Cost-Containment

The so-called core PCE, the central bank's go-to inflation metric, minimizes the weight of rent and over-emphasizes health care due to Medicaid and Medicares inputs.

Employers have their hands full after the passage of tax reform, according to Wolters Kluwer white paper examining the pending challenges of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The six groups participating in the project say in a consensus statement that they want to reduce the number of health care professionals subject to prior authorization requirements and eliminate obsolete prior authorization requirements.

A lesser-known amendment related to tax deductions for businesses could very well have devastating, unintended consequences on victims of workplace sexual harassment and abuse.

Four hospital groups have joined together to form a new non-profit organization that will manufacture and distribute drugs to hospitals, ideally for much cheaper than for-profit pharmaceutical companies.

For every positive benefit of such programs, it seems you can find an equally compelling negative.