Consumer Driven Health Care

The Federal Trade Commission launched its inquiry of the 6 largest PBMs in June 2022, after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) had pressed the commission for years to review their role in determining prices for prescriptions like insulin.

After UnitedHealth recently reported 4th-quarter losses due to soaring Medicare Advantage medical costs, Humana has similarly reported steep losses, compared with a $71 million loss during the same period the previous year.

Though J&J is one of the country's largest drugmakers, the lawsuit argues, it failed to use its buying power when purchasing medications to negotiate the best prices for medicines for workers on its health plan.

Nathan Cassin, the pharmacy director for Holmes Murphy discusses answers to these questions and other lingering thoughts.

The drug, MariTide, helped patients lose up to 14.5% of their body weight in 12 weeks, and some people kept the weight off for up to 150 days after stopping the drug.

During a recent EBRI-Milken Institute 2024 Retirement Symposium panel, a group of industry thought leaders discussed financial wellness and what it means employers and advisors.

Here are 10 ideas to help guide you with your innovative plan design.

A robust generative AI platform with the needed underpinnings around data and human capital enables benefit consultants to provide new and deeper answers and insights into the challenges the industry has faced as we have endeavored to both offset and manage continuously high cost of care and annual trends.