Three of Oregons largest hospital systems are suing the state over its alleged lack of adequate mental health care, which they say has forced them to house patients in need of mental health treatment for months.
The U.S. Senate on Sept. 29 confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Labor office that regulates employee benefit plans, a few months after lawmakers initially rejected her nomination.
Rite Aid Corp. reported a quarterly loss of more than $300 million amid store closures and fewer customers coming to the drugstore for COVID-19 tests and vaccines.
The City of Memphis, Tennessee, is restoring a legacy pension plan for public safety employees.
Among major health insurers, customers are most satisfied with the telehealth offerings from Humana Inc. and Aetna Inc., according to a survey from J.D. Power.
Wells Fargo & Co., former CEO Tim Sloan, GreatBanc Trust Company and the employee benefit review committee and its members have been sued for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty to participants saving for retirement in the Wells Fargo 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans.
About 43% of working-age adults were inadequately insured in 2022, meaning they were either uninsured, had a coverage gap in the past year or had unaffordable coverage, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey.
Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern Medical Center are seeking an increase of more than $900 million over the next 32 months in contracts talks with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, according to an email the insurer shared with brokers in late September.
An experimental drug from Eisai Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc. significantly slowed the decline of people with Alzheimers disease in a large Phase 3 clinical trial, a surprise finding that could revitalize a research field accustomed to disappointing study results.
Jackson County, Michigan, employees will see a new health care insurance provider next year, and while they shouldnt expect many changes to their benefits, they will pay a little more for them.
Employer benefits advocate The ERISA Industry Committee wrote a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives decrying legislation that would impose fines on insurers who don't follow mental health pay parity requirements.
Walmart Inc. announced it will add fertility treatment to its employee benefits package.
Cigna Corp. is launching a new concierge care platform that aims to harness both the strengths of its health plan and its sister company, Evernorth.
Nevadas soon-to-be-launched public health option could generate between $344 million and $464 million in savings in each of its first five years and would help lower health insurance premiums and reduce the number of Nevadans without health insurance, according to a new state analysis.
The Justice Department's failed attempt to block UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s $13 billion acquisition of health tech Change Healthcare Inc. could bode well for other mega-deals as the nation pushes past the pandemic and health industry players firm up their growth plans.
A pharmacy trade group has sent a letter to the White House urging the administration to retain COVID-19 emergency provisions under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for a couple more years.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System plans to expand primary care services with an investment in an Independence Blue Cross subsidiary called Tandigm Health.
A Supreme Court case that takes up Medicaid recipients ability to sue providers is providing a new battleground over patients rights and could potentially open the door to erosion of the program's benefits.
New research finds telehealth visits for primary care can be comparable in quality to in-person visits, suggesting remote testing and screenings are valuable tools to augment patient care.
The monthly Medicare Part B premium will drop in 2023 due to lower-than-expected use of the pricey Alzheimers disease drug Aduhelm.
Weeks after laying off one-fifth of its workforce, health insurance marketplace GoHealth closed a $50 million private investment round.
Market analysts say that Humana Inc. has better odds than CVS Health Corp. of acquiring Cano Health because the insurer already has a right-of-refusal agreement with the company and a huge position in the Medicare Advantage market.
People in the greater Seattle area will be asked to approve as much as $1.25 billion in new taxes to improve the mental health system and build five regional crisis care centers.