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Indiana's largest nonprofit hospital systems will face limits on how much they can charge for care under legislation headed to the governor. The hospital systems would have to meet certain requirements by 2029 – or forfeit their nonprofit status.

Republican lawmakers passionately debated legislation to tackle health care costs among Indiana's largest nonprofit hospitals. The Senate ultimately voted to move the measure forward and return it to the House with amendments.

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.

On the heels of a scuttled hospital merger between rivals in Terre Haute, Indiana, a state senator introduced a bill that would forbid similar mergers in the future.

Baxter International, the largest manufacturer of IV fluids nationwide, is still only producing about 60% of its normal supply.

Some Indiana hospital budgets are in the red as the collective operating margin for state hospitals continues to be under 1%.

A new program at IU Health Methodist Hospital hopes to address nutrition insecurity in downtown Indianapolis.

The Indiana Hospital Association said hospitals are at a financial breaking point as state lawmakers begin a deep dive into Medicaid funding.

The emergency room at Franciscan Health in Hammond will stop taking ambulances at 6 a.m. on Dec. 23, according to a hospital spokesperson. Then on Dec. 31 all emergency room services will come to an end.

Hospital systems in Indiana are enacting visitor restrictions in response to high flu-like illness activity which can include flu, COVID-19 and RSV.