Consumer Driven Health Care

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.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized its prior authorization rule – and insurers have to provide a specific reason for denying an urgent medical service request, as well as automate the authorization process.

With 20,000 people dying of COVID in the U.S. since October, every workplace needs to have standards around airborne disease protection, such as ventilation, testing and masking, recommends an occupational health expert.

President Trump secured significant health care policy changes still in place today, including efforts to bring more transparency to prices charged by hospitals and paid by insurers, but he still wants to repeal and replace the ACA.

In the latest lawsuit, an Idaho woman, who was hospitalized and had to have her gallbladder removed, alleges that the drug manufacturer was negligent and fraudulently misrepresented the drug's gastrointestinal issues.