Several bills this session deal with a federal program known as the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Lawmakers say the measures tackle health care costs, but some health leaders say lawmakers may misunderstand what that program is and what it’s for.

Indiana lawmakers want to address Medicaid spending by overhauling the state’s Medicaid expansion program. However, testimony and discussion so far has included misinformation and misleading information on the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. Medicaid experts and advocates break down the facts about the state and federal program.

Federally Qualified Health Centers serve an estimated 700,000 people in Indiana, most earn low incomes and half are on Medicaid. Now, those centers say they face uncertainty as potential changes to federal funding and Medicaid loom large.

Hoosiers have an estimated $2.2 billion of medical debt in collections — with even more on payment plans and credit cards. A proposal to introduce consumer protections against medical debt failed to advance in the Senate.

There is a donated kidney shortage in the U.S. It’s leaving more than 100,000 people on a years-long waitlist. And despite that, thousands of deceased donor kidneys last year were discarded.

The Indiana Senate approved a stripped down version of a prior authorization reform bill Thursday. The legislation was heavily amended over fiscal concerns. But, the author of the bill said he disagrees with the original fiscal analysis for the bill.

Indiana lawmakers want to bring health care costs down by applying pressure to certain hospitals. The House approved legislation that would revoke a hospital's nonprofit status if it charges too much for care.

Pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, are meant to act as a middleman between drug manufacturers and insurance companies to lower drug prices. But some lawmakers have questioned if that’s really the case. The Senate approved a bill some lawmakers are calling the most aggressive PBM legislation they have seen.

Doctors argue releasing abortion records, even with redaction, could compromise patient privacy. The judge’s ruling temporarily blocks the state from disclosing the reports while the case proceeds.

Indiana Medicaid paid more than $14 million for Applied Behavioral Analysis, or ABA, therapy service in 2017. But just two years later, it paid $120 million. Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order to convene a work group to address improper payments and rising costs while still protecting the service.