The additional charge would affect private employers seeking workers through the annual visa cap.

A Milwaukee hospital alleges CVS used its control of a PBM, specialty pharmacy and third-party administrator to reduce reimbursements and retain savings intended to support patient care.

Nearly 70% of the estimate rests on payments above an insurer-calculated benchmark that a federal appeals court recently found could be artificially low.

The dispute-resolution system is protecting patients from unexpected bills, but researchers warn that rapidly rising awards and administrative expenses could increase health plan costs.

Capping commercial hospital payments at twice Medicare rates could substantially reduce employer health care costs while cutting more than $1 trillion from national health spending over a decade.

Physician practice transactions recorded an even steeper decline as weak utilization and increased state scrutiny weighed on activity.

Americans across party lines favor taxing higher earners and employers to strengthen the program, but few have prepared for possible benefit cuts.

The agency is considering a risk-based approach that would account for how independently a device acts and the potential harm from an incorrect output.