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Indiana group’s bruising battle for legislation to limit hospital fees is spurring employer groups in other states to follow suit
Sept 28, 2023
To increase transparency, lawmakers propose searchable health care ownership database
WBOI (Northeast Indiana), January 30, 2024 Mentioned
Grant programs establishing, sustaining localized health responses move forward
Indiana Capital Chronicle, January 25, 2024 Mentioned
Committee considers anti-monopoly bill for health care entities
Indiana Capital Chronicle, January 17, 2024 Mentioned
Questions raised about hospital merger under COPA
Yahoo Finance, January 17, 2024 Featured
‘It’s not a done deal’; where the Union Health acquisition of Regional Hospital stands
WTWO (Terre Haute and Wabash Valley), December 19, 2023 Mentioned
Hospital Pricing Data Troves Raise Stakes on Employer Plan Costs
Bloomberg Law, December 18, 2023 Mentioned
Lilly launches obesity drug, but insurers balk over price
Indianapolis Business Journal, December 8, 2023 Mentioned
“Once you become a one hospital town, that’s it!” Concerns raised about Union and Regional Hospital merger
WTHI-TV10 (Terre Haute), December 6, 2023 FeaturedVideo
Rising hospital CEO pay raises flags
Indianapolis Business Journal, November 10, 2023 Mentioned
Employers using hospital price data to lower costs, push legislation
Modern Healthcare, October 18, 2023 Mentioned
These Employers Took On Healthcare Costs, and the Fight Got Nasty
Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2023 Featured
Coalition seeks bargaining power for independent physicians
Indianapolis Business Journal, September 8, 2023 Mentioned
Indiana ranks among fattest states, a 9.3B economic hit, study says
Indianapolis Star, August 15, 2023 Mentioned
Recent Health Care Legislation Can Lower Costs
Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), August 9, 2023 Authored
More Transparency Needed in Healthcare, House Members Told
MedPage Today, June 21, 2023 Featured
Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market
House Committee on Education & the Workforce, June 21, 2023 FeaturedVideo
Senators Braun, Hassan, Kennedy lead bipartisan bill to fix part of Medicare billing structure, saving billions
Maggie Hassan, June 13, 2023 Mentioned
Indiana lawmakers pledged to force hospitals to lower prices. The results are mixed.
Indianapolis Star, May 16, 2023 Mentioned
Law to lower hospital prices might not finish battle at Statehouse
Star Press, May 12, 2023 Mentioned
New Indiana laws aim to lower health care costs
CBS4 (Indianapolis), May 12, 2023 MentionedVideo
Non-competes on primary care doctors will be banned. Other specialists get new potential routes out
WFYI (Indianapolis), May 5, 2023 Mentioned
Patient advocates are hopeful about bills taking aim at hospital prices and drug costs
WFYI (Indianapolis), April 28, 2023 Featured
Advocate: Indiana hospital pricing measure could cut bills by half
WISHTV (Indianapolis), April 20, 2023 FeaturedVideo
Rebuttal: Indiana Hospitals Not Declining Financially, But “Thriving”
WIBC (Indianapolis), April 13, 2023 Mentioned
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Price Effects Of Vertical Integration And Joint Contracting Between Physicians And Hospitals In Massachusetts
Health Affairs, May 31, 2022
Michael Hicks: Hospitals to Legislature: Drop dead
Star Press, April 10, 2022
Indiana House speaker: $416M ‘gift’ from IU Health to IU ‘raises eyebrows and speculation’
The Herald Times (Bloomington), April 5, 2022
State lawmakers critical of health care costs get feedback from hospitals, insurers
Indianapolis Business Journal, April 5, 2022
Viewpoint: Indiana’s hospital systems stand committed to affordability
Indianapolis Business Journal, April 1, 2022
IU Health says it’s ahead of schedule to meet lawmakers’ affordability demands
Indianapolis Business Journal, March 31, 2022
Hospitals are back in the hot seat for their prices
Axios, March 18, 2022
Hospital Prices: Unsustainable and Unjustifiable
32BJ Health Fund, March 17, 2022
Hoosier watchdog group wants lower Parkview prices
WANE (Fort Wayne, IN), March 7, 2022
Op-Ed: Bloated healthcare prices will increase with industry in charge of cost reductions
Indianapolis Star, March 3, 2022
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High-Priced Hospitals in Indiana Press Their Political Luck
Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2022
Indiana legislators threaten to act if health systems don’t lower costs
Becker’s Hospital Review, January 24, 2022
More states target hospitals’ anticompetitive contracting policies
Modern Healthcare, January 24, 2022
The Data on IU Health’s Price Freeze
The Country Economist, January 9, 2022
Michael Hicks: IU Health’s price freeze is a gimmick
Star Press, January 9, 2022
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Indiana legislative leaders take aim at ‘out-of-control’ health care prices
Indianapolis Business Journal, January 4, 2022
Parkview Health: prices by 2025 will be lower than 2020
WANE (Fort Wayne, IN), December 21, 2021
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Facing criticism over high fees and profits, IU Health rolls out 5-year price freeze
Indianapolis Business Journal, December 16, 2021
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Hospitals’ asset growth raises concerning issues
Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), December 15, 2021
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2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey
KFF, November 10, 2021
