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Managed Care Companies
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CONNECTYOURCARE LANDS NEW ACCOUNTS
ConnectYourCare (Hunt Valley, MD), which provides online enrollment and administration tools for consumer-directed health plans, said it added more than 200 clients in the first half of 2007.
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IHC TAPS DESTINY FOR WELLNESS PROGRAM
Independence Holding Co. (Stamford, CT) said that beginning in the third quarter of 2007 it will offer along with its high-deductible health plans a wellness-based incentive program from Destiny Health (Beltsville, MD).
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EMPLOYERS EYEING BUT NOT BUYING HDHPs, BROKERS SAY
Top brokers and agents say that a growing number of employers are considering high-deductible health plans coupled with an HSA or HRA, but not many are implementing these consumer-directed plans, according to a survey by the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (Washington, DC).
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PREGNANT? EXPECT BIG BILLS UNDER CDHC PLANS
Families can expect substantial out-of-pocket costs for maternity care under consumer-directed health plans, according to a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation (Menlo Park, CA) and the Georgetown Health Policy Institute (Washington).
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TOP MCOs BOOST 1Q07 HSA, HRA LIVES 50%
Twenty-five leading managed care organizations had 6.414 million HSA and HRA lives as of March 31, 2007, up 50% from a year earlier, according to an HMN tally.
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