Consumer Driven Health Care

The bipartisan pharmacy benefit manager bill, which was approved by a Senate committee, would make it illegal to charge health plans and payers more for a prescription drug than what PBMs reimburse to the pharmacy.

Since 2019, states have been in a back-and-forth dispute with the behavioral health provider to determine whether the insurer inappropriately denied mental health and substance use disorder coverage to subscribers.

In the midst of a Senate inquiry, telehealth platform Cerebral admitted to sharing sensitive data of 3.1 million patients with the social media platforms.

87% of respondents believe family benefits are highly valued by employees.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said a high number of ineligible claims contributed to a bottleneck in processing them and that legislative action is needed to deal with the high volume.

At a Senate hearing, Moderna CEO defended the price hike as the company anticipates added costs from shifting to a 10-dose vial to single doses as requested by pharmacies and doctors.