Consumer Driven Health Care

• Plain Truths about Dental and Vision Within Health Care Reform

  By Sponsor: Ameritas  |  May 17, 2013

• HHS tightens child care health, safety standards

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 16, 2013

  The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it will, for the first time, impose tough national health and safety standards for all child care facilities that accept government subsidies.

• HSAs remain viable for working poor

  By Allison Bell  |  May 16, 2013

  Low-income people will still be able to use health savings accounts after Jan. 1, 2014.

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  What my mother taught me about health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 15, 2013

  I could report and write about health care all day long—which, oh yea, I do—but my cancer survivor mother has taught me more about it than anyone else.

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  Tech helps to usher in big changes in benefits

  By Nathan Solheim  |  May 15, 2013

  Technology has made a profound impact on the benefits industry, and it’s sure to change the way brokers and agents do business for decades to come.

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  Consumer-directed benefits: The affordable in Affordable Care

  By Jody Dietel  |  May 15, 2013

  “Traditional” health care benefits vs. consumer-directed benefits—that is the question.

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  Drug costs persist as concern for Medicare patients

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 14, 2013

  More than a third of Medicare Part D beneficiaries say they have daily concerns about their prescription drug costs.

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  Electronic health record use grows big

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 13, 2013

  The number of doctors using electronic health records has topped 90 percent, and nearly half of the doctors say they now use health information exchange technology, an increase of 32 percent, according to a new survey from Accenture.

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  The problem with mail-order prescriptions

  By Jason Wallace  |  May 10, 2013

  Increasingly, both private and public sector groups are beginning to take a careful look at the practices of pharmacy benefits managers as employers and taxpayers become curious about massive PBM profits and unclear contracts.

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  Fish oil doesn’t help prevent heart attacks

  By Marilynn Marchione  |  May 9, 2013

  Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.