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The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration implemented a waitlist for certain Medicaid services over six months ago — and advocates said it’s created a significant barrier to care for medically complex Hoosiers.

It will take some members almost seven and a half months to move off the Pathways Waiver waitlist and more than nine months for the Health and Wellness waitlist. However, the number of people on the waitlist may grow as new people join.

A federal judge reversed course Tuesday after the state failed to secure in-home skilled nursing services for the families.

Indiana's Medicaid waiver waitlist continues to grow and providers report ongoing problems in the transition to managed care.

Just 223 entities have applied to a state fund for temporary emergency financial assistance — and only 11 providers got it.

The original complaint will continue to move through the court system.

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

In June, a federal ruling determined several HIP policies, including those payments, go against the objectives of the Medicaid Act and limit coverage.

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

A recent lawsuit argued against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services argued that POWER account contributions violate the law. A federal judge agreed.