Health Care Reform

The new ChatGPT technology might help lighten administrative burdens but few in health care believe the latest form of AI is about to take their jobs (though some companies are experimenting with chatbots that act as guides to care).

Two Midwestern hospitals violated federal law by denying an abortion to a woman who experienced a medical emergency while pregnant, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A Senate panel advanced four bills aimed at reforming pharmacy benefit manager practices and improving generic drug competition, one day after the senators heard input from major PBM and pharma executives.

The introduction of a Medicare X public option would affect provider payment rates for 12.3% of the population, or 41.8 million people.

Insulin and pharmacy benefit management company executives testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this week in Washington in preparation for a vote on PBM legislation.

Reversing a controversial recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2009, the panel now states that women between ages 40 and 74 should have screenings every two years.