Consumer Driven Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized its prior authorization rule – and insurers have to provide a specific reason for denying an urgent medical service request, as well as automate the authorization process.

With 20,000 people dying of COVID in the U.S. since October, every workplace needs to have standards around airborne disease protection, such as ventilation, testing and masking, recommends an occupational health expert.

President Trump secured significant health care policy changes still in place today, including efforts to bring more transparency to prices charged by hospitals and paid by insurers, but he still wants to repeal and replace the ACA.

In the latest lawsuit, an Idaho woman, who was hospitalized and had to have her gallbladder removed, alleges that the drug manufacturer was negligent and fraudulently misrepresented the drug's gastrointestinal issues.

In a competitive job market, access to a certain primary care doctor or mental health benefits may be the determining factor when it comes to someone accepting your job offer or choosing to work somewhere else.

A look at new legal battles and drug regulations, including the administration's new initiatives to reduce drug costs and next steps in the FTC's attempt to address improperly listed patents in the FDA's Orange Book.