As many as 300,000 low-income Hoosiers could be subject to Indiana’s new Medicaid work requirements, state officials estimated Tuesday. But key parts of the compliance and exemption process remain unfinished. The first deadline is less than two months away. Although the mandate takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, anyone applying for or renewing coverage that month […]
Able-bodied adults insured through the Healthy Indiana Plan may soon be required to make copayments. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration intends to seek a five-year waiver through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to revive a modified version of the agency’s cost-sharing model under a new iteration of HIP, known as HIP 3.0. […]
From texts to town halls, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is rolling out a variety of tools to prepare Hoosies on the Healthy Indiana Plan for new work requirements. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, Indiana will implement work requirements for new applicants and existing Medicaid members eligible under HIP, which provides healthcare coverage for […]
We saw both sides of the Medicaid coin this week. First, Senior Reporter Casey Smith delivered a three-part series digging into exactly why so many Hoosiers have dropped off the rolls for the state’s low-income health insurance program. The stories were, at times, heartbreaking. Parents spending hours, days and weeks to ensure their disabled children […]
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration returned $310 million to the state’s general fund this year, a dramatic turnaround for an agency once staring down a $1 billion deficit for Medicaid. FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob credited the reversal to a series of reforms the agency enacted during his tenure: regular financial reviews, must-return mailers, […]
After more than a year of eligibility reviews that have already removed hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers from Medicaid, the state’s low-income health insurance program is entering a new phase that could determine whether even more beneficiaries lose their coverage. Over the next 18 months, Indiana is expected to implement a series of state and […]
Indiana’s Medicaid rolls have shrunk by more than 343,000 people in a single year — an 18.5% drop that ranks among the steepest in the country. That has left hospitals, healthcare providers and advocates bracing for an increasingly uninsured population. State enrollment stood at 1,512,713 Hoosiers in June, down from 1,856,272 one year earlier, according […]
