CMS' new Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model will award states up to $12 million to shift health care spending towards primary care and community-based care.

The pharmacy chain continues to expand its reach with more regions and patients by allowing tech firm Pearl Health – which operates in 29 states – to help primary care physicians manage value-based care.

Although enrollment in non-ACA-compliant plans is at a record low, a substantial number of people continue enrolling in these plans.

The insurer - the second-largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. - is fighting back against a rule finalized earlier this year to recoup overpayments in the popular retiree health plan.

Mobility teams could reconsider in-house tasks and explore the use of technology, process simplification and vendors to release capacity.

For employers that set their employee premium costs last year right at the ACA affordability threshold, their plans will no longer be affordable if they charge employees the same amount in 2024 as they did in 2023.

"Mental health today has a greater meaning for employees," according to the latest Mental Health Report Card.

Three House committees have introduced the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, which would require hospitals, payers, labs, imaging providers and surgical centers to use machine-readable files to list prices they'll charge patients.