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Indiana FSSA to use AI to detect Medicaid fraud
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (427+ words) FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob talks before a legislative committee in March 2025 while wearing his "Make Medicaid Boring Again" hat. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is participating in a pilot initiative to use artificial intelligence for Medicaid fraud prevention....
Parkview battles pricing concerns amid steps it outlines taking to reduce cost pressure
1+ week, 2+ day ago (910+ words) Parkview Health's growth over the last five years expanded its brand far beyond Fort Wayne. While the nonprofit health system provides care to an estimated 1 million Indiana, Ohio and Michigan residents, it has drawn considerable scrutiny from those who worry…...
Congress should reconsider the ACA to make quality health insurance affordable
2+ week, 4+ day ago (630+ words) Already, Indiana hospitals are reporting a double-digit increase in the percentage of emergency department visits since the beginning of 2025. That rate is expected to climb as more Hoosiers forgo health insurance or opt for high-deductible plans to offset soaring premiums....
New state law will undercut medical cost control efforts
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (573+ words) In a recent Quinnipiac poll about personal financial concerns, voters cited health care costs as No. 1. And when those same voters were asked to rank how difficult it would be to pay an unexpected bill of $1, 000 immediately, half of voters…...
Indiana unveils Medicaid overhaul aimed at pressuring hospitals to lower prices
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1204+ words) Indiana will begin using Medicaid payments as leverage against high hospital prices under a newly approved financing model. Indiana officials on Friday rolled out what they described as a first-in-the-nation Medicaid financing overhaul designed to pressure hospitals to lower commercial…...
Lawmakers working to ensure that insurance works for patients
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (552+ words) Indiana lawmakers have taken bold steps to put patients ahead of harmful insurance practices. Hoosier patients, not insurance giants, should start benefiting at the pharmacy counter. Recently, multiple patient-first laws have gone into effect that ensure Hoosiers receive financial assistance…...
Talk of fraud clouds effort at reining in state benefits
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (581+ words) It's all about the errors. Indiana lawmakers fear a heavy financial blow if they don't reduce errors in the state's food and health care assistance programs. That's why they recently passed legislation with more eligibility checks and other regulatory requirements....
New analysis shows Parkview Health's commercial prices dropping
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (205+ words) A state-required study shows that Parkview Health's commercial prices have consistently dropped over three years, the Fort Wayne-based network announced today." The 2025 Milliman Hospital Price Benchmarking Analysis was issued by the Indiana Department of Insurance after it was required by…...
Help is available navigating Medicare options
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (413+ words) Our teams often sit down with patients who are trying to make sense of changes to their insurance coverage. Many are older adults who have seen the same doctors for years " decades, even " and suddenly find themselves unsure whether they…...
ACA enrollment plummets in Indiana; Congress must extend tax credits
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (279+ words) The loss of those credits could lead to 4. 8 million Americans losing health insurance while millions more are facing soaring premium costs. But the suffering won't end with the massive increase in the uninsured population. "This is a wake-up call for…...