Self-insured plans were about 4.3 times more likely to receive $1 million claims in 2024 than in 2013.

Some health plan administrators dream of copying the federal government and minimizing use of paper checks, but first they may have to give up their current strategy for moving away from checks.

The rule exceeds the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled.

The North Carolina-based hospital system was sued by a former employee, alleging WakeMed used “forfeited funds to reduce Company contributions to the Plan” instead of using the funds to reduce "the amounts charged to Plan participants” for administrative services.