More mergers and acquisitions among pharmacy benefit management companies could follow the proposed combination of the PBMs Abarca Health and LucyRx.

Abarca Health and LucyRx – two independent pharmacy benefit managers – have agreed to merge asregulators and the public seek a better price on prescription drugs.

Obamacare insurer Centene is offering employees buyouts companywide to cut costs after losing more than two million health plan members this year.

Humana, one of the largest U.S. sellers of Medicare Advantage insurance for older adults, will divest its stake in a provider of end-of-life services for $900 million.

Primary care physician compensation reached nearly $330,000 last year but “increases generally trailed the cost of living,” the Medical Group Management Association said.

Half of U.S. employers and health plans are balking at paying for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Zepbound and Wegovy for weight loss and obesity treatment, a new report shows.

The American Medical Association will launch a national campaign called “Have You asked your Doctor?” to combat health misinformation and “rebuild trust in medicine.”

Medicare Advantage is the choice of 55% of eligible beneficiaries for health insurance for Americans 65 and older.

Healthcare costs are rising 18% for small-and mid-sized businesses as employers grapple with a surge in inflation and medical expenses, a Morgan Health report shows.

UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer, is “removing two-thirds of authorization requirements” for health plan members under age 18 by the end of the year.