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Managed Care Companies
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AETNA 1Q07 HSA, HRA LIVES RISE TO 980,000
Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) said it had 980,000 members in its HealthFund family of HSA and HRA-compatible high deductible health plans as of Sept. 30, 2007, up 52% from the same period a year earlier.
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS BUYS CONNECTYOURCARE
Express Scripts Inc. (St. Louis) has announced the acquisition of consumer-directed healthcare administrator ConnectYourCare (Hunt Valley, MD) from Steve Case’s Revolution Health (Washington).
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UNITED CDHP MEMBERSHIP RISES 24%
UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, MN) reported 2.29 million consumer-directed health plan members as of Sept. 30, 2007, up 24% from 1.85 million a year earlier. United ended 2006 with about 2 million HRA and HSA members (HMN, April 2007).
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CIGNA SAYS CDHP COST TRENDS ARE HALF HMO, PPO
Cigna Corp. (Philadelphia) reported that medical costs for members of the company’s consumer-directed health plans rose just 4.4% in the second year of enrollment, compared to 9.8% for members in the second year of enrollment in more traditional HMO and PPO plans.
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TOP MCOs HAVE 6.6 MILLION HSA, HRA LIVES
As of June 30, 2007, 23 leading managed care organizations had a total of 6.6 million HSA and HRA lives combined, an increase of 50% from 4.4 million as of June 30, 2006, according to an HMN tally.
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