Two Midwestern hospitals violated federal law by denying an abortion to a woman who experienced a medical emergency while pregnant, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
A Senate panel advanced four bills aimed at reforming pharmacy benefit manager practices and improving generic drug competition, one day after the senators heard input from major PBM and pharma executives.
Retirees this year received a record-high 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment in their benefits – the largest increase in four decades – however, next year may be less than half that percentage due to inflation, according to a new estimate.
"Moving ahead, enrollee cost sharing for COVID-19 tests in a clinical setting will depend on their health plan and where they receive a test," researchers say.
This is a significant rise from a year ago, as employees struggle with personal finances and mental health, according to a John Hancock Retirement report.
A panel of licensed health care professionals preferred ChatGPT's responses nearly 80% of the time and rated the chatbot's responses as higher quality and more empathetic, in a new JAMA study.
CHROs expect difficulty in retaining staff. Only 34% expect employee retention to increase over the next six months, down from 45% in the first quarter.