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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
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
Lawmakers, hospitals in talks on legislation to lower hospital prices
Star Press, February 16, 2023 Featured
Op-Ed: Now is the time for action on healthcare prices
Inside Indiana Business, February 9, 2023 Authored
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Recognition
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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Debunking Myths in the Surprise Billing Debate
Arnold Ventures, April 15, 2020
Employer group purchasing of healthcare attracting interest of more hospitals
Modern Healthcare, April 1, 2020
Hoosier Health Lesson
Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2020
Anthem says it will drop Parkview Health if new deal not reached by April 29; Parkview responds
News Sentinel (Fort Wayne), February 19, 2020
Nursing home residents suffer as county hospitals rake in millions
Indianapolis Star, February 9, 2020
Op-ed: It’s time to reform health care in Indiana
Indianapolis Star, February 9, 2020
Hospitals Merged. Quality Didn’t Improve.
Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2020
Surprise billing package aims to end secrecy of provider-insurer contracts
Modern Healthcare, December 13, 2019
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Employer Groups to Hospitals: Your Prices Are Too Darn High!
Managed Care Mag, November 15, 2019
Michael Hicks: Indiana has a hospital monopoly problem
Star Press, September 29, 2019
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That Beloved Hospital? It’s Driving Up Health Care Costs
New York Times, September 1, 2019
JAMA Forum: Price transparency
The Incidental Economist, August 22, 2019
Medical Charges and Challenges
WorkersCompensation.com, June 4, 2019
Healthcare costs in the US
Halldale Group, June 3, 2019
Health Leaders To Talk Hospital Prices, Reimbursement Discrepancies This Week
WFPL (Louisvillve, Kentucky), June 2, 2019
States Giving Public Option Health Plans a Hard Look
Modern Healthcare, June 1, 2019
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The U.S. Can’t Fix Health Care Without Better Price Data
Harvard Business Review, May 30, 2019
Washington’s favorite health policy isn’t a silver bullet
Axios, May 28, 2019
Trump to Tackle Healthcare Transparency and Hospital Monopolies
Breitbart, May 28, 2019
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No Need to Wait Until 2020 for Useful Health Reform
Bloomberg, May 24, 2019