public health emergency

Providers flag concerns about Medicaid infrastructure as 'unwinding' disenrolls thousands

Violet Comber-Wilen

A Medicaid portal that's difficult to navigate and issues with timly reimbursement are just some of the concerns.

What does the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency mean for Hoosiers?

Violet Comber-Wilen

The federal public health declaration ended Thursday. This means the federal government will not buy tests, vaccines and treatments to distribute for free.

Nonis Spinner, director of eligibility and membership at the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (left) and Brian Arrowood, chief communications officer at the Family and Social Security Administration, presented the state’s plans during the November Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting on November 30, 2022.

How to avoid losing your health insurance when the federal COVID emergency ends

Sarah Vaughan

In Indiana, up to a quarter of people currently on Medicaid are at risk of losing their coverage when the public health emergency ends.

Lawmakers will meet for a one-day session on Nov. 29 to consider a single bill related to the COVID-19 public health emergency and vaccine mandates.

Indiana lawmakers aim to restrict businesses' ability to mandate COVID-19 vaccine

Brandon Smith

Indiana lawmakers will come into session before the end of November to significantly change how private businesses can require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Any fully vaccinated Hoosiers 18 and older can go to Our.Shot.IN.gov to register for a booster shot, as long as they are six months from their last dose of Pfizer or Moderna.

Coronavirus: Boosters open to all, lawmakers aim to restrict businesses' vaccine mandates

Lauren Chapman

Indiana reported nearly 20,000 new cases in the last week – the most reported in nearly two months. And hospitalizations have also picked up.

Holcomb contemplates ending public health emergency, even as pandemic continues

Brandon Smith

Gov. Eric Holcomb said Indiana is at a point where he “thankfully can contemplate” ending the public health emergency around the COVID-19 pandemic.

For months, Gov. Eric Holcomb’s executive actions related to COVID-19 have been extended one month at a time.

Holcomb Still Talking With Hospitals About Next Executive Order

Brandon Smith

Gov. Eric Holcomb didn’t shed any more light Tuesday on why he extended his latest COVID-19 executive order by just two days.