Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Healthcare Transparency Gains Big Source As HCA To List Prices For Hospital Care Transparency offerings within the healthcare sector are growing as consumer directed healthcare (CDHC) is becoming a focus in the U.S.  CDHC often involves a high-deductible plan, often combined with health savings accounts (HSAs), which require people to pay more out of pocket.  5:48:52 PM    comment []

Survey Finds Little Relief From Health Benefit Cost Increases Expected Employers do not expect a decline in the rate of health benefit cost increases any time soon. Meanwhile, they continue to invest in on-site medical clinics, call-in medical help lines and employee health appraisals to control those costs. 5:38:13 PM    comment []

March 15th Deadline Looming For 2006 Leftover Monies Transfer From FSAs Just a few more days are left to make contributions to HSA custodial accounts from 2006 FSA leftover monies. The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury recently issued guidance regarding how employers can rollover their health Flexible Spending Arrangements (health FSAs) and Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for their employees. 12:23:41 PM    comment []

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