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Hospital outpatient departments are in line for a Medicare rate increase in 2024, but program payments for doctors could decline, according to proposed new policies from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Baylor Scott & White, the largest not-for-profit health care provider in Texas, will now become one of the state's largest urgent care providers with the NextCare Urgent Care partnership.

In recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves - and Congress is paying attention: House and Senate members have launched nine bills that take aim at pharmacy benefit managers.

So, how can HR leaders structure their benefit programs in ways that are meaningful to their people while meeting budgetary demands?

Opioid manufacturers and distributors are paying more than $54 billion in restitution to settle lawsuits about their role in the overdose epidemic, with little oversight on how the money is spent.

Through the new Caremark Cost Saver program, eligible CVS Caremark commercially insured members will have access to GoodRx's prescription pricing on generic medications starting January 1, 2024.