The North Carolina State Health Plan experience shows us that large, self-insured employers can work to bend the cost curve ...

In 2025, the average annual premium for family health coverage reached $26,993, an increase of $1,408 (6 percent) from the previous year. Covered workers contributed an average of 16 percent ($1,440) ...

A patient-led process for comparing actual bills to data reported under the hospital price transparency rule would help the ...

This shift could improve care coordination and create opportunities for cost savings through enhanced formulary flexibility ...

Under FDA regulations, suspension is not the end of the process. Unless a license holder voluntarily relinquishes its license ...

After four years, federal price transparency rules have revealed a meaningful number of prices. But they’ve revealed ...

Medicaid’s open-ended matching funding arrangements distribute a much larger amount of federal funding to wealthier states ...

By learning the lessons of previous successes, increasing access to treatment, supporting those in recovery, and ...

Hospitals across the country—particularly those operating emergency departments—face a mounting storm of legal, operational, ...

The medical loss ratio drives higher premiums and higher medical care spending and presents other unintended consequences ...

The broader implementation of step therapy in Medicare Advantage could significantly influence the treatment access and ...

When implemented in state employee health plans, reference-based hospital price caps have the potential to save states money ...