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On Feb. 1, the CMS will send its initial offer of a fair price for each of the 10 selected prescription drugs to the drugmakers, who have all filed lawsuits attempting to block the government's effort to control drug prices.

At the 42nd annual event for investors, pharma executives and biotech innovators, the spotlight was on AI, the new GLP-1 class of weight loss drugs, non-profit hospitals and treatment for autoimmune disease.

"Employment extenders" - a growing segment of employees working beyond the traditional age of retirement - have unique needs that may influence how they use existing benefits but simultaneously be looking for new offerings.

To prevent large breaches of patient data, which rose 93% between 2018 and 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services wants to establish sector-specific cybersecurity performance goals for health care providers.

Unlike emergency savings accounts that employers have rolled out over the past few years, these new SECURE 2.0 pension-linked accounts have auto-enrollment but employees must be given the chance to opt out.

The Department of Labor alleges Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota wrongly passed along a "provider tax" - a state tax paid by hospitals and clinics - to 370 self-funded employer health plans it administers.