Consumer Driven Health Care

The 3 federal agencies all but declared war Tuesday on private equity firms' growing ownership and control of health care at an FTC forum, as PE firms have spent more than $1 trillion on health care acquisitions over the past decade.

More and more employers are considering covering these drugs when prescribed for weight loss, while implementing certain "guardrails" to manage cost and improve health outcomes.

Sen. Chuck Schumer has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to intervene in response to the crippling health care ransomware attack by issuing advance payments to providers to lessen their financial burden.

The study found that per-member per-month (PMPM) health care costs increased as the state ranking for health decreased.

46% said they were extremely or very satisfied with their HDHP.

In its latest update on the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Change Healthcare, the health care tech company confirmed that the attack was perpetrated by a cybercrime group called BlackCat or ALPHV.