About three-quarters of U.S. adults see child care costs as a “major problem,” but only about half say helping working families pay for child care should be a “high priority” for the federal government, according to the poll.
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Indy Chamber and the Indianapolis Urban League are partners in Business Equity for Indy, which launched in 2020 with 11 member companies. Today it has 50.
Direct-to-employer health insurance plans, in which an employer contracts directly with a health care network for coverage, restrict provider choice but are generally less expensive for employers and employees.
Prosecutors say the organization bought more than 30 previously legitimate U.S. companies and turned them from lawful businesses into consistent vehicles for fraud.
Recent college graduates are starting careers at a time of sharp generational disconnect over how the workplace should operate and how younger employees should inhabit it.
The idea, floated by the White House as a way to help pay for the president’s tax cut plan, blindsided the pharmaceutical industry and has prompted a furious lobbying campaign.
Indiana lawmakers discovered this legislative session that performing major financial surgery on multibillion-dollar nonprofit hospital systems is a motley and entangled task.
Over 2 million Hoosiers live in areas with inadequate access to primary care providers, and the state ranks 33rd for primary care access and 43rd for mental health access.
The company said its goal is to reduce wait times for patients seeking access to specialists, creating more opportunities for early diagnosis and intervention.
Health care mergers and acquisitions continue to be a hot topic in Indiana, with the Legislature considering a bill this year geared toward creating more transparency and state oversight toward those deals.
Hospitals say AI is helping nurses work more efficiently while addressing burnout and understaffing. But nursing unions argue the technology is overriding nurses’ expertise and degrading the quality of care patients receive.
The iHEART Collaborative is bringing heart health to barbershops, Bible study groups, food pantries and neighborhood centers in Meadows/Martindale Brightwood.
The Ackerman Center was launched in March 2023 to help address the post-COVID bump in demand for mental health services by tackling a related problem—a significant shortage of mental health workers.
