Consumer Driven Health Care

Baylor Scott & White, the largest not-for-profit health care provider in Texas, will now become one of the state's largest urgent care providers with the NextCare Urgent Care partnership.

In recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves - and Congress is paying attention: House and Senate members have launched nine bills that take aim at pharmacy benefit managers.

Opioid manufacturers and distributors are paying more than $54 billion in restitution to settle lawsuits about their role in the overdose epidemic, with little oversight on how the money is spent.

Through the new Caremark Cost Saver program, eligible CVS Caremark commercially insured members will have access to GoodRx's prescription pricing on generic medications starting January 1, 2024.

Health insurers and medical providers are battling over who should supply high-cost infusion drugs for patients, while some insurers are bypassing hospital pharmacies and physician offices and instead sending more complex drugs through third-party pharmacies.

Opill, the first daily birth control pill taken without a prescription, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and will be available to consumers in drugstores early 2024.