A slew of health care bills moving through the legislature target high prices for Hoosiers by encouraging competition and restructuring how the state pays for services under Medicaid.
We know that as much as 80% of a person’s health status is influenced by social factors—factors that disproportionately impact marginalized populations.
A federal emergency declaration in January 2020 waived the requirement for health-care providers to meet patients in person before prescribing tightly regulated drugs. Once the emergency declaration expires, that practice could be in legal limbo.
The caucus’ main initiatives are laid out in eight senate bills, although some priorities are intended to be folded into the two-year state budget that lawmakers must finalize before the end of the session in April.
Renewable energy, climate change mitigation and ongoing efforts to improve statewide water quality are top issues for Indiana environmental advocates in the 2023 legislative session.
On paper, it’s a global headquarters project—a $100 million campus for Elanco Animal Health on the former General Motors stamping plant site just west of downtown. But CEO Jeff Simmons is hoping it will become much more.
Former state senator Luke Kenley and Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana state health commissioner, break down their big ask of the Indiana Legislature: Increase public health spending by $242 million per year.
A high concentration of hospital, physician and insurance markets in Indiana have likely contributed to health care costs soaring 48% in a recent nine-year period, according to a new study commissioned by state lawmakers.
Brooklyn-based Cityblock Health Inc. and Indianapolis-based health maintenance organization MDwise Inc. said their partnership would bring care to about 10,000 people in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals public satisfaction with the U.S. health care system is remarkably low, with fewer than half of Americans saying it’s handled well in general.
