Consumer Driven Health Care

Novo Nordisk's list price for a monthly package of Ozempic is $935.77 before insurance and other rebates, yet it can be manufactured for between $0.89 to $4.73 a month, according to researchers at Yale University.

Increasingly, health system consolidations, which must balance short-term and long-term financial goals, are focused on value-based care, which promotes better care for patients and improved health outcomes at reduced prices.

The Biden administration has announced that it has finalized a new regulation that curbs the use of short-term health insurance plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act, limiting the plans to 90 days.

The feds face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle payment changes for telehealth services that allow people to "visit" a doctor in their homes, however, it's expected that Congress will "kick the can" past the November election.

More patients are losing their doctors — and trust in the primary care system, according to American Medical Association's president, Jesse Ehrenfeld.

Following the health care tech firm's data breach in February, 24 class-action lawsuits have been filed thus far, however, additional providers also are likely to file suits because of the financial impact on their businesses.

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have set up a new state relations unit to combat antitrust issues in health care and the expanding cloud of private equity in shaping the health care sector's future.

While the State Department has issued a $10 million reward for the ID of the Change Healthcare's hackers in its cyberattack in February, the health tech firm has reportedly been struck by a second ransomware attack.