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Indiana hospital prices remain among highest in nation, report says

May 13, 2024

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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

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More Transparency Needed in Healthcare, House Members Told

June 21, 2023

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Fix high hospital costs or we will act, Indiana legislators warn healthcare systems
Indianapolis Star, January 24, 2022 Mentioned

IU Health Holds Pricing Flat Amid Hospital Price Transparency Push
RevCycleIntelligence, January 4, 2022 Mentioned

Hospitals Still Not Fully Complying With Federal Price-Disclosure Rules
Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2021 Featured

Study finds wide variability in hospital Medicare charges, cost-efficiency at Indiana hospitals
Indianapolis Star, November 12, 2021 Mentioned

Report: Michigan ranks nearly last in U.S. for health insurance competition
MiBiz, November 7, 2021 Mentioned

Hoosier Employers Pay 304% More – Examining Hospital Pricing
Building Indiana Business, April 30, 2021 Featured

Montana’s Health Policy MVP Takes Her Playbook on the Road
Kaiser Health News, February 18, 2021 Mentioned

The High Price of Lowering Health Costs for 150 Million Americans
Tradeoffs, February 18, 2021 AuthoredPodcast

Predictions on insurance premium all over the map
Indianapolis Business Journal, February 5, 2021 Mentioned

What DID YOU PAY?: Study finds Indiana has some of the highest health care costs
The Herald Bulletin, January 31, 2021 Featured

Despite a Bumpy Road Ahead, Incremental Progress on Price Transparency
Health Affairs, October 13, 2020 Featured

Employers Compared Notes On Secret Prices At Kansas Hospitals To Boost Their Leverage On Costs
KCUR (NPR in Kansas City), September 26, 2020 Mentioned

Employers Won’t Like This New RAND Report On Health Costs
Forbes, September 18, 2020 Featured

Many Hospitals Charge More Than Twice What Medicare Pays for the Same Care New York Times
New York Times, September 18, 2020 Featured

Rand Report: Private Payers Pay 247% of What Medicare Pays for Hospital Care
Managed Healthcare Executive, September 18, 2020 Featured

Study: Indiana ranks sixth in nation in hospital charge disparities
Indianapolis Business Journal, September 18, 2020 Featured

Gap between what private insurers and Medicare pay hospitals is growing
Modern Healthcare, September 18, 2020 Featured

Employers’ Hospital Fees More Than Double What Medicare Pays
Bloomberg Law, September 18, 2020 Featured

RAND stokes hospital pricing transparency fire with new report
Benefits Pro, September 18, 2020 Featured

Brief: Hospitals charge privately insured patients 250% more than those on Medicare. The gap is growing.
Healthcare Dive, September 18, 2020 Featured

South Bend area physicians make series of moves to compete with hospitals, drive down costs
South Bend Tribune, July 19, 2020 Mentioned

Lawmakers consider regulation to hospital billing
Indianapolis Business Journal, February 27, 2020 Mentioned

Health care bills unlikely to remedy cost crisis
Indianapolis Business Journal, January 24, 2020 Mentioned

How state groups are working to lower healthcare prices
Modern Healthcare, January 11, 2020 Featured

Self-insured employers go looking for value-based deals
Modern Healthcare, January 11, 2020 Mentioned

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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

Press Releases

Employers’ Forum of Indiana President & CEO, Dr. Gloria Sachdev, appointed Secretary of Health & Family Services under Indiana Governor-elect Mike Braun, announces new Vice President

December 12, 2024

Sage Transparency Relaunches With New Features and New RAND Hospital Price Data

May 13, 2024

Indiana Hospital Prices Remain High

May 13, 2024

Inaction on Healthcare Prices Costs Indiana Workers and Employers $2 Billion Annually

March 22, 2023

Hospital Price Platform Sage Transparency Offers New Standardized Data and Insight into Ambulatory Surgery Centers Nationwide

February 1, 2023

Employers’ Forum of Indiana Introduces Sage Transparency, Built Using New RAND Hospital Price Study

May 5, 2022

Visualization of RAND 3.0 data on United States Map
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⭐ 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

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

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