2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (164+ words) InkFreeNews.com INDIANAPOLIS – Managed Health Services, a managed care entity that has been serving the state of Indiana for 30 years and a Centene company, has announced the recipientsof the MHS Serves Workforce Support Program, a new statewide funding opportunity in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1620+ words) INDIANAPOLIS – After more than a year of eligibility reviews that have already removed hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers from Medicaid, the state’s low-income health insurance program is entering a new phase that could determine whether even more beneficiaries lose their…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1215+ words) INDIANAPOLIS – Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals. Under a law enacted last year, five of Indiana’s largest…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (553+ words) INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is preparing to phase in work requirements for able-bodied Hoosiers ages 19-64 who participate in Medicaid’s Healthy Indiana Plan, starting Jan. 1, 2027. The agency released new details this week about early compliance for new…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (313+ words) InkFreeNews.com INDIANAPOLIS — Rural hospitals across Indiana are facing mounting financial pressures as low reimbursement rates, workforce shortages and looming federal funding reductions threaten access to health care in many communities. The Indiana Hospital Association reports that nine hospitals have…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (341+ words) Indiana officials on Friday, May 15, announced what they described as a first-in-the-nation Medicaid financing overhaul designed to pressure hospitals to lower commercial healthcare prices while directing more state and federal funding toward rural and lower-cost providers....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (569+ words) Kosciusko County carries a lot of different insurance, and Monday morning, May 4, the Kosciusko County Commissioners approved annual insurance renewals with some changes....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (960+ words) INDIANAPOLIS — The state agency overseeing Medicaid is hiring 400 employees to check the eligibility of the 560,000 low-income Hoosiers getting their health insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan. Fifty of those have been onboarded as state employees since the effort began last…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (851+ words) INDIANAPOLIS — About half of U.S. adults say it is difficult to afford health care costs, according to new polling from KFF, a national policy research organization. Victoria Gonzales is a Fort Wayne mother of a 9-month-old baby boy named Adriel. Motherhood…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (678+ words) The federal government is holding up supplemental payments for Medicaid providers in Indiana’s PathWays program. INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana nursing homes are owed hundreds of millions in back payments for services provided under the state’s Medicaid program for long-term care. The federal…...