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‘Predictive Pricing’ Top Priority for CA Lawmakers Predictive pricing, a practice involving the use of artificial intelligence to set prices for customers based on factors like the websites...
Patchwork of Paid Leave Laws Set to Continue There’s currently no federal law requiring paid leave. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 only requires employers to provide unpaid time...
While artificial intelligence has been lauded the world over for its potentially transformative impact on, well, just about everything , state legislators across the country have been concerned about its...
Insurer Payouts for LA Wildfires Top $12B California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (D) announced that insurers have now paid out over $12 billion in claims from the largest of the Los Angeles wildfires...
Google Weighs in on Social Media Age Verification Days after Utah passed a first-in-the-nation law ( SB 142 ) requiring app stores to verify the age of users, Google finally weighed in publicly on the...
The Montana Department of Public Health has proposed rules regarding the collection of data on nonprofit hospitals’ charitable acts, including discounting prices and conducting free health screenings. If the rules are adopted in August as officials expect, Montana would become part of a national trend of states seeking to fill gaps in federal oversight, with 10 states having required nonprofit hospitals to create community benefit plans and 25 states having mandated that such facilities make their financial assistance policies public. (KFF HEALTH NEWS)
The Massachusetts House passed a bill (SB 2520) last week that would ban or limit pharmacy benefit managers’ use of spread pricing, rebates and clawbacks. The Senate refused to concur with House amendments, however, so the measure was sent to a conference committee, with the state’s regular session set to end on July 31. (BOSTON HERALD, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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