Featured Stories
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
Mixed results on bills to lower health care costs, as health care leaders express concerns 
 Indiana Public Media, April 12, 2023 Mentioned
Hospitals’ Off-Site Fees Draw Lawmakers’ Scrutiny 
 Axios, April 7, 2023 Mentioned
Significant changes to drug pricing, hospital costs bills 
 Inside Indiana Business, April 6, 2023 Mentioned
Indiana could save $2B if hospitals lowered prices. Hospital leaders dispute this analysis 
 WFYI (Indianapolis), April 3, 2023 Featured
Rising hospital costs concern for users and providers locally 
 Washington Times Herald (Washington, IN), April 3, 2023 Mentioned
Walking, Not Running, Toward Healthcare Market Change 
 Leader’s Edge, April 2, 2023 Featured
Indiana hospital care: Employers and workers paid $2 billion above the national average 
 Benefits Pro, March 30, 2023 Featured
Containing Healthcare Costs 
 WFYI (Indianapolis), March 24, 2023 FeaturedVideo
The Case for Multifaceted State Policy Intervention 
 Catalyst for Payment Reform, March 14, 2023 AuthoredPodcast
Sage Transparency: The Hospital Transparency You Want is Here — If You Know How to Use It 
 Zero.Health, March 2, 2023 AuthoredPodcast
Price caps, spending floors, and penalties, oh my! The latest in state hospital policy 
 Lown Institue, February 28, 2023 Mentioned
Hospital Price Caps Among State Ideas to Lower Health-Care Costs 
 Bloomberg Law, February 17, 2023 Featured
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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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Articles of interest from around the country. Visit Media Coverage for pieces authored by Forum leadership or featuring the work of the Forum.
Indiana Hospitals Pull Merger Application After Pushback Over Monopoly Concerns 
 KFF, November 26, 2024
Union Health COPA Application Update 
 Union Health, November 25, 2024
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Nonprofit hospitals’ surpluses continue to baffle 
 Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), January 6, 2024
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How to Compare Hospital Prices with Sage Transparency 
 Total Control Health Plans, July 19, 2023
Mayo Clinic patients see facility fees appear where they weren’t before 
 Post Bulletin (Rochester, MN), April 27, 2023
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Full List of 2023 Indiana Legislative Health Policy Media Coverage 
 Gathered by the Employers’ Forum of Indiana, April 21, 2023
Hospitals’ off-site fees draw lawmakers’ scrutiny 
 Axios, April 7, 2023
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Ascension shuts down doctor offices, invests in profitable hospitals 
 Indianapolis Star, March 6, 2023
Op-Ed: Dishonest billing practices add pain to small businesses 
 Indianapolis Business Journal, February 24, 2023
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Cost containment in hospitals’ hands 
 Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), January 18, 2023
How FWCS got ‘unsustainable’ health care costs into shape 
 WANE (Fort Wayne, IN), December 29, 2022
Hospital Prices: Unsustainable and Unjustifiable 
 32BJ Health Fund, November 1, 2022
Montana switches gears to try to bargain for lower health care costs for employees 
 News Medical, October 27, 2022
Hospitals Said They Lost Money on Medicare Patients. Some Made Millions, a State Report Finds. 
 Kaiser Health News, October 25, 2022
North Carolina Hospitals Profit on Medicare 
 North Carolina State Health Plan, October 25, 2022
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Texas Health hospitals charge over three times Medicare rates — and want a big increase 
 The Dallas Morning News, September 30, 2022
Mass General Brigham’s cost-cutting plan approved by state after big revisions 
 Modern Healthcare, September 27, 2022
32BJ Health Fund Fall Conference What Purchasers Can Do Right Now to Lower Hospital Spend 
 32BJ Health Fund, September 21, 2022
Call to rein in healthcare costs, as Indiana lawmakers consider stepping in 
 CBS4 (Indianapolis), September 20, 2022
National Alliance Helps Employers Get to Fair Price for Hospital Services 
 National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, September 8, 2022










