Prior Authorization Needed to Mitigate Healthcare Costs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c_WuyldLzs Our President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders shares that our team testified on two bills regarding prior authorization in healthcare. The Chamber is favorable to House Bill 1003 as its transparency and disclosure provisions will provide increased access to cost and billing information and empower employers and consumers to make more informed decisions. The bill would also modernize health records, require peer review of authorization requests and spur credentialing reforms that will support [...]
Senate Committee Advances Hospital Pricing Reforms
HB 1004 / Chamber Opposes House Bill 1004 was recently heard in the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee, addressing healthcare costs and hospital pricing. Authored by Rep. Martin Carbaugh (R-Fort Wayne), HB 1004 proposes creating a hospital facility fee excise tax, imposed when a hospital charges facility fees exceeding 265% of Medicare reimbursement rates. Critical access hospitals would be exempt. This excise tax rate would phase in from 33% in 2026 to 100% [...]
Indiana Leaders Convene in D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUJpUZ5-7JI Our President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders provides a summary of her recent trip to Washington, D.C. as part of the U.S. Chamber’s Committee of 100. It was a welcomed opportunity to meet with national leaders as well as members of Indiana's congressional delegation.
Film and Media Production Tax Credit Bill a Hidden Gem
SB 306 / Chamber Supports A bill that the Senate passed 49-0 is flying under everyone’s radar. With no new budget allocation, it makes a meaningful change to an existing statute that will produce (at minimum) a 6:1 return on the state’s investment. In 2022, the Indiana General Assembly established the film and media production tax credit, which offers producing entities up to 30% of their qualified expenditures back in the form of a [...]
House Debates Property Tax Redesign
HB 1402 / Chamber Supports | SB 1 / Chamber Neutral The House Ways and Means Committee reconvened last week to further examine Senate Bill 1, specifically focusing on a potential amendment incorporating provisions from House Bill 1402, authored by Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jeff Thompson (R-Lizton). Representative Thompson presented the committee with an amendment intended to replace SB 1’s original language with that of HB 1402, significantly altering the approach to property [...]
