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A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against Walgreens for violating the federal False Claims Act by improperly receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from Virginia's Medicaid program.

Since the health care industry has been experiencing labor shortages, the agencies are trying to figure out a way to investigate the "serial mergers" in the initial notification process.

As lawmakers scrutinize the nation's pharmacy benefit managers, the California insurer expects to save $500 million in annual drug costs by replacing most of CVS Health's PBM services by January 2025.

Managing utilization growth of high-cost brand products with potential for off-label use helped minimize spend in some of the faster-growing drug categories like migraine and diabetes, says a new report.

Weeks before the CMS is releasing a list of drugs eligible for price negotiations, the Justice Department filed a motion, contesting the Chamber's move to block the program, claiming the pause would harm the public.

Reams of research show that the level of hospital consolidation today — 75% of markets are now considered highly consolidated — decreases patient choice, impedes innovation, erodes quality, and raises prices.