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Employers increasingly are taking action to manage costs and enhance affordability through health plan and vendor efficiencies.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized rules on Thursday with sweeping implications for providers, including Medicare reimbursement rates for hospital outpatient sites and doctor's offices.

The retailer has partnered with mobile medical services company DocGo to deploy mobile clinics catering to those who want urgent or primary care and takes private insurance as well as Medicaid and Medicare.

In the past year, 18% of respondents have used cannabis for health reasons.

The survey found that 53% of employees who self-described as engaged reported being comfortable in working with AI.

The Department of Health and Human Services will create an artificial intelligence task force to regulate the use of AI-enabled technologies already in use in hospitals, insurance companies and other health care businesses.

In recent years, a modest number of small- and medium-size employers have set up their own health clinics to fill employees' primary care needs at or near their workplaces - something large employers have done for decades.

The IRS announced Wednesday it will increase 401(k) contribution limits to $23,000 (from $22,500 in 2023), a smaller increase than last year's record-breaking amount of $2,000, while limits for employees over 50 remains unchanged.