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According to the Q1 2010 Consumer Driven Healthcare (CDHC) Market Data Advisory, total accounts administered in Health Savings Account (HSA) programs on average grew four percent in the first quarter of 2010. The new report to be published quarterly and available immediately from the Consumer Driven Healthcare Institute (CDHCI) aggregates blind data from millions of actual HSAs provided by CDHCI members and partners, and represents the experience of 72 percent of the market with data being supplied on a blind basis and compiled by CDHCI staff and academic advisors..... Consumer Driven Health Plans still growing in U.S., survey says Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) in the U.S. experienced continued growth albeit at a slower rate, according to preliminary results released by United Benefit Advisors (UBA) from their 2010 UBA Health Plan Survey, the nation's largest health plan benchmarking survey with 17,113 plans from 11,413 employers reporting..... Electronic Health Records In Hospitals: A Progress Report While the share of U.S. hospitals that had adopted either basic or comprehensive electronic health records rose modestly between 2008 and 2009, from 8.7 percent to 11.9 percent, only 2 percent of this country’s hospitals reported having records that would meet the federal government’s “meaningful use” criteria.... Employers Packaging Next Year's Benefits Plans Confront Overhaul Some employers are finding that the health coverage they buy for their employees is changing, and that the health law may be responsible, KUOW, a Washington state NPR-affiliate, reports. "Many Americans get their health care through work. And usually about this time, employers, especially big companies, shop for medical insurance for next year's benefits package. Many are finding that their premium rates will go up." While not every employer blames the new law, one executive said the carriers she's dealing with say the rate hikes are attributable to new requirements such as coverage of preventive services, and extending benefits to adult children... Having Your Own Doctor on Call Today’s Doctor and Patient column explores the growing popularity of concierge medicine, which allows patients, for a monthly fee, to have around-the-clock access to their doctor, long appointments and personalized care. Although patients often sing the praises of concierge medicine, the medical community is grappling with the ethical concerns of creating two different levels of medical care for the haves and the have-nots.... Health-Insurance Market Moves Ahead in California California passed legislation creating a health-insurance marketplace, a move set to be echoed across the country as states take steps to implement federal law..... The Medical Loss Ratio Requirements Are Being Carefully Crafted In their August 23 opinion column, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet attack both the new health overhaul law's requirement that health insurers spend a minimum percentage of their premium revenues to benefit their enrollees and the process through which it is being implemented. As a National Association of Insurance Commissioners consumer representative, I have been engaged all summer in the NAIC's meticulously transparent and participatory process for implementing the medical loss ratio requirement. Holtz-Eakin and Ramlet present a distorted perspective of both the requirement and the process.....
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