protégé of Vice President Mike Pence. She was approved Monday by a 55-43 vote.