Featured Stories
![](https://employersforumindiana.org/media/2022/11/wall_street_journal-150x150.png)
Indiana group’s bruising battle for legislation to limit hospital fees is spurring employer groups in other states to follow suit
Sept 28, 2023
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
‘Make money off of anything’: Debate continues over who (and what) is responsible for Indiana’s healthcare costs
Indiana Public Media, May 27, 2022 Mentioned
A new study shows Indiana has the nation’s 7th highest hospital costs
WFYI (Indianapolis), May 23, 2022 Featured
5 Takeaways from Private Health Plans Paying More for Hospital Care
Health Leaders Media, May 18, 2022 Mentioned
Michigan slips in hospital-payment ranking as health systems also face rising costs
MiBiz, May 18, 2022 Mentioned
Employer health plans pay hospitals 224% of Medicare
Modern Healthcare, May 17, 2022 Featured
RAND: Private plans paid hospitals 224% more than Medicare rates
Fierce Healthcare, May 17, 2022 Featured
Employers Paying Hospitals More Than Double Medicare Prices
Bloomberg Law, May 17, 2022 Featured
Employers pay hospitals billions more than Medicare
Axios, May 17, 2022 Featured
Gloria Sachdev: Study shows it’s time to act on health care prices
Indianapolis Business Journal, May 13, 2022 Authored
Indiana hospital care 7th highest in nation. Advocates continue to push for more cost transparency
Indianapolis Star, May 9, 2022 Featured
KHN Morning Briefing
Kaiser Health News, May 9, 2022 Mentioned
Ideas, research and tools to lower Indiana’s high healthcare costs
WANE (Fort Wayne, IN), May 9, 2022 Featured
Inpatient medical bills paid by private insurance vs. Medicare: Comparison by state
Becker’s Hospital Review, May 6, 2022 Mentioned
Indiana ranked seventh in nation for hospital charge disparities
Indianapolis Business Journal, May 5, 2022 Featured
Study: Indiana ranks in top 10 for hospital prices in nation
WISHTV (Indianapolis), May 5, 2022 Featured
Filter Articles
![Media coverage of the Employers' Forum of Indiana](https://employersforumindiana.org/media/media-coverage.jpeg)
Media Contact
Sara Otte
media@employersforumindiana.org
812-390-8964
Leadership
![](https://employersforumindiana.org/media/2022/05/gloria-sachdev-med-150x150.png)
Gloria Sachdev, PharmD
President and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana
Press Releases
![Visualization of RAND 3.0 data on United States Map](https://employersforumindiana.org/media/2020/09/RAND-3-Press-Release-400x300.jpg)
The Employers’ Forum of Indiana publishes a monthly newsletter for members and interested stakeholders.
![The Employers' Voice Newsletter logo](https://employersforumindiana.org/media/2020/11/employers-voice-newsletter-400x300.png)
Articles of interest from around the country. Visit Media Coverage for pieces authored by Forum leadership or featuring the work of the Forum.
⭐ FEATURED
Nonprofit hospitals’ surpluses continue to baffle
Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), January 6, 2024
⭐ FEATURED
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
⭐ FEATURED
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
⭐ FEATURED
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
⭐ FEATURED
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
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
⭐ FEATURED
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
⭐ FEATURED
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
![Magnifying glass inspecting the words health care stacked on top of $100 bills](https://employersforumindiana.org/media/2021/02/healthcare-in-the-news.jpg)