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2025 Report Card Shows Broadband Bump But Challenges in Education, Health Care and New Businesses

2025 Report Card Shows Broadband Bump But Challenges in Education, Health Care and New Businesses

Indiana’s generally attractive business climate remains a primary bright spot as outlined in the recent Indiana Chamber Indiana Vision 2025 Report Card. However, lagging numbers in educational achievement, health care and new business formation leave much room for improvement. Furthermore, a per capita income ranking of 41st only improves to a middle-of-the-pack 24th when the state’s favorable cost of [...]

Rebecca Patrick2021-06-25T13:31:38-04:00June 25th, 2021|

Indiana Vision 2025 Report Card Reveals Broadband Bump, Challenges in Education, Health and New Businesses

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana’s generally attractive business climate remains a primary bright spot as outlined in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Indiana Vision 2025 Report Card. However, lagging numbers in educational achievement, health care and new business formation leave much room for improvement. Furthermore, a per capita income ranking of 41st only improves to a middle-of-the-pack 24th when the state’s [...]

Rebecca Patrick2021-05-24T08:28:35-04:00May 24th, 2021|

Beth Keyser: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Beth Keyser: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASByeYPXyKA Beth Keyser, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana, says her life’s work has been focused on “improving the health of humanity.” In her nearly 10 months in her current role, she has emphasized those words to Anthem’s nearly 5,000 Indiana associates. She says it is reinforcing that Anthem is not just a health insurance [...]

Matt Ottinger2021-05-19T08:51:10-04:00May 19th, 2021|

Senate Passes Pregnancy Accommodation, COVID-19 Protection Legislation; House Passes Union Dues Bill; Pharmacy Benefit Mangers and Insurance Bills Await Fate

Senate Passes Pregnancy Accommodation, COVID-19 Protection Legislation; House Passes Union Dues Bill; Pharmacy Benefit Mangers and Insurance Bills Await Fate

House Bill 1309 (Pregnancy Accommodation), authored by Rep. Karen Engleman (R-Georgetown), passed the Senate 31-19 after a lengthy debate. The bill allows an employee to request an accommodation for the employee’s pregnancy and gives Indiana a law in line with the federal Pregnancy Accommodation Act and Americans With Disabilities Act. Specifically, the bill also prohibits an employer from disciplining, [...]

Rebecca Patrick2021-04-20T21:22:19-04:00April 9th, 2021|

GUEST BLOG: Playing the Long Game with Employee Health

GUEST BLOG: Playing the Long Game with Employee Health

Here we are in the midst of the 2021 NCAA Tournament and employers are starting to see the results of the Q4 benefits renewal bets they placed. You picked your bracket. How will those picks perform in 2021? Late last year, large employer’s surveyed by Business Group on Health (BGH) expected health plan costs to rise 5.3% in 2021. In [...]

Matt Ottinger2021-03-26T10:23:41-04:00March 26th, 2021|

Bill to Corral Misleading Advertisements Now in Good Shape to Pass Senate

Bill to Corral Misleading Advertisements Now in Good Shape to Pass Senate

HB 1125 – Deceptive Lead Generation Authored by Rep. Matt Lehman (R-Berne) Sponsored by Sen. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne) Makes false, misleading or deceptive advertisements for claims related to medical devices, legend drugs and certain other actions a deceptive act. Chamber position: Support The latest: An amendment was offered which removed different mediums of advertising and now only covers advertisements [...]

Rebecca Patrick2021-03-19T13:39:50-04:00March 19th, 2021|

GUEST BLOG: Hamilton Center Sees Positive Trends in Telehealth Utilization

GUEST BLOG: Hamilton Center Sees Positive Trends in Telehealth Utilization

Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that telehealth interactions had increased from 9% prior to the pandemic to 51%, during quarantine. Similarly, the CDC reported a 50% increase in telehealth services during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019. The vast majority of those cases were unrelated to [...]

Matt Ottinger2021-02-26T12:44:23-05:00February 26th, 2021|

Indiana Legislative Preview Goes Virtual on November 16; General Assembly Leaders to Discuss 2021 Policy Plans

(INDIANAPOLIS) — A panel of state legislative leaders and Indiana Chamber of Commerce officials will talk top policy issues for the upcoming General Assembly session during the virtual 2021 Indiana Legislative Preview on November 16. Programming remains the same in this year’s virtual format. The Democrat and Republican caucus leaders will reveal likely agenda items in an hour-long conversation, [...]

Rebecca Patrick2020-10-21T22:24:18-04:00October 8th, 2020|

Chamber Priority Bill Provides Unemployment Insurance Solution; Health Care Matters Take Center Stage

Chamber Priority Bill Provides Unemployment Insurance Solution; Health Care Matters Take Center Stage

By Mike Ripley, vice president of health care policy and employment law During the Great Recession from 2007-2011, the state paid out on average $1.1 billion per year in unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, with 2009 being the worst year with more than $1.8 billion in benefits paid. In 2011, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation that put all employers [...]

Rebecca Patrick2020-03-27T15:02:58-04:00March 27th, 2020|

Final Sprint: Where Key Bills Stand

Final Sprint: Where Key Bills Stand

The 2020 Indiana legislative session is in the home stretch with an end date coming as early as Wednesday. A collection of business-related bills crossed the finish line this week and are headed to the Governor’s desk. Others are bound for conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions. Meanwhile, we are pushing for language from [...]

Rebecca Patrick2020-03-06T12:30:07-05:00March 6th, 2020|

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