Consumer Driven Health Care

Prices for commercial health care in metropolitan areas are on the rise, but usage of care is falling in the same areas

OptumRX, UnitedHealth's PBM, will mandate that all new employer health-plan clients pass the drug discounts it obtains directly to plan participants.

PRISM, which allows patients to report on their symptoms and health conditions, with the data easily accessible by relevant health care providers.

The FDA mandates that ads for medical devices and pharmaceuticals must include possible risks of use, but do these rules apply on social media?

The proposal would require they disclose the prices they use when negotiating with insurers, not the current "list prices."

What's the potential for retail clinic utilization? That depends on the pace of the cultural shift taking place in health care.