Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement in their otherwise bitter and divisive contest: It's up to the government to cut high U.S. drug prices.
For more than a decade, independent pharmacist Jay Patel has built a close and enduring relationship with his customers, who come to him for help in sickness and in health. But now there are interlopers: Drug middlemen, companies known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that influence which medicines can be bought, where to buy them ...
Employees at companies with less than 75 employees rated their happiness 47% higher than those with 76+ employees.
Both health care spending and utilization have changed significantly since before the pandemic, the new Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker found.
Pharmacy, cancer and musculoskeletal conditions remain the top drivers of increased healthcare costs for employers, but cardiovascular conditions are on the rise as well, a Business Group on Health report found.
The California Legislature is in its (sometimes) frantic final week, racing to pass bills by the Saturday deadline. Monday, lawmakers pulled some last-minute maneuvering to extend the time allowed for floor amendments.
Nearly 86% of respondents indicated that they were either satisfied, or very satisfied with their insurance broker's services.
Employers are actively seeking out alternatives to curb rising health benefit costs by sidestepping traditional carriers, a new report from Brighton Health Plan Solutions shows. Of the 150 health benefit respondents cited for the report, 75% said they are actively having conversations about direct contracting. A significant segment, 41%, which are not already in direct ...
A major drugmaker’s plan to trade out upfront 340B discounts for rebates has found swift pushback from both hospitals participating in the drug subsidy program and the government administration that oversees it. Friday, Johnson & Johnson issued a notice that beginning Oct. 15 it would no longer be processing wholesaler chargebacks for two of its ...
Eight states have at least five million residents that receive health coverage from their employer, according to AHIP’s 2024 “Coverage at Work” report published in July. States ranked by total residents with employer-sponsored health coverage: California: 17.95 million Texas: 13.85 million New York: 9.05 million Florida: 8.74 million Illinois: 6.53 million Pennsylvania: 6.39 million Ohio: 5.89 million ...