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Advocates said their main concerns center on the Medicaid expansion population. In Indiana, that’s the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP.

Advocates say election may mean big Medicaid changes. But warn not to panic, spread misinformation

Abigail Ruhman

Advocates said they’re concerned about how the results of the presidential election could impact Medicaid programs in the state. One advocate says people should pay attention to national changes, but shouldn’t panic.

Deputy Director Shelby Thomas, with the Office of Drug Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement, presents before a state committee on Nov. 14, 2024.

Most localities still holding onto opioid settlement funds

Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Most local governments haven’t started spending their opioid settlement dollars, according to a state report presented on Thursday.

Republican Mike Braun weighed in on some of the most contentious statehouse battles in his wide-ranging health care proposal.

Braun health care plan builds upon legislative action that previously failed

Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Republican candidate for governor Mike Braun released a six-prong health care plan on Thursday.

The Family and Social Services Administration said it can’t estimate how long people will be waiting for services because that depends on how many people are part of a priority category each month.

Medicaid officials outline forecasting changes, update lawmakers on waitlist progress

Abigail Ruhman

FSSA is using a new process to develop the December 2024 forecast, which will be presented to the State Budget Committee.

Indiana Medicaid Director Cora Steinmetz said the agency is also exploring other ways to improve how members are processed.

FSSA launches Medicaid waiver waitlist dashboard, lawmakers want more information from the agency

Abigail Ruhman

Indiana Medicaid Director Cora Steinmetz said the agency is also exploring other ways to improve how members are processed.

The judge is expected to decide by September 1 whether to allow the plaintiffs to continue receiving their current services while the case is being considered.

FSSA argues plaintiffs’ parents can’t continue to provide attendant care in Medicaid legal challenge

Abigail Ruhman

The judge is expected to decide by September 1 whether to allow the plaintiffs to continue receiving their current services while the case is being considered.

About 94 percent of Pregnancy Promise Program participants achieved sustained recovery while enrolled and 83 percent of infants were born at a healthy birth weight with shorter hospital stays, according to the program’s 2023 annual report.

Indiana’s Pregnancy Promise Program receives three-year, nearly $3 million federal grant

Lauren Chapman

A statewide program to support pregnany people and new parents with substance use disorders received nearly 3 million dollars in federal funding to expand.

Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla discussed the state's fiscal closeout during a press conference on July 23, 2024.

Indiana ends fiscal year with $2.5 billion in reserves after covering part of Medicaid shortfall

Brandon Smith

Indiana ended its fiscal year with a $421 million surplus, by far the lowest margin in the post-pandemic era — an era when, up to now, the state had been awash in federal pandemic funding.

A legislative panel made up mostly of Hoosier lawmakers heard more than four hours of testimony on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, about Indiana’s need for a more comprehensive child care system.

State lawmakers weigh ongoing child care ‘deserts’ across Indiana

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

More than a dozen early childhood advocates and care providers testified before the legislative study committee.

Hoosiers who have been disenrolled have 13 days from the time of postage to respond to an FSSA letter. Factor in several days for shipping, and there isn't much time to prevent a lapse in coverage.

For thousands of Hoosiers losing Medicaid on technicalities, re-enrolling is another struggle

Ethan Sandweiss

Eighty-six percent of Hoosiers who lost Medicaid coverage since April did so because of problems with paperwork, compared to the 73 percent national average.