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Over half of the nurses surveyed said they would not be comfortable with using AI in their profession.

In a breakout session at the 2024 BenefitsPRO Broker Expo, a jam-packed panel, industry thought leaders discussed their challenges, backgrounds, stereotypes, opportunities, and the future.

At this year's BenefitsPRO Broker Expo, four industry leaders shared the various challenges they've faced as leaders and innovators, along with their reasons why it's all worth it.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has demanded to know why Americans pay "$1,349 a month for [weight loss] prescription drugs that cost less than $5 to manufacture."

To be well-positioned for the possibility of a Department of Labor audit, plan sponsors need to watch out for common errors, which include late deposits of employee contributions into the plan, failure to implement employee deferral elections and failure to provide required notices.

The insurer meticulously tracked the output of its medical directors – and sent a message loud and clear: Cigna valued speed, says a former medical director who reviewed cases nurses flagged for denial or were unsure about.

The Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice's lawsuit states that the Department of Labor's new "rushed" fiduciary rule is similar to a proposal struck down by the federal appeals court a decade ago.

Last year, the drug industry trade group sued the government, claiming the program violated the Constitution by giving too much power to federal regulators and imposing excessive fines on companies that refuse to negotiate.