Chronic pain is a multi-billion dollar market saturated with well-established branded and generic analgesics that are only partially effective. While drugs with novel mechanisms of action that offer g…
Type 2 diabetes currently affects almost 24 million in the United States and the prevalence of the disease is set to grow at approximately 3% per year over the next five years. As biopharmaceutical co…
A significant medical home pilot program has begun in the Phoenix and Tucson areas in which UnitedHealthcare is offering additional payments for primary-care providers involved in the treatment of pat…
Iowa lawmakers are considering major mandates for state-regulated health plans, including requirements that health plans cover autism, prosthetics, osteoporosis, and cancer treatment in approved clini…
Illinois' economy is tanking along with the rest of the country, and health plans are bracing for losses in membership as banking and manufacturing businesses lay off workers, shut down, or elimin…
Humana's purchase of OSF Health Plans will likely beef up the plan's presence in downstate Illinois, where Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealth dominate. Illinois health plans are adopting…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is upping the ante on transparency with its new Health Cost Estimator by offering contracted prices instead of provider charges, and by estimating the cost…