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Although policy changes often lag a year or 2 behind trends, the gap suggests that there's a need for employers to address lingering effects of the pandemic and other issues affecting workers' mental well-being, says a new survey.

Pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx plans to launch Clear Trend Guarantee in 2025 to allow employers and health insurers to more easily manage their drug spending, while creating more predictability for patients around costs.

The All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model includes additional support for primary care to assist with care management and health maintenance – areas where digital health tools would be invaluable.

More than five dozen lawsuits have been filed against the makers of weight loss drugs.

The new lawsuit, which follows similar litigation filed by AdventHealth and Allegiance Health Management, names Aetna, Elevance Health, Cigna, UnitedHealth Group and Humana as "co-conspirators" in the "MultiPlan cartel."

Following the Change Healthcare and Ascension breaches, this new HHS program will solicit proposals from companies that can create tools to ensure internet-connected hospital equipment is kept safe and functional.