Consumer Driven Health Care

The drugstore chain is making big moves as it seeks to stabilize its retail pharmacy business – part of a long-term growth strategy, after spending nearly $20 billion to acquire Signify Health and Oak Street Health this year.

Making the decision to divert from a traditional health plan to a RBP plan is not for every firm: Good communications - and how well an employer uses their "concierge"- are the key to success, according to Imagine360 experts.

To provide effective and timely access to in-network behavioral health providers, the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions has provided a tool that employers can use to ask the right questions when selecting vendors.

Although the pandemic is over, COVID-19 remains a persistent threat, as incidents of a highly mutated variant, BA.2.86, have tripled in the past 2 weeks but the CDC is confident the vaccines will be effective against the new strain.

Over the past 3 years, FTC officials have signaled they would scrutinize private equity acquisitions in health care, like the recent FTC civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices.

New state laws now provide insured Americans in Texas and Tennessee the option to save money when they pay cash for more affordable services or use any out-of-network provider that offers more affordable care.