Cost-Containment

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) rose to more than $11.7 Billion in June according to a survey and resulting research report conducted by Devenir, an investment firm that specializes in providing investment options for HSAs.

Americans are occasionally a little too optimistic.

Small-business owners’ optimism remains fixed at zero, which is neither optimistic nor pessimistic, as confidence regarding today’s financial climate couldn’t counterbalance worse expectations for future revenues and capital spending allocation, according to Wells Fargo & Co.’s third-quarter results from its Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.

Information is a word that's bandied about in no small measure in this country when the subject of health care comes up.

As physicians continue to dispense higher-priced medications, prescription costs are growing in Florida’s workers’ compensation system, reveals a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Because of today’s down economy, entry- and mid-level employees are facing lower salaries, according to the 2011 College Salary Report by PayScale Inc.

Although men have lost more jobs than women over a longer timeframe, they have gained slightly more jobs than women, who are still struggling, according to new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

Sixty-three percent of health care employers plan to employ more traveling nurses and other temporary positions because of the quality they provide, according to a study of 120 health care executives, conducted by Candidate Direct.