Ohio officials expect consolidating the seven private pharmacy benefit managers that run its Medicaid managed-care system into a single, state-regulated PBM will save more than $240 million annually.

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission wants Congress to cut federal spending on fast-tracked specialty drugs. It also wants HHS to provide states with more guidance and support to boost behavioral health.

Eleanor Slater Hospital has come under fire over a downsizing plan that critics say has led to the discharge of patients with few or no care alternatives.

Even the U.S., which is a vaccination leader globally, is seeing a small uptick in new cases, and the White House is sending federal help to Michigan to control the state's worst-in-the-nation transmission rate.