There are two distinct threads emerging in consumer driven health care. One is financial management, which is attracting growing interest from banks and other financial institutions. The other is patient support services which help consumers better manage their own health care. IN THIS ISSUE: ? Mid-Sized Printer Lowers Total OOP, Cuts Costs 21% ? CD Health Could Cut Costs 40% ? Actuaries … [Read more...] about CD Health Means Better Health Information and Financial Management
Physicians Step Up to the Challenge of CD Health
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Physicians Step Up to the Challenge of CD Health ? LACMA's New President Has Bold Ideas ? Santa Monica Physicians Support Consumer Driven Health ? INDOC Physicians Blast Third Party Interference ? SimpleCare Written up in Associated Press ? AP Story Spawns Enormous Consumer Applause ? Joint Economic Committee To Hold Hearing on Cash Practices Physicians Step Up to the … [Read more...] about Physicians Step Up to the Challenge of CD Health
Physicians Step Up to the Challenge of CD Health
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Physicians Step Up to the Challenge of CD Health ? LACMA's New President Has Bold Ideas ? Santa Monica Physicians Support Consumer Driven Health ? INDOC Physicians Blast Third Party Interference ? SimpleCare Written up in Associated Press ? AP Story Spawns Enormous Consumer Applause ? Joint Economic Committee To Hold Hearing on Cash Practices Physicians Step … [Read more...] about Physicians Step Up to the Challenge of CD Health
Good Guidance
If anyone needed further evidence that the Bush administration really wants Health Savings Accounts to work, they found it in new regulations issued this week by the Treasury Department and IRS. Many companies, especially large ones, have been waiting for additional guidance before deciding whether to offer HSAs as an employee benefit in 2005, saying they needed the guidance by the end of March … [Read more...] about Good Guidance
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
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