Consumer-driven healthcare

Clarity Benefit Solutions Discusses Why Employers Are Shifting Focus from Cost-Sharing to Care Management

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Health insurance in the United States, Health, Consumer-driven healthcare, Healthcare reform, Employee benefits, Health insurance, Employer transportation benefits in the United States, High-deductible health plan

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Commuter benefits company Clarity Benefit Solutions discusses why employers are shifting focus from cost-sharing to care management.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Commuter benefits company Clarity Benefit Solutions discusses why employers are shifting focus from cost-sharing to care management.
  • With the cost of health benefits rising, particularly for smaller employers, there is a paradigm shift from cost-sharing to care management.
  • Many small employers are shifting to high-deductible, consumer-directed health plans ( CDHP s), which cost less money than their traditional counterparts.
  • About Clarity Benefit Solutions: Clarity Benefit Solutions provides technology that makes the health insurance plan selection process fast, easy, and straightforward.

CareCredit & MDsave Launch Strategic Partnership Helping Improve Access To Healthcare

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Health Economics, Health, Healthcare software, MDsave, Health care prices in the United States, Healthcare industry, Healthcare reform in the United States, Consumer-driven healthcare

As consumers face ever increasing healthcare costs, CareCredit, a Synchrony solution, offers patients the ability to pay over time for deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance and other out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

Key Points: 
  • As consumers face ever increasing healthcare costs, CareCredit, a Synchrony solution, offers patients the ability to pay over time for deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance and other out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
  • "MDsave is leading innovation in healthcare consumerization and transactional transparency," said Paul Ketchel, CEO and founder of MDsave.
  • "Through our partnership with CareCredit, we are able to better empower our patients by improving affordability and access to healthcare services."
  • MDsave is a healthcare technology company revolutionizing how hospitals and health systems increase access for the patient-consumer in an evolving market.

Choice of Health Insurance Plans Offers Customers Financial Relief, Flexibility

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Economy, Types of insurance, Finance, Money, Health insurance in the United States, Insurance, Health insurance, Short-term health insurance, Consumer-driven healthcare, Life insurance

From changes to the tax penalty to greater access to different types of major medical insurance, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of choice for health insurance consumers.

Key Points: 
  • From changes to the tax penalty to greater access to different types of major medical insurance, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of choice for health insurance consumers.
  • They will also have options for longer duration short term health insurance plans that were not available last year.
  • Short-term health insurance is a flexible and low-cost major medical insurance for individuals without expensive pre-existing health conditions.
  • Short-term health plans offer consumers the flexibility to choose health plans with the benefits that matter most to them and combine these benefits with broad provider networks.

Clarity Benefit Solutions Offers Four Tips for Making the Case About HSAs to Employees

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
HSA, Health, Health insurance in the United States, Employee compensation in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in Canada, Consumer-driven healthcare, Health savings account

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarity Benefit Solutions offers four tips for making the case about HSAs to employees.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarity Benefit Solutions offers four tips for making the case about HSAs to employees.
  • Here are four tips to making the case about HSA s to employees to boost enrollment.
  • Explain to employees the myriad of advantages HSAs offer: contributions are tax-deductible, withdrawals are tax-free, interest earned on HSAs is tax-free, and HSA funds are immediately accessible to employees.
  • About Clarity Benefit Solutions: Clarity Benefit Solutions HSA Administrators provides technology that makes the health insurance plan selection process fast, easy, and straightforward.

FAIR Health Launches Expanded Spanish-Language Consumer Website

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Monday, September 17, 2018
Health, Health Economics, Health care, Primary care, Health insurance, Healthcare reform, Consumer-driven healthcare, Health information exchange

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairhealthconsumidor.org , a free, newly expanded Spanish-language healthcare cost transparency website, is being launched by FAIR Health, a national, independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairhealthconsumidor.org , a free, newly expanded Spanish-language healthcare cost transparency website, is being launched by FAIR Health, a national, independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information.
  • With generous support from The New York Community Trust (The Trust), the mobile-optimized FAIR Health Consumidor has been redesigned and augmented to include all the features of FAIR Health's free, award-winning, recently revised English-language consumer website, fairhealthconsumer.org .
  • FAIR Health President Robin Gelburd commented: "The Hispanic/Latino community is disproportionately uninsured and faces linguistic and cultural barriers to understanding health insurance.
  • FAIR Health is a national, independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information through data products, consumer resources and health systems research support.

MyMedicalShopper: CDHPs Saving Companies Billions, But Employees Still Need Help Comparing Healthcare Costs

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Health Economics, Health, Healthcare reform, Consumer-driven healthcare, Health insurance in the United States, Health care prices in the United States, Health insurance, Tax, Healthcare in the United States, Healthcare reform debate in the United States, Health care finance in the United States

Many companies view CDHPs, with their lower premiums and accompanying tax-advantaged accounts, as a way to help protect the company's bottom line while still offering health benefits to employees.

Key Points: 
  • Many companies view CDHPs, with their lower premiums and accompanying tax-advantaged accounts, as a way to help protect the company's bottom line while still offering health benefits to employees.
  • These tools help employees comparison shop for their healthcare, allowing them to find the best services to fit their personal budgets.
  • According to one study, CDHPs could be key in saving as much as $118 billion in healthcare costs.
  • (2) It's thought that these types of plans increase employees' personal accountability for keeping healthcare costs down by putting them on the hook for much of their healthcare expenditures.