Health Care Reform

The biggest and smallest deals fail to garner the type of long-term success found in midsize, 'just right' transactions, ACORD reports.

Over half of the nurses surveyed said they would not be comfortable with using AI in their profession.

At this year's BenefitsPRO Broker Expo, four industry leaders shared the various challenges they've faced as leaders and innovators, along with their reasons why it's all worth it.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has demanded to know why Americans pay "$1,349 a month for [weight loss] prescription drugs that cost less than $5 to manufacture."

The insurer meticulously tracked the output of its medical directors – and sent a message loud and clear: Cigna valued speed, says a former medical director who reviewed cases nurses flagged for denial or were unsure about.

Last year, the drug industry trade group sued the government, claiming the program violated the Constitution by giving too much power to federal regulators and imposing excessive fines on companies that refuse to negotiate.

Starting this year, federal employees can choose plans that cover several fertility services, including up to $25,000 annually for in vitro fertilization procedures and up to three artificial insemination cycles each year.

The 2018 rule sought to expand opportunities for smaller employers to join together to serve as the sponsor of a single, multiemployer health plan but was never implemented after a court ruling blocked it.