One team is drafting a paper about the hybrid health plans. Another is talking about employer frustrations.

Self-insured employer plans sent the Pittsburgh-based insurer more high-dollar claims.

Fox and Murtagh noted that some states already impose controls on hospitals' prices, and that the controls can take different forms, such as a flat cap on prices or a limit on price increases.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hopes to move all payers to a standard, digital medical attachment format by May 26, 2028.

Fully insured employer plans may pay more than 40 times the in-network amount when they lose.

California and Illinois are examples of states that are trying to restrict or ban use of automated care providers.

The agency's chair lists recent actions against PBMs and health plan marketers as examples of what the new team might do.

Some families that need long-term care have planned for that. Others have not.