Consumer Driven Health Care

On Feb. 1, the CMS will send its initial offer of a fair price for each of the 10 selected prescription drugs to the drugmakers, who have all filed lawsuits attempting to block the government's effort to control drug prices.

At the 42nd annual event for investors, pharma executives and biotech innovators, the spotlight was on AI, the new GLP-1 class of weight loss drugs, non-profit hospitals and treatment for autoimmune disease.

Racial and ethnic earning disparities associated with health insurance premium growth have increased over time.

To prevent large breaches of patient data, which rose 93% between 2018 and 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services wants to establish sector-specific cybersecurity performance goals for health care providers.

The Department of Labor alleges Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota wrongly passed along a "provider tax" - a state tax paid by hospitals and clinics - to 370 self-funded employer health plans it administers.

Shortly after Eli Lilly launched its direct-to-consumer service for its weight loss drug Zepbound, the Mayo Clinic has announced a new telehealth service that will offer direct access to GLP-1 weight-loss medications.