Cost-Containment

Baby boomers know whats important for their health. And they know just as well that they arent doing enough to stay healthy.

Pharmaceutical companies are pouring millions of dollars into an effort to head off a state ballot initiative that would rein in spending on medicine.

Costs for such common health care procedures as mammograms, preventative primary gynecological exams, and OB/GYN follow up visits vary widely by region and city, a study finds.

Medical device manufacturers say their new devices are not causing higher health care costs.

Gaps between what providers bill privately insured out-of-network (OON) patients and what they bill Medicare enrollees reveal that those in the South are hiking up costs for emergency and critical care.

Employers predict another year of low health benefit cost growth in 2016, according to a Mercer survey.