Consumer Driven Health Care

Ask anyone what they ultimately want out of life, and there are sure to be a variety of answers. But one thing often tops the list: happiness.

Fidelitys HSA customer base jumped 61 percent to 119,000 from 74,000 at the end of 2010.

Positive news about HSA growth might lead one to draw the conclusion that HSAs and the underlying high-deductible health plans, or CDH plans, are assured a rosy future as they continue to build more and more market share. However, there may be storm clouds gathering on the horizon.

A federal judge will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon on a request to immediately stop Express Scripts Inc.'s $29.1 billion acquisition of fellow pharmacy benefits manger Medco Health Solutions Inc.

Drugmaker Vivus Inc. said Monday that regulators will take another three months to make a decision on its closely-watched obesity drug Qnexa, which could become the first new prescription drug to reach the market in more than a decade.

With the tax day filing deadline looming on April 17, many Americans are looking for strategies to help save money and pay less in taxes. Benefits managers are well positioned to help them do both by educating more employees about consumer-directed benefit accounts, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and transit...

Maybe its the reputation of hospitals as unhealthiest of places. Or the bad rap the south gets for its bad health habits. Either way, Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas, decided its had enough and is saying no to fat job prospects, according to a story in the Texas Tribune....

California regulators have formally declared an April 1 rate hike from Aetna Inc. on small employers "unreasonable," but the insurer isn't backing down from the hike.