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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
Senators pass ‘site of service’ bill with reservations
Indiana Capital Chronicle, February 9, 2023 Mentioned
Indiana lawmakers try to force hospitals to lower prices
Indianapolis Star, February 6, 2023 Mentioned
Hospital Pricing Tool Gets Major Data Update
Building Indiana Business, February 3, 2023 Featured
Doctors ask lawmakers to free them from noncompete agreements
Indianapolis Business Journal, February 3, 2023 Mentioned
Indiana hospitals are in the red, and they don’t agree with lawmakers on how to cut costs
WFYI (Indianapolis), February 1, 2023 Featured
Senate panel advances physician non-compete bill
Inside Indiana Business, January 26, 2023 Mentioned
How profitable are California’s 1-star hospitals?
Becker’s Hospital Review, January 20, 2023 Mentioned
Hoosiers are paying more for hospital care. Here’s how lawmakers want to solve the problem.
State Affairs, January 18, 2023 Mentioned
North Texas’ Most Profitable Hospitals
D Magazine, January 17, 2023 Mentioned
Compare Hospital Prices with Sage Transparency Tool
AHealthcareZ, January 15, 2023 FeaturedVideo
What Legislators Need to Know About Hospital Prices, With Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, and Chris Skisak, PhD
Relentless Health Value, January 12, 2023 AuthoredPodcast
Indiana House Republicans propose fines for hospitals with high fees
Indianapolis Business Journal, January 12, 2023 Mentioned
Op-Ed: Indiana health care costs should be lowered to national average
Evansville Courier & Press, January 12, 2023 Mentioned
Gloria Sachdev on Sage Transparency
Catalyst for Payment Reform, November 28, 2022 AuthoredPodcast
Indiana health care costs targeted by lawmakers, but how is unclear.
Indianapolis Star, October 28, 2022 Mentioned
Uncharted waters: Inflation and open enrollment
Benefits Pro, October 7, 2022 Featured
In unhealthy Indiana, business and health leaders rally around plan to boost public health spending
Indianapolis Business Journal, September 23, 2022 Mentioned
2022 Health Care and Benefits Power Breakfast
Indianapolis Business Journal, September 23, 2022 FeaturedVideo
It’s Time For Employers To Bring Health Care Decisions In-House
Health Affairs, September 22, 2022 Authored
Using Data Transparency to Control Hospital Costs
Mathematica, September 21, 2022 Authored
Gloria Sachdev talks hospital price transparency at annual Healthcare Economics Summit
Concordia University Wisconsin, August 10, 2022 Authored
Tensions Between Employers, Hospitals Up With Transparency Push
Bloomberg Law, August 2, 2022 Featured
Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health Insurance Costs
Center for American Progress, July 28, 2022 Mentioned
Employers Are Sharing Health Price Data, but Real Change Is Slow
Bloomberg Law, July 13, 2022 Mentioned
A rich Republican businessman is an unlikely champion for lower hospital prices — but he’s winning the fight
Stat, June 30, 2022 Mentioned
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Gloria Sachdev, PharmD
President and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana
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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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
