Oklahoma and South Carolina are among nine states that use some form of provider-based reference pricing to contain spending growth in their state employee health plans. Officials in those states note their plans’ strong market position and relative ease of administration as factors behind the success of these programs.

Gov. Henry McMaster requested Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) work with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Se

Senators grill Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines, abortion and Medicaid in his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump has frozen federal funding. Will Medicare and Social Security or Medicaid be affected? Here's what to know.

"If CMS reduces it below 90%, I will be the first to push to eliminate, as that was not the deal we made," said Rep. Donny Lambeth of Forsyth County.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to make her debut behind the podium as the White House holds its first official news briefing Tuesday afternoon. Leavitt is certain to get questions related to the White House budget office’s decision to pause all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government to ensure its programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid. By the late

Trump continues his crackdown on illegal immigration and takes executive action on federal aid and DEI initiatives.

The Biden administration, in its last full weekday in office, announced the next 15 drugs up for Medicare price negotiation. Blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic is on the list. That means the federal government and the pharmaceuticals industry are about to ...

Explore Scott Bessent's confirmation as U.S. Treasury Secretary and his plans for tax cuts, economic growth, and fiscal policy.

Option Care gets 75% of its revenues from chronic therapies and 25% from acute treatments, but its growth now looks relatively limited. Read my OPCH stock analysis.

Governor Henry McMaster is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the State address Wednesday night at the South Carolina State House.