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ACA enrollment grows as Indiana unwinds Medicaid coverage

January 29, 2024 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Nearly 300,000 Hoosiers secured health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace during the open enrollment period for 2024, part of the record 21.3 million consumers nationally utilizing the program for the upcoming year.

Indiana underestimated Medicaid cost by nearly $1 billion, report says

December 20, 2023 | Associated Press

The flawed forecast was based on data that did not reflect the latest needs of enrollees, state agencies said.

Families say autism therapy helped their kids, but Indiana’s Medicaid cuts could put it out of reach

December 17, 2023 | Associated Press

Providers of the therapy say the new rates are not enough to keep them running and are far below the previous statewide average of $97 per hour.

Indiana attorney general part of $2.5B Medicaid fraud action

June 28, 2023 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office, through its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, joined more than a dozen states and the federal government Wednesday in a nationwide enforcement action against 78 individuals charged with Medicaid fraud.

Federal agency blocks Indiana’s Medicaid work requirements

June 29, 2021 | Associated Press

Indiana’s plan aimed to require those who don’t qualify for exemptions to report 20 hours a month of work or related activity, or face coverage loss.

Indiana lawmakers propose using cigarette tax for Medicaid

February 4, 2021 | Associated Press

A House committee made significant changes Thursday to the way Indiana would spend proceeds from a proposal to hike the state’s cigarette tax for the first time in more than a decade and impose a new state tax on vaping liquids.

Indiana spent more than $1 million on dead Medicaid patients, feds say

February 24, 2020 | John Russell

Indiana’s Medicaid director said the state will recover the payments and return the federal share of more than $800,000. The feds say the problem occurred because Indiana did not enter dead beneficiaries’ information in a federal data bank.

Indiana suspends work requirement for Medicaid until lawsuit is resolved

October 31, 2019 | John Russell

Starting in July, Indiana began requiring people to work, volunteer or participate in other qualifying activities as a condition for receiving medical benefits under the Healthy Indiana Plan, the state’s biggest Medicaid program.

Two groups sue over Indiana’s work requirements for Medicaid recipients

September 24, 2019 | John Russell

The plaintiffs say the requirements jeopardize the health coverage of thousands of vulnerable people under the Healthy Indiana Plan.

Indiana creates Medicaid work rules for low-income Hoosiers

July 14, 2019 | Associated Press

Indiana has become the latest state to implement work requirements for low-income residents who receive their health insurance through Medicaid— a change that opponents warn will cost some under-resourced Hoosiers their health coverage.

Firm announces $232M contract with Indiana, just two days after settling huge Medicaid fraud case in Texas

February 21, 2019

Conduent Inc. of Florham Park, New Jersey, agreed this week to pay $236 million to settle charges that it rubber-stamped applications for dental work in Texas. The company said the activity happened under previous owners.

Indiana governor wants work requirement for some on Medicaid

May 25, 2017

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday for permission to impose such a requirement.

Indiana Democrats raise alarm bells on Medicaid cuts

March 16, 2017

Indiana officials are sounding alarm bells about a plan by Republicans in Congress to cut Medicaid spending.

Senate confirms Indiana consultant Verma to head Medicare, Medicaid

March 14, 2017

Indiana health care consultant Seema Verma, a protege of Vice President Mike Pence, was approved by a 55-43 vote, largely along party lines. She'll head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a $1 trillion agency.

Trump health pick from Indiana says Medicaid needs major overhaul

February 17, 2017

Indiana health care consulting executive Seema Verma on Thursday testified before the Senate Finance Committee on her nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS.

Amid candidates’ cooperation in Indiana, pro-Cruz PAC slams Kasich for Medicaid expansion

April 25, 2016

The move is a little ironic because Indiana also expanded health care for poor Hoosiers using Medicaid money available through Obamacare.

Indiana’s tax breaks for jobs cost at least three times more than Medicaid expansion

August 20, 2014

State and local governments hand out $921 million per year to entice business to add jobs. The Medicaid expansion is estimated to cost no more than $279 million per year.

Feds scrutinize Indiana for Medicaid backlog

July 24, 2014

More than 80,000 Hoosiers had their applications for the Medicaid health benefits stuck in a backlog in May, prompting the federal government to launch a special review next week.

Obama team willing to ‘Republicanize’ Medicaid, but maybe not enough for Indiana

December 12, 2013

A new Medicaid expansion deal with the Republican governor of Iowa OK’d a cost-sharing requirement similar to what Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants. But the Obama administration says it won’t extend that deal as low as Pence would like to go.

Indiana rolls back some 2010 Medicaid rate cuts

June 6, 2013

The state plans to spend $37 million more each year reimbursing providers. The increase would amount to 2 percent more for hospitals, nursing facilities, home health and immediate care providers.

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