Indiana is introducing new tools on July 1 to evaluate if children and infants qualify for home- and community-based services through Medicaid. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said the criteria hasn’t changed, but some children may no longer qualify based on the new assessment tools.

The White House budget proposal would roll back next year’s federal HIV prevention funding to levels not seen since around 1987.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration wants the federal government to give it the authority to roll back Medicaid eligibility for the state’s expansion program. The agency’s top official said it would need that authority in order to afford the program under recent changes proposed by the U.S. Senate.

More than 90 percent of Hoosiers have health insurance. But, an official from Gov. Mike Braun’s administration said while that’s a large percentage, it can be a little misleading.

Indiana lawmakers expanded the state’s ban on noncompete agreements for physicians to include doctors employed by hospitals. A previous version of that bill would have extended the ban to all physicians but lawmakers ultimately scaled it back.

A recent proposal by the U.S. Senate could require Indiana to “roll back eligibility” in its Medicaid expansion program — the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. That's according to the top official at the state Family and Social Services Administration.

Indiana state and local governments expect to receive up to $100 million over the next 15 years from a settlement with one of the companies and families accused of fueling the country’s opioid abuse crisis.

An Indiana Medicaid member lost her coverage for almost two weeks despite submitting necessary paperwork to the state by its deadline. The member said she was only able to get her coverage back by involving her state lawmakers.

Indiana’s infant mortality rate improved again in 2024 according to new preliminary data from the state. The Indiana Department of Health said the rate is at a “historic low” since record-keeping began in 1900.

The top official at the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said the state’s new long-term care program for Medicaid members over 60 hasn’t met expectations. The statement contradicts claims the agency made under the previous administration, but aligns with concerns providers have raised.