Consumer Driven Health Care

If you want to make meaningful changes in an employer health plan, you have to be willing to do something that will actually change the way the system is functionally working instead of just cycling through carrier solutions.

The new ChatGPT technology might help lighten administrative burdens but few in health care believe the latest form of AI is about to take their jobs (though some companies are experimenting with chatbots that act as guides to care).

Two Midwestern hospitals violated federal law by denying an abortion to a woman who experienced a medical emergency while pregnant, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A Senate panel advanced four bills aimed at reforming pharmacy benefit manager practices and improving generic drug competition, one day after the senators heard input from major PBM and pharma executives.

Insulin and pharmacy benefit management company executives testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this week in Washington in preparation for a vote on PBM legislation.

By allowing employees to participate during work hours, employers are creating a culture of health – and to increase participation, incentives that count toward lower health care premiums or gift cards are more successful.