Cost-Containment

The need for long-term care services is expected to be substantial for people over age 65.

Axos Bank says it lost the money when an OptumInsight employee set up a scheme based on fraudulent accounts receivable.

U.S. employers may have been a little more likely to use self-insured health plans in 2024 and a lot more likely to use stop-loss insurance to protect whatever self-insured plans they offered.

The lawsuit, filed earlier in August in a U.S. District Court in Arizona, claims that Radiology Partners has used arbitration as a “vehicle to obtain a windfall for its private equity investors."

Key regional observations for 2025 reveal that the east region consistently shows the highest medical trends across all plan types, with Med/Rx combined at 10.04%.

Bill Cassidy, a Republican, cited "serious allegations" about the panel's legitimacy. The turmoil comes as funding fights loom.