HSA/HRA/FSA Admin & Finance

The RAND researchers we reviewed before have come out with a follow-up study in Health Affairs of the potential impact of consumer driven plans on the American health care system.

By far the biggest impact and subduction in the U.S. Health care system in the coming years will be felt in the Medicaid sector as it collides with state budgets, swelling recipient ranks, rising costs, big carrier insurers and hapless providers.

When Don Berwick left his post as acting administration of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, I thought it was a win-win. Berwick, would “finally, once again, be able to say what he truly thinks” about the “darkness of private enterprise.” Well, it didn’t take long. According to

Question: If I asked you to point to the most obvious examples of wasteful health care spending, where would you direct me? This is a no brainer.

Health Savings Accounts, an innovative tool in the battle against the high cost of health care, are growing at an unprecedented rate,” says Steve Neeleman, MD, CEO-HealthEquity. “HealthEquity, a Utah-based company serving accounts nationally, is leading that growth.”

Roy Ramthun, a member of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism's League of Leaders, says that the maximum HSA contribution (not including catch-up contributions) will increase to $3,250 for individuals with self-only coverage and $6,450 for those with family coverage in 2013. “The HSA contribution limit

Group accident and enhanced group critical illness help address growing costs

The IRS has clarified aspects of its guidance issued early in 2011, regarding the obligation of many employers to begin reporting health coverage values on employees' Forms W-2.

SEVENTH ANNUAL SURVEY: This Issue Brief presents findings from the 2011 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey. This study is based on an online survey of 4,703 privately insured adults ages 21-64 to provide nationally representative data regarding the growth of consumer-driven health plans

In 2008, PriceWaterhouseCoopers' research team surveyed senior executives at more than 100 large US-based multinational companies and more than 250 privately held small companies. The large companies each have an average of 8,000 employees and revenue of about $3 billion. The small employers each have