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Novo Nordisk's list price for a monthly package of Ozempic is $935.77 before insurance and other rebates, yet it can be manufactured for between $0.89 to $4.73 a month, according to researchers at Yale University.

Increasingly, health system consolidations, which must balance short-term and long-term financial goals, are focused on value-based care, which promotes better care for patients and improved health outcomes at reduced prices.

The Biden administration has announced that it has finalized a new regulation that curbs the use of short-term health insurance plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act, limiting the plans to 90 days.

The feds face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle payment changes for telehealth services that allow people to "visit" a doctor in their homes, however, it's expected that Congress will "kick the can" past the November election.

"Employers can reduce benefits expenses while simultaneously boosting employee engagement by implementing cost-effective and impactful benefits strategies," says Leia Spoor, clinical director of employee benefits of Holmes Murphy.

More patients are losing their doctors — and trust in the primary care system, according to American Medical Association's president, Jesse Ehrenfeld.