Health

A new study conducted by Indiana researchers examines the relationship between industry payments to providers and higher health care costs. 

A new national report examines possible ways to end the HIV epidemic and includes one Indiana County.

A new lawsuit is challenging Indiana’s work requirements for the state’s Medicaid expansion program, HIP. 

A public health committee charged with understanding high health care costs heard about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, Thursday at the statehouse. 

There’s a call out for data-driven solutions to address the state’s high rates of infant and maternal mortality.  The Healthy Mom + Baby Datapalooza competition is open to the public and will offer all the necessary data for teams to come up with solutions to improve maternal and infant health. 

The number of uninsured people in Indiana followed a national trend and increased between 2017 and 2018. About 9,000 fewer Hoosiers have health insurance, the rate went up from 8.2 to 8.3 percent, according to the data from the U.S. Census Bureau.