Consumer Driven Health Care

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.

Perrigo, which sought FDA approval for an over-the-counter version last summer after the Supreme Court's ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, expects a final decision by the end of summer in the U.S.

Mental health and substance use disorders have reached epidemic levels, and psychiatric-mental health nurses can help fill critical gaps in the health care system, says a new report.

In a BenefitsPRO Broker Expo keynote presentation, the health futurist and medical economist said health care will change more in the next five years than it did in the last 50 years.