The benefits management company Aon said per-employee expenditures may rise about $19,000. While the broader economy is to blame, part of the rise can be attributed to the management of costly chronic conditions such as diabetes. 

Pennsylvania-based UHS expands into the virtual behavioral health space with the acquisition, though Talkspace will keep its branding and current CEO. 

A poll of parents shows a distressingly large portion of this demographic is at a loss when it comes to scheduling appointments, figuring out whether or not they need medical care and navigating the healthcare system. 

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Firefly Health, which specializes in primary care delivered via telemedicine, was founded by two physicians in 2017.

Medicare Advantage plans were the least likely to deny standard requests but still did so about 12% of the time. Medicaid managed care insurers rejected standard prior authorizations 14% of the time on average. KFF used 2025 payer data on 71 million Americans for its analysis.

The largest Medicaid-specialized managed care organization in the U.S. is offering buyout packages to most of its 60,000 or so staff workers.

State Attorney General James Uthmeier is forcing the company to hand over thousands of documents related to its pharmacy contracts and reimbursement policies to see if the retail giant is abusing its position in the market as both a pharmacy benefit manager and a retail chain of drug stores. 

Users of the popular online betting marketplace can now wager on specific FDA regulatory scenarios, including when Eli Lilly’s new weight loss drug will be approved, or when camizestrant will be given the greenlight to treat breast cancer.