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Medicaid
Illinois company to hire 50 in Indy for Medicaid drug contract
December 3, 2012
J.K. WallCatamaran Corp. will add 50 jobs in Indianapolis over the next year to help it provide pharmacy-benefit-management services
to the Indiana Medicaid program. The Illinois-based company will open an office downtown Tuesday to kick off its six-year,
$60 million contract with the state.
MoreHome health agency closes after losing reimbursement
December 3, 2012
J.K. WallCarmel-based ABC Homecare LLC closed last week after state and federal authorities cut off its access to Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement due to deficiencies cited by the Indiana State Department of Health.
MoreMedicaid expansion could cost $54M a year
November 26, 2012
J.K. WallA new set of projections released Monday estimates that expanding Medicaid coverage as called for in President Obama’s 2010 health reform law would cost the state government less than $54 million per year on average over the next decade—far lower than projections issued by the actuarial firm hired by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration.
Assessment fees benefit Indy hospitals
November 26, 2012
J.K. WallIU Health and Community enjoyed net gains of $267 million and $23 million, respectively, from the hospital assessment fee
program during the fiscal year ended June 30.
MoreLow enrollment clouds Healthy Indiana Plan
November 3, 2012
J.K. WallMany Indiana Republicans want to use the Healthy Indiana Plan to expand Medicaid coverage in Indiana to more low-income adults.
But the program—which offers health insurance based on health savings accounts to uninsured adults—has managed
to attract just one-third of the Hoosiers it was designed for and has cost about twice as much per enrollee as predicted.
MoreWill Medicaid expansion actually work?
October 1, 2012
J.K. WallIt would be “absurd” and a “travesty” for Indiana not to expand its Medicaid program, according to
two local hospital officials. And yet other health care leaders do not expect expanded Medicaid coverage to provide nearly
as much help to uninsured Hoosiers as hoped.
MoreBill for Medicaid expansion? $516M a year
September 24, 2012
J.K. WallIf Indiana expands its Medicaid program as called for under President Obama’s health reform law, it likely will hike
state spending on the program an extra 13.5 percent—or $516 million annually—by 2020, according to the latest
projections from Seattle-based actuarial firm Milliman Inc.
MoreDaniels' health care team says answers pending
September 19, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' team of federal health care overhaul leaders told state lawmakers Wednesday that even without
clear answers on the new law, it will cost the state hundreds of millions more in the coming years.
MoreGOP govs: Not enough Medicaid 'flexibility'
August 20, 2012
J.K. WallThe Obama administration is giving states like Indiana a little flexibility in how to expand their Medicaid programs—but
nothing like what state officials hoped for after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the law in late June.
MoreWellPoint shares jump after $4.9B deal for Amerigroup
July 9, 2012
J.K. WallInvestors and analysts like the fact that WellPoint is playing more aggressively in government-sponsored health plans, such
as Medicaid and Medicare, which are projected to be the key sectors for growth for the next several years.
MoreHigh court ruling could leave 290K Hoosiers uncovered
July 1, 2012
J.K. WallA decision by Indiana to leave its Medicaid program unchanged could leave as many as 290,000 Hoosier adults, who would have
been newly eligible for Medicaid coverage, with no good options.
MoreHigh court ruling opens Medicaid escape hatch for states
June 28, 2012
J.K. WallWhile upholding President Obama’s health care law, the U.S. Supreme Court may have created a way out for states that
do not want to expand their Medicaid programs. Whether Indiana decides to opt out remains to be seen.
MoreOBEIME: Poor, uninsured won't monopolize resources
May 12, 2012
Myth prevents policymakers from attacking real problem of distributing funding.
MoreWellPoint sees $100 billion 'duals' market as care shifts
April 25, 2012
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. sees a $100 billion market in the states it serves to provide managed care for poor, elderly
patients in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
MoreCarmel man charged with defrauding Medicaid of $1M
March 30, 2012
Businessman Donald Hamilton faces one count of health care fraud, five counts of false statements in a health care matter
and two counts of money laundering. He faces a maximum sentence of 55 years if convicted on all counts.
MoreCourt: Indiana can't deny welfare without reason
March 22, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid,
food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why.
MoreCOLVIN: Get ready for a perfect storm in Worker's Compensation
March 17, 2012
Ryan Colvin / Special to IBJRates are set to rise as insurers increasingly note the link between older workers' health and productivity.
MoreRating doctors and other health care providers
January 14, 2012
Sam StallA new onslaught of Medicare data might shine more light on providers, but tricky questions abound.
MoreWellPoint, other insurers profit from health law they oppose
January 5, 2012
Insurance companies spent millions of dollars trying to defeat the U.S. health-care overhaul. But profit margins at the companies
have widened to levels not seen since before the recession, a Bloomberg Government study shows.
MorePanel hears arguments over Indiana abortion funding
December 15, 2011
Associated PressA federal agency will reconsider whether Indiana violated federal law when it decided to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned
Parenthood and other abortion providers.
MoreHospitals scrambling to buy nursing homes
October 22, 2011
J.K. WallThe hospitals owned by Boone and Hamilton counties are following the lead of Indianapolis-based Wishard Health Services and
its parent organization by acquiring far-flung nursing homes, hoping the strategy proves as lucrative.
MoreFeds: Proposed Indiana Medicaid expansion premature
September 30, 2011
Associated PressFederal officials on Friday denied Indiana's request to use a state public health savings account to help cover the half-million
people who will become eligible for Medicaid in 2014, saying the request was premature and leaving the state program's
future in flux.
MoreIndiana company quits Missouri Medicaid contract
September 1, 2011
Associated PressIndianapolis-based SynCare has ended its contract to screen Missouri Medicaid recipients after numerous complaints about its
job performance.
MorePrivate firm with Medicaid deal gets state help
August 31, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressOfficials with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services say they had to hire 13 temporary workers and shift as
many as 20 state workers from their regular jobs after withering consumer complaints against SynCare LLC of Indiana.
MoreMissouri health care advocates decry Indiana contractor
August 30, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndianapolis-based SynCare LLC, hired to determine the eligibility of Missouri Medicaid patients for in-home care, has "been
a complete disaster from the beginning," statewide health care advocates charge.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!