Wednesday, February 14, 2007

HDHP Consumers Choosing Walk-in Health Clinics to Save Money Walk-in clinics are becoming readily available in grocery and discount stores across the United States.  For people who aren't insured or have high-deductible policies, the retail health clinics,  run by companies such as MinuteClinic, Take Care Health Systems and RediClinic, can offer significant savings. Many minor ailments are treated for $49 to $59, which can be significantly less than being seen at a local doctor’s office. 12:10:25 PM    comment []

Healthcare Blues Announce Bank Holding Group To Manage HSAs The nation’s “Blues” healthcare providers who serve one out of every three enrolled Americans have launched own bank to manage HSA accounts. The Blues plans in the first four bank states have already opened their doors: Michigan, Idaho, South Carolina, and Arkansas. Kansas and Illinois Blues are in the pipeline. However, the goal is to roll out 12 to 15 more Blues plan banks this year and all 33 states by the middle of 2008 if possible. 10:22:43 AM    comment []

Evolution Benefits Card Picked By Blues In a huge boost to FSA-HRA-HSAs, Evolution Benefit’s popular “Benny” card was selected by NASCO, a national accounts system for Blues plans which serves 10 million covered lives in 1,500 large state and local accounts, individual and small group accounts, national accounts, labor accounts, and the entire Federal Employee Program (FEP). It may be the biggest CDH card contract in history. 9:42:16 AM    comment []

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