Why Price Transparency Matters More than Ever Healthcare price transparency should be a core topic of any financial wellness platform. Consumers with health savings accounts (HSA) are often not even…
Tag: <span>Consumer Directed Health Plans</span>
Background First, let’s hit some brief background on healthcare “cost transparency tools”. Studies show consumer adoption of such web-based tools or applications (apps) is really quite terrible. So why have…
Open Health Data in New Hampshire We’ve been plugging away with our open data project. Open data is data that is free to the public and is generally released by…
Good read here from the Pioneer Institute discussing how Massachusetts’ health cost transparency initiatives are seemingly more form than substance. It’s neighbor to the north, New Hampshire, has been gaining…
It’s our (both co-founders Carl & Dave) home state. So the fact that we are releasing the first stage of our NH public claims platform is quite exciting. Dave and…
Early Innings HealthyHive’s (www.healthyhive.com) open data project is making modest in-roads in proving how public-private initiatives can come together to drive education and transparency for consumers looking to manage rising…
Employers want to continue to offer health benefits to their employees, but would prefer a more price conscious plan that allows their employees to be engaged in their own health…
“HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The 9th annual (NYSE: AET) Aetna HealthFund® study shows that employers that replace their traditional health benefits plans with Aetna HealthFund consumer-directed plans saved nearly $350 per member per year.”…