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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
Indiana hospital prices remain among highest in nation, report says
Indianapolis Business Journal, May 13, 2024 Featured
Employers Paid Hospitals 254% More Than Medicare, Study Says
Bloomberg Law, May 13, 2024 Featured
Sage Transparency Relaunches With New Features and New RAND Hospital Price Data
Yahoo Finance, May 13, 2024 Featured
Price Transparency: Private Plans Pay More, A Lot More
Health Leaders Media, May 13, 2024 Featured
Indiana hospital margins lag behind nation, with some budgets in the red
WFYI (Indianapolis), May 9, 2024 Mentioned
Many Indiana hospitals struggling financially amid rising expenses, report says
Indianapolis Business Journal, May 2, 2024 Mentioned
Indiana health care mergers, acquisitions now require 90 days advance notice
The Indiana Lawyer, April 11, 2024 Featured
Hospitals Are Adding Billions in ‘Facility’ Fees for Routine Care
Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2024 Mentioned
Empowering Employer Purchasers: Recommendations To Support Market Transparency And Health System Performance
Health Affairs, March 25, 2024 Mentioned
Bill that would require Indiana AG to review hospital mergers inches closer to reality
Indianapolis Star, February 28, 2024 Mentioned
Why Driving a Few Miles Can Save Patients a Fortune on Health Care
Bloomberg, February 13, 2024 Mentioned
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
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2024 Transparency Champion Award, Health Rosetta
2023 President’s Award of Appreciation, Indiana Pharmacy Association
2022 Healthcare Transformation Award, The Alliance
2022 Health Value Award Spotlight, Validation Institute
2019 Jefferson Award, Purdue University
2019 Membership Leadership Award, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
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Big Hospitals Provide Skimpy Charity Care—Despite Billions in Tax Breaks
Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2022
After months of warnings, CMS hands out its first fines to hospitals failing on price transparency
Fierce Healthcare, June 9, 2022
Transparency helps curb medical costs
Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), May 31, 2022
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