Indiana Increases Medicaid Payments to Hospitals in Hopes of Lowering Costs for Hoosiers

New Indiana Medicaid Plan Forces Hospitals to Lower Costs

Source: Indiana Capital Chronicle INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana officials on Friday rolled out what they described as a first-in-the-nation Medicaid financing overhaul designed to pressure hospitals to lower commercial healthcare prices while directing more state and federal money toward rural and lower-cost providers. The changes — approved by federal regulators early in May — will revamp how Indiana taxes hospitals and distributes supplemental Medica…

Indiana increases Medicaid payments to hospitals in hopes of lowering costs for Hoosiers

Indiana hospitals will receive higher Medicaid reimbursements, with the amount depending on how well they keep commercial costs down.

Indiana unveils Medicaid overhaul aimed at pressuring hospitals to lower prices

Indiana officials rolled out what they described as a first-in-the-nation Medicaid financing overhaul designed to pressure hospitals to lower prices.

Indiana unveils Medicaid overhaul aimed at pressuring hospitals to lower prices - The Mexico Ledger

Indiana will begin using Medicaid payments as leverage against high hospital prices under a newly approved financing model. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Indiana officials on Friday rolled out what they described as a first-in-the-nation Medicaid financing overhaul designed to pressure hospitals to lower commercial healthcare prices while directing more state and federal money toward rural and lower-cost providers. The chan…