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- Published On: August 23rd, 2024
The heads of the Philadelphia Teamsters health fund knew it was a gamble to switch its prescription drug benefits from CVS Caremark, a giant in the industry, to a startup with few clients and big promises. The risk paid off.
- Published On: August 23rd, 2024
As pressures mount against the largest pharmacy benefit managers, a new disruptor is entering the field: UNC Health.
- Published On: August 23rd, 2024
A 2024 survey by Zywave, a leading insurtech provider, revealed that an increased number of employers had a positive outlook of their insurance brokers over the past year.
- Published On: August 22nd, 2024
A federal court in Texas has thrown out the government’s ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4.
- Published On: August 22nd, 2024
In April, the FTC voted 3-2 on party lines to finalize its ban on most noncompete agreements . The agency said these clauses restrict workers from seeking better employment opportunities and harm competition. The rule, which is facing legal challenges, is scheduled to take effect next month.
- Published On: August 22nd, 2024
Hospitals and other health providers will shift their attention to how states opt to police non-compete agreements now that a federal court has blocked a Federal Trade Commission ban on the widely used contracts.
- Published On: August 22nd, 2024
On August 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced negotiated prices for the first 10 drugs selected under Medicare’s new Drug Price Negotiation Program, established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
- Published On: August 22nd, 2024
As Biogen’s relentless patent defense for blockbuster multiple sclerosis med Tecfidera came up short in the U.S., the company separately worked to fend off competition through an anticompetitive kickbacks scheme, a multi-employer health benefit plan claimed in a new lawsuit.
- Published On: August 21st, 2024
Rising cancer rates among younger workers are a new factor clouding employers' health cost outlook, per a major benefits survey released Tuesday.
- Published On: August 21st, 2024
Healthcare costs are a big issue in the presidential election, according to Pew Research ranking just below inflation and political polarization. Yet neither party seems to be focusing on a major driver of skyrocketing healthcare spending: hospital costs.