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Another 54K Hoosiers fall off Medicaid rolls – Indiana Capital Chronicle
Thousands more Hoosiers left the state’s Medicaid rolls during the second month of “unwinding” federal protections, according to the latest report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
More than 53,600 Hoosiers lost their government insurance coverage in May in addition to the nearly 53,000 who lost coverage in April.
Of the 165,431 Hoosiers up for renewal in May, nearly 40% were renewed; another 6% were no longer eligible; 27% were dropped for procedural reasons; and the renewal process for the remaining 28% is pending. Percentages are rounded.
First month of Medicaid ‘unwinding’ boots nearly 53K Hoosiers from coverage
Roughly 82% of Hoosiers whose coverage lapsed lost Medicaid due to procedural reasons, such as an incomplete form, a decrease from nearly 89% the month before.
Though more Hoosiers were up for renewal in May compared to April, the number who kept their insurance remained relatively flat, at 65,092 in April and 65,882 in May.
The 91,000 combined Hoosiers who fell off of the Medicaid rolls due to procedural reasons have 90 days to finalize paperwork and may even qualify for retroactive coverage. However, state policy doesn’t permit Hoosiers under the Healthy Indiana Plan to be retroactively covered.
Previously, the state estimated that between 300,000 and 400,000 Hoosiers could lose their coverage over the entire period but if disenrollment rates from the first two months hold that number could be much higher — closer to 600,000.
Hoosiers whose coverage lapsed or who have questions about their eligibility in the coming months should contact the Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA). To learn more, visit the FSSA Medicaid website.
A nationwide process
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the federal government offered a boost to Medicaid payments in exchange for states giving every recipient continuous coverage, regardless of income changes. Medicaid agencies like FSSA saw their budgets swell and simultaneously saved money with less administrative burdens.
At the same time, the growth of state Medicaid rolls surged. In Indiana alone, the number of Hoosiers using the government insurance program grew from 1.4 million prior to the pandemic to more than 2.2 million in April.
Following the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, states began the “unwinding” process, where agencies redetermined eligibility for hundreds of thousands of enrollees.
In the first month, half a million Americans lost coverage across 11 states, including Indiana. Florida accounted for roughly half of the decrease, but Indiana — tied with Arkansas — had the highest disenrollment rate for procedural reasons.
Indiana’s performance relative to other states improved in the most recent analysis from June 16. But the state still reported a higher disenrollment rate for procedural reasons than the national average, of 74%.
However, the majority of states started their “unwinding” process after Indiana, which was one of 19 states whose review began in May or earlier. Another 22 states began in June and nine more will start in July. One state, Oregon, won’t begin its process until October.
KFF estimates that between 17 and 24 million people nationwide could fall off the Medicaid rolls. Another study from the nonprofit found that a majority of recipients had no idea about the renewal process, especially Black recipients.
Actions in Indiana
FSSA has attempted to combat this discrepancy through a series of actions, including a collaboration with Black churches to promote and educate.
Michele Holtkamp, the director of communications for FSSA, noted the procedural terminations can include someone losing coverage because they died, moved out of state or were incarcerated. Some who don’t finish their forms could know they no longer qualify and abandon the process or voluntarily withdraw for other reasons.
“We are taking multiple steps to try to reach people. In addition to our statewide advertising campaign, we continue engaging with stakeholders in communities across the state weekly to help them work directly with Hoosiers. We continue to text and call members at risk of losing coverage, and partner with the managed care entities and hospitals to help them understand who is at risk so they can help,” she said.
Holtkamp urged Medicaid beneficiaries to contact FSSA’s Division of Family Resources and update their information. Additionally, some children may remain eligible even if their parents no longer qualify.
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Tracey Hutchings-Goetz, with Hoosier Action, pointed to guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in terms of unwinding, including a letter to governors alerting them of waiver options to reduce lost coverage. She urged FSSA to review the list, which includes ideas such as consulting with other social service agencies and using the U.S. Postal Service to reach Medicaid recipients.
“We continue to be deeply concerned about the high rate of Medicaid disenrollments impacting Hoosier kids and families, and hope that FSSA will use every tool at their disposal, including those recently made available by CMS, to reduce unnecessary healthcare coverage loss. Because so many Hoosier families and the majority of Hoosier kids rely on Medicaid to fill prescriptions and get the care they need, it’s essential that Hoosiers come together across race and place to push for a Medicaid system that keeps as many of us as possible covered,” Hutchings-Goetz said in a statement.
The federal government details the “unwinding” process suggestions Indiana participates in to limit that number of procedural disenrollments, including collaborating with the Postal Service and ex parte, or automatic, renewals for select populations.
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ST. JOHN, Ind. (WLS) — A man who was killed in a police-involved shooting on Wednesday has been identified.
The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. in the 14000 block of West 93rd Place in St. John, Indiana, the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department said.
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A St. John police officer had responded to a home at the location for a call of a domestic disturbance, the sheriff said.
After a physical altercation, shots were fired and a 40-year-old man was wounded, the sheriff said. The man, who neighbors say was barefoot and wearing pajamas, was taken to a hospital.
The Lake County coroner’s officer later identified the man as Brandon Perkins.
“Just intense. I mean, caught everybody off guard,” St. John resident George Jaksich said. “The neighbors were all freaked out.”
Residents in the Bramblewood subdivision who heard the gunfire said they watched as officers performed CPR on the man after the shooting.
“I looked out, and I see a guy falling backwards,” Jaksich said. “I see some cops on the west side of him… and yeah, then right away they kicked something away. It turns out those were dumbbells when I walked over there, but they were giving him CPR.”
Video from the scene showed a couple of hand weights sitting in the street, but it’s unclear if the man who was shot had those in his possession.
No further information about the shooting was immediately available.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department Detective Bureau continues to investigate.
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‘Probably one of the ugliest games I’ve ever covered at Assembly Hall’
IndyStar IU Insider Zach Osterman tries to make sense of the Hoosiers’ blowout loss to Illinois at home.
Indiana basketball visits Ohio State on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. This matchup offers the question: Is it better to keep losing by 2 points, or by 25?
The Hoosiers (13-5, 4-3 Big Ten) have been blown out two games in a row, prompting a rebellion among fans. Coach Mike Woodson and players are preaching patience, but IU is decidedly on the outside looking in for an NCAA Tournament bid. The Hoosiers could desperately use Malik Reneau (14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.3 steals), who has missed almost all of the last five games with a knee injury.
The Buckeyes (10-7, 2-4) have come painfully close to winning their last two games, falling by a basket to Oregon and Wisconsin. They beat Minnesota in double overtime before that. Bruce Thronton has been OSU’s driving force, averaging 16.7 points in conference play. Meechie Johnson, who started the first 10 games, has been on personal leave.
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Zach Osterman, IndyStar: Ohio State 79-69
Things have taken an ugly turn in the last week for the Hoosiers, who now need a good road result to rebound from consecutive thumpings at Iowa and against Illinois. Ohio State is a strange team, talented and well-rated by metrics but losers of a lot of close games. So much of this game feels like it will be defined by how Indiana manages Buckeyes point guard Bruce Thornton.
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Indiana basketball rankings vs. Illinois
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Indiana projected starting lineup
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Illinois projected starting lineup
- Bruce Thornton (17.4 points, 43.3% 3-pointers, 4.4 assists)
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Indiana basketball schedule
Jan. 11: Iowa 85, Indiana 60
Jan. 14: Illinois 94, Indiana 69
Fri., Jan. 17: at Ohio State, 8 p.m., Fox
Wed., Jan 22: at Northwestern, 7 p.m., BTN
Sun., Jan. 26: vs. Maryland, noon, CBS
Ohio State basketball schedule
Jan. 9: Oregon 73, Ohio State 71
Jan. 14: Wisconsin 70, Ohio State 68
Fri., Jan. 17: vs. Indiana, 8 p.m., Fox
Tues., Jan. 21: at Purdue, 7:30 p.m., Peacock
Mon., Jan. 27: vs. Iowa, 8 p.m, FS1
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Former Indiana basketball players say team doctor sexually abused them with unnecessary prostate exams
Three former members of the Indiana men’s basketball team have accused former team doctor Bradford Bomba Sr., 88, of sexually abusing them during their playing days.
Haris Mujezinovic and Charlie Miller originally filed a lawsuit against Bomba in October, and John Flowers joined the suit this week.
Flowers, who played for the Hoosiers in 1981 and 1982, said he was subject to at least two unnecessary prostate exams.
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A University of Indiana Hoosiers flag at Memorial Stadium. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/USA Today Sports)
Longtime trainer Tim Garl is now listed as a defendant, as Flowers said Garl was aware of Bomba’s “invasive, harassing, and demeaning digital rectal examinations.”
“After his first physical, Flowers’s teammates told him he had ‘passed’ Dr. Bomba, Sr.’s ‘test,’ and that he would not have to undergo a digital rectal examination again,” the lawsuit states, via CBS Sports. “Garl laughed at Flowers and his freshman teammates and made jokes at their expense regarding the digital rectal examinations they endured.”
The university officially declined comment but sent a statement from September that said the school was conducting its own independent review on the matter.
The players’ attorney, Kathleen Delaney, said Bomba may have sexually abused at least 100 male athletes during his time at the school. Neither Garl nor Bomba’s attorney responded to a request for comment.
Bomba pleaded the fifth during a deposition last month.
Mujezinovic and Miller, who played under coach Bobby Knight in the 1990s, also alleged that Bomba conducted prostate exams that were not necessary.
The IU logo on a basketball during a Hoosiers game against the Michigan State Spartans Jan. 22, 2023, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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“Dr. Bomba, Sr.’s routine sexual assaults were openly discussed by the Hoosier men’s basketball players in the locker room in the presence of IU employees, including assistant coaches, athletic trainers, and other Hoosier men’s basketball staff,” the lawsuit said, via NBC News.
“I’m standing up for all student-athletes who have suffered abuse,” Mujezinovic said in a statement. “I hope that more of our former teammates will speak out and share their stories publicly.”
“I will never understand why IU leadership did nothing to protect us from what I now understand was sexual abuse,” Miller said.
Added Flowers, “I am proud to stand up on behalf of my former teammates and other IU basketball players to seek justice for the sexual abuse we endured as members of the Hoosiers.”
The Indiana Hoosiers logo during the Empire Classic game Nov. 19, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Bomba was employed by the university from 1962 to 1970, and again from 1979 until the late ’90s.
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