health care

The top five concerns identified through the health assessment are mental health and wellbeing, access to health care, housing, trauma and injury prevention, and infant mortality.

The fraud is largely related to over-billing by providers and drug theft. He has no authority over recipient fraud.

A bill pitched as a fix for Indiana’s troubled Pathways Medicaid program drew emotional testimony — and triggered pointed exchanges — as discussions around long-term care continued Thursday in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

A new federal project called the Rural Health Transformation Program was designed to address health deserts in rural communities. What is it, and what impact could it have in Indiana?

The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.

Earlier this year, Indiana lawmakers significantly cut public health funding in response to the "bleak" budget forecast. Health care leaders said the state's investment in public health needed more time to address health care costs and outcomes.

Indiana is in the process of transitioning to a new model to deliver behavioral health and crisis services. But the top Family and Social Services Administration official says the agency is concerned about having the necessary funding.

One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours, according to an Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis.

A report from the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana explores social determinants that affect women in the region.

Gov. Mike Braun signed a series of executive orders Wednesday that aim to make health care more “affordable, accessible and transparent.”