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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
The Employers’ Forum of Indiana was mentioned over 500 times in the media in 2022. Browse selected articles, podcasts, and video clips from our media coverage this year.
These Employers Took On Healthcare Costs, and the Fight Got Nasty
Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2023 Featured
Coalition seeks bargaining power for independent physicians
Indianapolis Business Journal, September 8, 2023 Mentioned
Indiana ranks among fattest states, a 9.3B economic hit, study says
Indianapolis Star, August 15, 2023 Mentioned
Recent Health Care Legislation Can Lower Costs
Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), August 9, 2023 Authored
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
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
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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.
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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
