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Despite the efforts of some, there are no federal sterility guidelines for compounding pharmacies that make and distribute drugs all over the country.

Another person has died from fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, bringing the death toll in an outbreak to 15.

Risks increase as organizations add providers to expand services.

If employers had any doubt about the effectiveness of penalizing smokers through higher insurance premiums, the most recent announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should put it to rest.

In a world that is supposed to provide a sanctuary, health-care workers find themselves victims of bullying and violence by patients, staff and even visitors. Tension festers and often spills out into the open.

The law provides business owners with more options, and will increase premium volume.

Employers, penalized in every way, take it on the chin and the new law does nothing to control costs.

From absenteeism due to illness to the cost of disability and workers' compensation, poor health costs the U.S. economy more than a half a trillion dollars a year, according to a new study by a nonprofit research organization.

Biologics and other high-cost specialty drugs can significantly increase spend -- and they are poised to make inroads into workers' compensation claims.

The public health exchanges mandated by health care reform are getting a lot of attention. However, private versions are already in place.

Being on the road can lead to unhealthy food choices, long periods of physical inactivity -- and potentially, workers' comp claims.

Now that the PPACA has won its day in court, the workers' comp world should be happy to welcome the law's roll out because it won't need to pay for non-occupational injuries and will lead to less squabbling over treatment.

Limits on profits, increasing adverse selection of customers and logistical complexities are just some of the issues facing insurance companies now that the Supreme Court has upheld the health care reform law.

With autism affecting one in 88 children, companies and lawmakers are stepping up efforts to see that treatments are covered by health benefits.

In an effort to help employees better understand their benefit options -- and make them partners in the effort to control costs -- some companies are making serious changes to their benefits-communication strategies.

A new flight of branded opioids, designed to lessen abuse, hit the market in 2011.

Although a growing number of TPAs are doing it, they aren't likely to talk about the practice, worrying that their reputations may suffer or because judges might think that offshore reviews are not credible.

While one study finds that two in five people will be obese by 2030, another says that just leveling off obesity rates could save billions.

Forget the trinkets and lunches and work on the growing problem of violence against nurses and healthcare professionals in the workplace.

Obesity in America is now adding an astounding $190 billion to the annual national healthcare price tag.