Indiana Medicaid

45% of Indiana Hospitals are operating at a loss, according to a new report. The Hospital Association is calling for additional support as more cuts are expected to hit in the coming years.

Health

Nearly half of Indiana's hospitals are operating at a loss. They say they need help

Benjamin Thorp

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” will cut $13 billion to Indiana Hospitals over the next decade. Indiana Hospitals say they are already in trouble.

The bill’s author said many of these changes have been discussed for years, but this year they were “investigated and embraced” as a part of a larger Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP redesign.

Health

Hospitals support Indiana Medicaid expansion funding changes. Braun administration raises concerns

Abigail Ruhman

A House committee approved a bill that would make several funding changes to Indiana’s Medicaid expansion program. House Bill 1586 was supported by key health care stakeholders, such as the Insurance Institute of Indiana and the Indiana Hospital Association.

Health

Braun's health care plan for Indiana: Costs, noncompetes and Medicaid

Benjamin Thorp

With Mike Braun now the governor-elect of Indiana local health care advocacy groups weigh in on his proposed health care plan.

Health

Indiana wants Medicaid members to pay premiums, again. A federal judge says it violates the law

Benjamin Thorp, Abigail Ruhman

Indiana fights to bring back some Medicaid premiums after judge strikes them down. State officials say the ruling puts Indiana's Medicaid expansion program at risk.

Health

Poor, sick Hoosiers are stuck in a Medicare-Medicaid maze. A new bill proposes a fix

Dan Gorenstein, Leslie Walker

A new bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion government health care mess. Will it make care better for some of the country's sickest, poorest patients?

Jackson Dewitt is one of around 1,600 children who receive services through the Attendant Care Program. The stipend his mother, Jennifer, gets for providing around-the-clock care for him helped the family stay afloat.

Health

Families could lose thousands in income if Indiana reduces payments to parents of kids with disabilities

Elizabeth Gabriel

A proposal by Indiana Medicaid officials would drastically cut payments that thousands of families of people with disabilities relied on. State officials say it's necessary to curb ballooning utilization and plug a huge budget gap. But some families worry the changes could lead to them losing their jobs or even their homes.

Health

FSSA: More than 1,600 children with disabilities affected by proposed attendant care cut

Abigail Ruhman

More than 1,600 children with disabilities would be impacted by the states proposal to change how their caregivers are compensated through Medicaid. The Family and Social Services Administration said the growth of the program is unsustainable.

During the Medicaid unwinding, Andrea Mae and her three children lost their coverage despite being eligible. Her middle daughter, Shilo, is on a special kind of Medicaid for the aged and disabled. Losing coverage was devastating, especially for her.

Health

Medicaid unwinding is causing people with disabilities to lose coverage with devastating consequences

Farah Yousry

Some people with disabilities are caught up in the Medicaid unwinding process and losing their coverage despite their best efforts.

Prior to Lt. Suzanne Crouch's letter to the FSSA secretary, Gov. Eric Holcomb said the state is overdue for a set standard and that slowing down this process would “not be fair to anyone.”

Statewide

Families of autistic children ask to halt Medicaid proposal, say it will limit access to ABA therapy

Abigail Ruhman

Parents of children with autism want the governor to stop a proposal they said will reduce access to a common behavioral treatment. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration proposed a new Medicaid rate earlier this month.

Rev. Shonda Nicole Gladden of Broadway Church (right) and religious studies professor David Craig have been working together to organize Medicaid-centered events in four different Black churches in Indianapolis. The idea is to reach people where they are with information and resources to preserve their Medicaid coverage if they are eligible, or help residents find other low cost health insurance options if they lose Medicaid coverage.

Health

Black churches work to blunt the impact of Medicaid unwinding on their communities

Farah Yousry

Millions of people across the country could lose their Medicaid coverage anytime now because states have, once again, resumed eligibility checks after pandemic-era federal protections expired.