Cost-Containment

Big Pharmas efforts to somehow put a lid on the brewing opioid controversy received a major blow in what was once a pharmaceuticals stronghold: Texas.

Federal officials are exploring how beneficiaries could get a share of certain behind-the-scenes fees and discounts negotiated by insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, who together administer Medicares Part D drug program.

Health care appears to have played an unexpectedly robust role in Tuesdays off-year elections, as Democrats swept statewide races in Virginia and New Jersey and voters told pollsters it was a top concern.

Globoforces WorkHuman Research Institute surveyed 2,703 employed people to find out what factors kept employees staying with their current employer.

When it comes to price transparency, just seven states earned a passing grade.

The current GOP tax bill has an estimated $74 billion revenue hole, which is sending tax writers scrambling to find additional revenue and putting the ACA's individual mandate back into play.