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"These priorities, coupled with the growing frustrations our members are expressing, should be a wake-up call for many health care stakeholders who think the status quo is acceptable and that the days of blank checks will never end," said Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH).

Anthem alleged that HaloMD had exploited the resolution process to submit ineligible claims and secure higher out-of-network payment awards.

Administrative waste costs the U.S. health care system an estimated $350 billion each year. This includes $266 billion that is attributed to administrative complexity and between $59 and $84 billion caused by fraud and abuse.

Workers in several sectors have already won contracts that constrain how monitoring data can be used for attendance, performance evaluation, discipline or interference with protected activity, according to the UC Berkeley Labor Center's inventory of union contracts.

The proposed 2027 regulations would also block California's hearing aid and wheelchair mandates, the state's governor says.

Sharply rising gas prices are driving the biggest monthly inflation jump since 2022, says Mary Johnson.