Health Care Reform

AI is a way for industry players to cut costs, manage risk, and modernize health care infrastructure, while value remains a top priority for purchasers and patients, according to a new PwC report.

Many hospitals are adding billions of dollars in fees for routine care in outpatient centers they own, raising patient costs for colonoscopies, mammograms and heart screenings, a new investigation found.

The savings are not yet realized, says the Congressional Budget Office, which projects a 10-year cumulative savings of $161 billion from the phased-in drug negotiation, as well as a rebate for price increases above the inflation rate.

The $35 insulin cap reduces out-of-pocket costs for those with health savings accounts but new policies are needed to improve access to affordable insulin among commercially insured patients, says a new study.

On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments on whether to revoke mifepristone's approval and curtail its availability because the FDA imposed strict safety limits on who could prescribe and distribute it when it gave its approval.

John Oxendine admitted to his role in a health care kickback scheme that netted him hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The HHS rule, which mandates that health insurers not count copay assistance toward out-of-pocket costs, was struck down last fall, however, it is backfiring on patients with chronic diseases that need expensive drugs.

For patients using tools in the remote patient monitoring category, annual spending is projected to increase by $2,002 for commercial insurance patients.