Gerald Williams was one of thousands of Hoosiers placed on a waitlist for services. This isnt the first time Indiana has implemented a waitlist for these services. In fact, advocates warn this could be the return to a decades-long wait for services and that wait is already having a human cost.

State Sen. Ryan Mishler, vice-chairperson of the Medicaid Oversight Committee and chair of the Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee, proposed Senate Bill 2 on Jan. 14, which would cap enrollment in HIP at 500,000, with all remaining users put on a waitlist.

"We will further constrain Medicaid eligibility across all the different categories of eligibility," said Mitch Roob, Indiana FSSA secretary.

Indiana lawmakers heard two bills on Tuesday that aim to redefine nonprofit hospitals and make several changes to the health care landscape, but neither bill advanced as committee chairs opted to hold them for further consideration.

The governor signed nine executive orders on Wednesday he said are aimed at improving the state’s healthcare system.

Kennedy believes the directive for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and Managed Care Entities (MCEs) to stop advertising Medicaid on television and radio could cause ...

The bill’s author said many of these changes have been discussed for years, but this year they were “investigated and embraced” as a part of a larger Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, redesign.

A new analysis of 2023 data conducted by the Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) and Capital Link, highlights the transformative impact Community Health Centers have on Indiana's health and economic well-being.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Proposed changes to Medicaid services in Indiana are posing an impending challenge for families who have children diagnosed with autism. It would limit something called ...

When Emily Munson started working for Indiana Disability Rights in 2015, 40 employers in the state were permitted to pay employees with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. That number has since been cut to 17.

However, the future of the Medicaid waiver waitlist doesn’t just involve the agency — it may come down to what state lawmakers choose to do this legislative session. How did Indiana get here?

Around the time Gerald Williams was first placed on the waitlist, in February, then-Indiana Medicaid Director Cora Steinmetz spoke about the cost-cutting strategies for the first time publicly.