Featured Stories
Self-insured employers go looking for value-based deals 
 Modern Healthcare, January 11, 2020 Mentioned
Denver Provider Market at ‘Tipping Point’, Study Finds 
 Health Leaders Media, September 12, 2019 Mentioned
Insurance Payments Tied to Medicare Intrigue States, Employers 
 Bloomberg Law, August 22, 2019 Mentioned
Study: MT hospital prices for insured patients higher than many other states 
 KTVH (Helena, Montana), August 22, 2019 Mentioned
Where Tourism Brings Pricey Health Care, Locals Fight Back 
 Kaiser Health News, August 9, 2019 Mentioned
KHC highlights hospital price variation, recruits employers, hospitals, health plans for work group 
 Medical News, July 8, 2019 Featured
Hospitals in Wyoming charging significantly more than Medicare, national study finds 
 Star Tribune (Casper, Wyoming), June 10, 2019 Mentioned
Zay: State legislators and Employers’ Forum of Indiana discuss rising health care costs 
 Indiana State House, June 7, 2019 Featured
Spartz, other legislators studying causes of rising health care costs in Indiana 
 Hamilton County Reporter, June 6, 2019 Mentioned
Study links Blue Cross’ big size to Michigan’s low hospital prices 
 Detroit Free Press, June 6, 2019 Mentioned
Private Insurers Pay 241% of What Medicare Would Pay 
 Clinical Pain Advisor, May 28, 2019 Featured
Study finds variation in hospital pay scales 
 Jackson Hole News & Guide, May 22, 2019 Mentioned
Private insurers paid Louisville hospitals 187 percent more than Medicare, study says 
 Louisville Business First, May 17, 2019 Mentioned
HRH reacts to RAND study 
 The Southside Times (Hendricks Co, Indiana), May 17, 2019 Mentioned
RAND Study on Hospital Prices: The Takeaway for Employers 
 Mercer, May 16, 2019 Mentioned
Houston hospitals charge employer health plans more than double Medicare 
 Chron, May 16, 2019 Featured
Hospital Payment Disparities Emerge Among Private Payers, Medicare 
 HealthPayerIntelligence, May 15, 2019 Mentioned
Hospital price study draws pushback 
 HFMA, May 14, 2019 Mentioned
Hospitals are paid twice as much (or more) by private insurers than Medicare, study finds 
 Advisory Board, May 13, 2019 Mentioned
Study claims private health plans pay hospitals 241% of what Medicare would pay 
 Healthcare Purchasing News, May 13, 2019 Featured
Hospitals charge privately insured more than double what Medicare would pay 
 Consumer Affairs, May 13, 2019 Featured
Hospitals charge employers 240% more than Medicare 
 Benefits Pro, May 13, 2019 Mentioned
Rand: Private insurance pays more than twice what Medicare does 
 Click Lancashire, May 12, 2019 Mentioned
Hospitals: RAND price study doesn’t add up 
 Modern Healthcare, May 12, 2019 Mentioned
RAND Study: Hospitals Charging The Privately Insured 2.4 Times What They Charge Medicare Patients 
 Forbes, May 11, 2019 Featured
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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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Articles of interest from around the country. Visit Media Coverage for pieces authored by Forum leadership or featuring the work of the Forum.
⭐ 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
⭐ FEATURED
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
⭐ FEATURED
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










