3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (256+ words) For younger Americans, healthcare spending is becoming less about treating illness and more about managing financial risk at a stage of life when cash flow is thin and costs are unpredictable. That imbalance helps explain why younger adults respond to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (585+ words) American drug prices will come down fast and furious, and will soon be among the lowest in the developed world," Trump said during an Oval Office event announcing the deals. The companies newly signing on include Roche Holding AG's Genentech…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (571+ words) Utah regulators have reached a settlement with global pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc. in a lawsuit alleging anticompetitive conduct in the generic drug market, marking another step in a multistate effort to address rising prescription drug costs. The Utah Department of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (168+ words) The collaboration combines Finexio's Payments-as-a-Service infrastructure with RipplePoint's long-standing hospitality expense analytics system. The companies said the joint solution is designed to help operators reduce costs by 30% to 60% while shifting AP from a labor-intensive cost center to a profit generator....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (317+ words) Insurance once sold peace of mind. Today, peace of mind arrives in milliseconds'or not at all. When policyholders file a claim, they are not benchmarking insurers against other carriers. They are benchmarking them against the rest of their digital lives,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (420+ words) Plaintiffs in a major antitrust lawsuit involving generic drug pricing have urged a federal judge to intervene against what they describe as deceptive marketing efforts by certain claims recovery firms. According to Reuters, the plaintiffs allege that these firms have…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (378+ words) For small business owners, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is about to become less affordable. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Nov. 11), small business owners and their employees, as well as self-employed workers, make up almost half of the enrollees in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (383+ words) GoodRx'CEO Wendy Barnes sees a "profound transformation" happening in prescription drug pricing. The catalyst, Barnes said during an earnings call Wednesday (Nov. 3), is the pending launch of'TrumpRx, the planned government-run prescription drug website. "The market is shifting decisively toward greater…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (389+ words) The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday (Oct. 29) that the government shutdown could reduce real gross domestic product by between $7 billion and $14 billion, depending on how long the shutdown lasts. A four-week shutdown would cost $7 billion, a six-week shutdown would cost…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (103+ words) Hospital consolidation matters. We know that mergers increase hospital prices and average cost per unit, but what about quality? Hospitals pursuing Hospital consolidation matters. We know that mergers increase hospital prices and average cost per unit, but what about quality?...