A new analysis of recently published insurance data found Indiana’s medical claims costs (spending on hospitals, physicians, and other medical providers) in line with neighboring states. The report, authored by Kaufman Strategic Advisors, analyzed publicly available data on insurance premiums and claims costs…
Indiana Hospitals Rank High for Price Transparency
According to a new study, Indiana hospitals rank fourth highest in the nation for making hospital prices transparent to consumers. The study claims that more than half of U.S. hospitals have not complied with recent federal regulations requiring hospitals to disclose…
Updated Hospital Pricing Tool
mycareINsight.org was created in 2015 to make health care price and quality information publicly available to consumers. Recently, a new development was added to help increase accessibility for Hoosier patients. The updated site now includes a single location in which Hoosiers…
Hoosiers Give Hospitals and Providers High Marks
A new statewide poll shows Hoosiers give extremely high marks to hospitals and health care providers for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy-eight percent of Hoosiers said hospitals have responded well during the pandemic and 79% applaud the work of…
Hospital Pricing Information Now More Accessible to Hoosiers
Hospital pricing information has never been easier to access for Hoosier consumers. A new tool from the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA) allows patients to view prices for all Indiana hospitals in one single location. The website www.mycareINsight.org was created in…
Please Protect Indiana Hospitals
We need your help to protect Indiana hospitals during this year’s legislative session. Special interest groups are pushing legislation that would allow insurance companies to pick apart individual hospitals and physicians in contract negotiations. These measures will not improve health…
Who Do Hoosiers Trust?
When it comes to health care costs, who do Hoosiers think are mainly responsible? Bellwether Research conducted a poll in mid-August 2020 across Indiana and asked Hoosiers about health care services, who they trust, and what they think makes health…
Price Transparency
When you receive a health care service, don’t you wish you could know what the cost might likely be? To support price transparency, hospitals stand behind the creation of an All Payer Claims Data Base. This is a data base…
A Healthy Light in the Coal Mine
Supporting health and wellness in Indiana’s coal counties Helping just about any group to get a better handle on health and wellness is no easy task. It’s especially challenging when the group is coal miners living and working in smaller…
Policymaker Roadmap to Make Health Care More Affordable
Hospitals are committed to making health care more affordable but where do we start? A policymaker roadmap sheds some light. Health care is complex and it will take hospitals, providers, insurance and drug companies and others to build a system that…
