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Reimbursement rules and site-of-care rules are the obvious places to look for savings, a plan analysis firm says.

Capping commercial hospital payments at twice Medicare rates could substantially reduce employer health care costs while cutting more than $1 trillion from national health spending over a decade.

Nine states actually prohibit providers from imposing some types of facility fees for telehealth services or other types of services, according to a new online facility-fee resource center.

The copay for a drug and other out-of-pocket costs could not exceed the nationwide average consumer price for the drug.

"Employers are — and will continue — holding vendors accountable for results," according to Business Group on Health analysts.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, covers 83 patients treated between March 2022 and March 2026.