Physician owned hospitals Medicaid waiver. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to allow physician owned hospitals to expand in Indiana to provide access to health care for Medicaid recipients.

Health care providers. Removes language allowing an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) to: (1) certify that an individual has a permanent disability for purposes of obtaining a permanent parking placard; and (2) enter or sign a record on a death into the Indiana death registration system. Provides that an APRN who operates in collaboration with a licensed practitioner shall operate within a 75 mile radius of the licensed practitioner’s primary practice location or residence. Requires an APRN and the APRN’s collaborating practitioner to meet quarterly. Requires certain practitioners to wear an identification badge. Sets forth the requirements of the identification badge. Requires the program established by the medical licensing board of Indiana under which an APRN who meets certain requirements may prescribe drugs to require drug prescribing supervision and drug prescribing guidelines. Requires an APRN to include on each form the APRN uses to prescribe a legend drug certain information concerning the APRN’s supervising practitioner. Sets forth requirements concerning the number of APRNs and physician assistants to whom a physician may delegate prescriptive authority.

Health provider contracts. Makes various changes to the provisions that are prohibited in a health provider contract, including most favored nation, all or nothing, and anti-tiering/anti-steering clauses. Allows the insurance commissioner to grant a waiver to allow certain prohibited provisions in a health provider contract if certain conditions are met. Establishes enforcement provisions by the attorney general, insurance commissioner, and persons who have suffered a loss due to a violation.