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.

Reading, Pa.-based First HSA has contracted with a Draper, Utah, firm to serve as the custodian and payment transaction processor for 43,000 health savings account holders and on future accounts.

New research indicates that more consumers are selecting consumer-directed health plans, led by small businesses.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Virginia than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Maryland and Washington, D.C., than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Pennsylvania than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

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New Jersey’s health benefits costs paid by employers and employees increased more than the nation’s this year, new research indicates.

Health Savings Accounts rule among employers who offer a consumer-driven health plan, a new survey finds.

Six in 10 companies offered health benefits to their workers this year, while 21% of those firms say they reduced the scope of benefits provided or increased their employees’ share, a new study finds.

The Third Party Administrator Alliance, representing many of the nation’s independently owned TPAs, has entered into a strategic partnership with ConnectYourCare, a provider of consumer-directed healthcare solutions.

Through the partnership, ConnectYourCare, …  Read →