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The Rural Emergency Hospital program guarantees hospitals extra cash if they provide emergency and outpatient services but end inpatient care, although just 18 out of 1,700 eligible hospitals have won the new designation.

The IRS has issued initial guidance to help plan sponsors implement the new pension-linked emergency savings accounts - and is open to comments in order to limit participant abuse of sidecar account matching contributions.

The new year brings a host of new health care industry changes and regulatory compliance issues that will challenge employers--and they'll be looking to their broker partners to help them stay ahead of deadlines and keep abreast of new legislation.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services prohibited such fees for EFTs until it was lobbied by a payment processor, then changed its position, however, a new bill would effectively force CMS to prohibit the fees.

Over the past 3 years, FTC officials have signaled they would scrutinize private equity acquisitions in health care, like the recent FTC civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices.

Is health coverage affordable? Depends on who you ask.

Of the $3 trillion spent each year on health care in the U.S., 10% to 30% consists of so-called "low-value care" – when doctors order unnecessary X-rays, EKGs, lab tests and antibiotics, according to multiple estimates.

The IRS announced Wednesday it will increase 401(k) contribution limits to $23,000 (from $22,500 in 2023), a smaller increase than last year's record-breaking amount of $2,000, while limits for employees over 50 remains unchanged.