Business Groups Withdraw Suit Challenging Health-Price Transparency Rule

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a Texas affiliate withdrew a suit filed to block parts of a federal rule requiring insurers and employers to disclose prices they pay for healthcare services and drugs.

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Companies Move To Mandate Coronavirus Shots As FDA Grants Full Approval To Pfizer Vaccine

A growing number of companies were moving to impose vaccine requirements as the Food and Drug Administration issued full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, eliminating one of the central remaining arguments used by the vaccine-hesitant.

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Disney Reaches Deal With Unions To Require COVID-19 Vaccinations For Unionized Employees

Disney has reached a deal with its unions to require all of its unionized employees working at Walt Disney World in Florida to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by October 22, 2021. The move comes nearly a month after Disney mandated that all of its salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. needed to be fully ...

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Complex Health Care Benefits Can Have Negative Impact On Employee Wellbeing, Productivity

New research reveals that consumers encounter multiple challenges when accessing health care. In turn, that complexity has a compounding effect on wellbeing and work life. Quantum Health, a leading health care navigation and care coordination company, announced the results of its latest survey by calling them “groundbreaking” and emphasizing that they illustrate how consumer knowledge ...

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Employers Name Mental Health Access As Key Priority: Survey

Enhancing access to mental health care remains a key priority for employers, a new survey shows. The Business Group on Health’s annual look at employers’ healthcare attitudes found 76% are making increased access to these services a key priority in 2022. In addition, 57% said they will be focusing on reducing the stigma around mental health needs. ...

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Audit: California Agency Bungled COVID-19 Funds For Homeless

A California agency didn’t properly distribute federal relief funds meant to help homeless residents during the coronavirus pandemic, and the mismanagement was so prolonged that local organizations may lose the money because of missed deadlines, auditors said Tuesday. After receiving $316 million under the federal CARES Act to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on unhoused ...

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