Health information technology

• Consumer-driven health plans in 2010

  By Jenny Ivy  |  December 16, 2010

  In 2010, 5 percent of the U.S. population was enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan, representing 5.7 million adults with private insurance, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. That's up from 4 percent in 2009.

• Obama offers big incentives for move to electronic health records

  By Jenny Ivy  |  July 13, 2010

  The Obama administration announced new rules Tuesday that set aside billions of dollars in incentive payments to health care professionals and hospitals that adopt qualifying electronic health records over the next five years.

• House bill targets drug benefit managers

  By Jenny Ivy  |  January 22, 2010

  H.R. 4489, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., would give the Office of Personnel Management greater oversight of pharmacy benefit managers participating in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).