Cost-Containment

Providers are supposed to inform patients when the care being rendered is out of network, but that "informed consent" is often buried in a pile of consent forms that patients auto-sign, in rapid fire.

Non-adherence – the term for not taking medications as prescribed – is a huge problem: Here are 3 strategies for lowering employee out-of-pocket costs – and preventing unnecessary hospitalizations.

The three major agencies are adding new health care counsels to scrutinize what the White House calls "corporate greed" in health care, such as firms "rolling up" small practices in transactions that don't meet antitrust thresholds.

Keeping just one newborn out of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) could bring joy to a family and save hundreds of thousands of dollars in health…

Pres. Biden's administration on Thursday unveiled a new framework allowing authorities the right to seize certain drug patents and license them to other manufacturers in order to lower drug prices.

While the self-insured approach has been considered a less-expensive alternative to fully insured plans, it turns out self-insured employers wind up paying more for colonoscopies, endoscopies and ER visits, says a new report.

The U.S. faces a serious shortage of primary care doctors for many reasons, but Medicare, which has significant muscle in the health care market, tends to reward specialties that emphasize procedures more than primary care.

Making the decision to divert from a traditional health plan to a RBP plan is not for every firm: Good communications - and how well an employer uses their "concierge"- are the key to success, according to Imagine360 experts.