Health Care Reform

Despite differing objectives, increasing transparency requires stakeholders to work together for common good, according to a panel discussion at the recent Self-Insurance Institute of America's (SIIA) Price Transparency Forum in Kansas City.

The health care provider negotiates lower rates with in-network providers to save members money, however, members allege that Cigna participated in a "fraudulent scheme" that overcharged its members, says the complaint.

Benefits advisors and brokerages of all sizes must band together and learn from each other in order to move the industry forward and create meaningful change.

After attorneys general in GOP-states sent letters to several pharmacies, Walgreens is the first to announce that in those states, it will not sell mifepristone, the first of two drugs in the medication abortion process.

Most people agree that making the health care system more transparent is a worthy objective; but the devil remains in the details. "We work in the…

BetterHealth, an online therapy company, did not admit wrongdoing in their settlement. "This industry-standard practice is routinely used by some of the largest health providers," the company said in a statement.