Cost-cutting and shrinking costs suggest the average increase in employer health benefit costs will rise next year at the lowest rate in a more than a decade.

The number of consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) continues to grow, leading to a decline in the percentage of savings from these plans, a new study says.

More people are enrolling in consumer-driven or high-deductible health plans, and enrollees are cost and health conscientious, a survey showed.

Stanley, Hunt, DuPree & Rhine enhanced its consumer-directed health plan administration services so that brokers and agents can offer customized plans designed to simplify the administration and management of Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) for plans.

The maximum contribution to Health Savings Accounts in 2010 will rise, as the Internal Revenue Service seeks to reflect the increase in the cost of living.

The maximum contribution for employees …  Read →

The overall pharmacy cost trend for one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits managers was 3% for last year, down from 5.5% in 2007.

Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager that …  Read →

The recession is bolstering interest in employer-based and individual consumer-directed health plans, according to new research.

Employers have been increasingly attracted to the CDHP option as a means of cutting costs, …  Read →

Optima Health has formed a partnership with Choice Care Card to administer the Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) component of its new Optima Design plans.

The Virginia Beach, Va., insurer expects to …  Read →

Twice as many people have enrolled in consumer-directed health plan (CDHP) in the last two years, as more companies offer the option.

More importantly, health cost increases for companies with high …  Read →

UnitedHealthcare has partnered with the Social Services Purchasing Alliance to provide more than 10,000 employees a 5% discount on the New Jersey Small Employer health plans it offers.

The plans include …  Read →