Health Care Reform

An increasing number of employers are offering their employees access to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, as part of their mental health coverage to treat depression, anxiety and PTSD - and to lower costs.

As the DOJ conducts an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth's Optum business unit, the health insurer has moved its chief legal officer into a new role overseeing governance, compliance and security.

With drug shortages at an all-time high, the Senate Finance Committee wants to create a new program to incentivize improved contracting and purchasing practices in the supply chain by offering bonuses to hospitals and providers.

With concerns that costs could reach more than $1 billion over the next 6 years, North Carolina opted to stop coverage for the pricey new GLP-1s, saying the contracts between the drugmakers and the PBMs "are all-or-nothing."

"Employers need to design benefit strategies that are inclusive, supportive, and tailored to a person's health profile in order to be effective," says Kristin Hall, VP of Clinical Programs and Patient Experience at apree health.

A private equity firm accused of trying to build a monopoly in radiology was dismissed as a defendant in an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against U.S. Anesthesia Partners in Texas.