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HSA Market Report

Managed Care Companies

HUMANA PICKS UMB AS GROUP HSA ADMINISTRATOR
Humana Inc. (Louisville, KY) has picked UBM Bank (Kansas City, MO) as preferred HSA trustee and administrator for the company’s group HSA-compatible high-deductible health plans.

BCBS-TN ADDS FIRST HORIZON AS HSA TRUSTEE
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (Chattanooga, TN) has added First Horizon Msaver, a unit of First Tennessee Bank, to its list of preferred HSA trustee partners. BCBS-TN, which launched HSA-compatible plans in 2004, uses Wells Fargo as its other preferred trustee.

BCBS-MI PICKS WELLS FARGO AS HSA TRUSTEE
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Detroit) has picked Well Fargo (San Francisco) as HSA trustee and administrator for the company’s new high-deductible health plan.

WELLPOINT EYES CDHP OPPORTUNITY WITH WELLCHOICE
WellPoint Inc. (Indianapolis) said it expects to immediately begin offering its Lumenos subsidiary’s entire line of consumer-directed healthcare products in the New York area after it completes its recently announced acquisition of WellChoice (New York).

EMPLOYER INTEREST IN CDHPs FOR ’06 GROWS, ROWE SAYS
Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) has seen a substantial increase in interest among employers looking to offer consumer-directed options in 2006, according to John Rowe, M.D., chairman.

CDHP MARGINS ON PAR, MCGUIRE SAYS
The margins of consumer-directed healthcare products are on par with comparable traditional medical insurance lines, according to William McGuire, M.D., chairman of UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, MN).

TOP MCOs HAVE 2.6 MILLION HSA, HRA LIVES
As of June 30, 2005, 22 leading managed care organizations had a total of 2.6 million HSA and HRA lives combined, according to an HMN tally.


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