Greg Scandlen, director of the Galen Institute's Center for Consumer Driven Health Care issued the following statement today: "The Treasury Department today issued additional guidance that should help make Health Savings Accounts successful in the marketplace by clearing up some of the ambiguities in the legislation. As Secretary Snow stated in releasing the new regulations, HSAs represent 'an … [Read more...] about Galen Institute on HSA Guidance
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Galen Institute on HSA Guidance
Greg Scandlen, director of the Galen Institute's Center for Consumer Driven Health Care issued the following statement today: "The Treasury Department today issued additional guidance that should help make Health Savings Accounts successful in the marketplace by clearing up some of the ambiguities in the legislation. As Secretary Snow stated in releasing the new regulations, HSAs represent 'an … [Read more...] about Galen Institute on HSA Guidance
Power and Control
We were awash in bad news this week on the health care front: ? The Medicare Trustees' report raised alarms across the nation about the accelerating insolvency of the program. ? The feud between former CMS administrator Tom Scully and chief actuary Rick Foster became front-page news over Foster being told to withhold his higher cost estimates of the Medicare bill from Congress. ? The Wall Street … [Read more...] about Power and Control
HSA Buyers Welcomed by President Bush
IN THIS ISSUE: ? HSA Buyers Welcomed by President Bush ? Survey Shows Major Benefits of Consumer Responsibility ? Pennsylvania Legislature Moves State HSA Bill ? Florida Legislature to Consider Pro-Consumer Reforms ? CPAs Advised on HSAs in Texas ? HR Executives Advised - Time to Get Onboard w/ HSAs? ? Insurers Advised - Gain Market Share with HSAs HSAs are hitting the market and the … [Read more...] about HSA Buyers Welcomed by President Bush
Beware the pitfalls of ?evidence-based medicine?
It is undisputed that medical care would be improved if doctors based their treatment decisions upon the best studies available. But a new debate is emerging over who should produce these studies and how to enforce compliance. Results of a new study about heart disease suggest that private sector competition must play an important role. A blockbuster study sponsored by New Jersey-based … [Read more...] about Beware the pitfalls of ?evidence-based medicine?
HSA Buyers Welcomed by President Bush
IN THIS ISSUE: ? HSA Buyers Welcomed by President Bush ? Survey Shows Major Benefits of Consumer Responsibility ? Pennsylvania Legislature Moves State HSA Bill ? Florida Legislature to Consider Pro-Consumer Reforms ? CPAs Advised on HSAs in Texas ? HR Executives Advised - Time to Get Onboard w/ HSAs? ? Insurers Advised - Gain Market Share with HSAs HSAs are hitting the market … [Read more...] about HSA Buyers Welcomed by President Bush
Beware the pitfalls of ?evidence-based medicine?
It is undisputed that medical care would be improved if doctors based their treatment decisions upon the best studies available. But a new debate is emerging over who should produce these studies and how to enforce compliance. Results of a new study about heart disease suggest that private sector competition must play an important role. A blockbuster study sponsored by New Jersey-based … [Read more...] about Beware the pitfalls of ?evidence-based medicine?
The Real World
With bitter controversy swirling around cost estimates of the new Medicare law, it was a good week to be out of Washington talking with real people about what is happening in the real world of health care. Business owners don?t focus on 10 year cost projections: They deal with what health care costs today, and they are desperately seeking solutions. Philadelphia: On Monday and Tuesday, Greg … [Read more...] about The Real World