Consumer Driven Health Care

The more employers add to the chorus making these requests, the more motivated health plans will be to fully add these innovative providers to their networks and scale access to care that is so critically needed.

While the FDA has implemented standards for Direct-to-Consumer TV and Radio Prescription Drug Advertising, Senators Dick Durbin and Mike Braun say it's not enough, with the surge in social media drug promotion.

An increasing number of employers are offering their employees access to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, as part of their mental health coverage to treat depression, anxiety and PTSD - and to lower costs.

This article explains how GI issues show up in medical claims and what benefits professionals can do to bring relief to the people whose lives they have the power to impact.

With drug shortages at an all-time high, the Senate Finance Committee wants to create a new program to incentivize improved contracting and purchasing practices in the supply chain by offering bonuses to hospitals and providers.

With concerns that costs could reach more than $1 billion over the next 6 years, North Carolina opted to stop coverage for the pricey new GLP-1s, saying the contracts between the drugmakers and the PBMs "are all-or-nothing."

A private equity firm accused of trying to build a monopoly in radiology was dismissed as a defendant in an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against U.S. Anesthesia Partners in Texas.

Senator Bernie Sanders is upping the pressure on Novo Nordisk to lower the cost of Wegovy in the U.S., although the Danish drugmaker asserts it charges lower prices in Europe because governments there can negotiate prices.