In the last year, Indiana has taken important steps to benefit patients and physicians. The General Assembly significantly expanded restrictions on noncompete clauses, prohibiting their use in all future physician contracts with hospitals. Despite a grim economic forecast, state budgeters maintained Indiana’s commitment to Graduate Medical Education, providing funding for the residency slots that will produce Indiana’s next generation of physicians. Legislators took a first step toward addressing senseless prior authorization requirements, mandating peer-to-peer consultations when coverage is denied. And physicians, as always, led the way in combating illnesses old and new.
Your IMPAC contribution means ISMA can continue to fight for physicians by supporting the campaigns of Hoosiers who align with ISMA’s policy agenda.
“Governor’s Club” and “President’s Club” donors receive exclusive IMPAC attire:
$2,000 - President’s Club
$1,500 - Governor's Club
$1,000 - Senate Club
$500 - House Club
$365 - Dollar-A-Day
IMPAC Social to offer expert news panel
Donors to IMPAC, the ISMA’s political action committee, will get an exclusive analysis of the 2026 election outlook at the 176th ISMA Convention on Friday, Sept. 26.
For the third straight year, the IMPAC Social will feature insights from a panel of Indiana political experts assessing the state and national political landscape.
In addition to the panel discussion, the IMPAC Social is a chance for physicians to chat in an informal atmosphere with colleagues from across the state. The IMPAC Social runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, and the panel discussion is scheduled for 7-8 p.m.
The IMPAC Social and IMPAC Lounge are open to IMPAC donors only, so remember to contribute before convention weekend. If you aren’t sure whether you donated this year, or would rather donate at the door, staff will be present to assist you.
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Brian Howey’s weekly column on politics appears in 26 Indiana newspapers. His politics and government newsletter Howey Politics Indiana began in 1994, and since 2022 has been published by State Affairs Indiana, along with the Howey Daily Wire online update. Before launching HPI, Howey was a reporter and editor for the Warsaw Times-Union, the Elkhart Truth, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, and WKJG-TV in Fort Wayne. He has also served as news editor of NUVO Newsweekly in Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Eye online magazine.
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Adam Wren is a national political correspondent for POLITICO, and since 2018 has published the “Importantville” newsletter on the intersection of Indiana politics, business, and power. At POLITICO, he is a contributor to POLITICO Magazine, Playbook and West Wing Playbook, focusing on Donald Trump’s remaking of the federal government and the Democratic response to his return to power, ahead of what could be a wide-open 2028 presidential contest. Wren previously served as a national politics features correspondent at Business Insider. He has also written for The New York Times and Washington Post. |
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James Briggs has been opinion editor and columnist at The Indianapolis Star since January 2024, and writes the newsletter “Between the Motion” on Substack. This is Briggs’ second tour of duty with the Star; he was a columnist from October 2019 to December 2022 before a one-year stint as a reporter for Axios Indianapolis. Prior to his arrival at the Star in 2015, Briggs was a reporter and editor at the Baltimore Business Journal, and a reporter for newspapers in Milwaukee and in Bay City, Ann Arbor, and Oakland, Mich. |
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