Indiana hospitals

A new national study by the Rand Corporation found that Indiana’s commercial hospital prices are the 8th highest in the country.

The cutbacks on services in Hartford City follow others around the state across other health systems, attributed partly to federal reimbursement cuts and staffing shortages.

Indiana's hospital leaders say that they have been operating in the red in 2022 due to inflation and rising labor costs. And they are worried that proposed legislation to address rising health care costs could push them deeper into financial stress.

Indiana hospitalization rates due to COVID-19 reached their highest point on Thursday since the state began releasing that data. The Indiana Hospital…