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Bank Technology News November 2005 Glen Fest |
HSAs: Banks May need Plastic, Not paper Insurance providers dipping their toes into flexible spending and health savings accounts favor using cards instead of paper-intensive reimbursement methods, creating opportunities to partner with financial institutions. |
Bank Technology News October 2005 Michael Sisk |
Health Savings Accounts: As HSAs Multiply, So Do Tech Plays With a market predicted to surpass that of 401(k)s, health savings accounts are becoming the hottest commodity. The market's explosive potential also has tech providers' tongues wagging. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 1, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell |
H$As: Sharing Some insurers are seeking to offer an end-to-end HDHP/HSA solution by creating their own banks to serve as custodians of the accounts. The challenge for banks is to make health insurers offering HDHPs see the value of what banks can bring to the overall consumer-directed health experience. |
Insurance & Technology April 5, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell |
Partners and Rivals The shift by consumers to lower-premium high-deductible health plans along with the redirection of healthcare dollars into bank accounts represents a serious challenge for insurers, and a serious opportunity for banks and other financial services companies. |
Bank Technology News February 2007 John Adams |
Customer Education: Knowledge Is The Path To Healthy HSAs There's a knowledge gap among consumers and employers about HSAs, ranging from how they work to how much they cost. A handful of institutions are trying to fix that. |
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest |
Health Savings Accounts: HSAs Interest FIs, If Not Consumers So far, consumer adoption hasn't been as robust as many hoped. But that hasn't stopped financial firms and technology companies from pursuing business in the sector. |
Insurance & Technology April 2, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Poised to Launch HSAs Newly authorized tax-exempt health savings accounts may drive intensified investment in consumer-directed, healthcare-related technology. |
Insurance & Technology September 5, 2006 Maria Woehr |
Healthy Options The Principal Financial Group is pushing competition in consumer-driven healthcare with an integrated health reimbursement arrangement and health savings account product. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 29, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Health Savings Accounts Present Huge Opportunity to Banks Several bankers discuss the benefits to banks of providing health savings accounts to customers. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Baby Steps Health savings accounts are growing, although assets are still modest, and advisors, consumers and employers remain interested. Moreover, integral parts of last year's healthcare reform law may actually encourage the growth of HSAs. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2005 Kevin J. Delaere |
Healthy Advice Both clients and financial advisers should consider health and medical savings accounts as a vital part of an investment plan. |
U.S. Banker October 2006 Lee Conrad |
Consumer Snag: How to Make Account Openings Easier Most banks are not sufficiently integrated with health plans to make the process of creating an health savings account a convenient experience for customers. But that can change. |
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Howard Gleckman |
How Will The Plans Work? Here are some quick questions and answers about the alphabet soup of health insurance and medical accounts. |
Managed Care March 2005 John Carroll |
HSAs: Early Returns Are In A significant number of consultants, insurers, politicians, and, oh yes, the companies that purchase health care are increasing their interest in health savings accounts. |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How You Can Make Health Care Affordable Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans make a powerful combination. |
Bank Technology News July 2005 Holly Sraeel |
Banks Eye Potentially Big Play in The HSA Business Banks expect the use of health savings accounts will be attractive to consumers because it puts more control of medical expenses into their hands. |
Managed Care December 2004 MargaretAnn Cross |
Companies Seek Guidance As Payment Options Increase HSAs, FSAs, HRAs -- it's all alphabet soup to many employers. HMOs need to be able to accommodate all sorts of new payment schemes. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 22, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz |
JPMorgan Chase Acquires Assets of Healthcare Remittance Provider Purchase of FisaCure will enable JPMorgan Chase to offer a broader array of services to the healthcare industry and encourage adoption of electronic payments. |
Entrepreneur January 2005 Joan Szabo |
Tax-Free Bill of Health Tax-advantaged health-care spending accounts are proliferating and that means more opportunities to save on taxes as well as more ways for businesses to help pay for health costs. Here's a look at how each one stacks up. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Good, But Not Great? Health savings accounts are starting to have many supporters among financial planners. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 O'Donnell & Maher |
Health Savings Accounts: To Have And To Hold Offering deductibility, tax-free growth, unpenalized carryovers from year to year, tax-free withdrawals and portability, a health savings account (HSA) is a financial planning tool that needs to be considered by advisers. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
HSAs Determining how to procure vital health insurance without breaking clients' bankbooks has become a challenge for financial planners. Are these low-priced insurance plans the new prescription for rising healthcare costs? |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2004 Roy Lewis |
Accounts Ease Medical Costs The new health savings accounts help ease the burden of high-deductible medical policies. |
CFO February 22, 2005 Joseph McCafferty |
Attention Shoppers Consumer-driven health plans are catching on quickly, but are they the answer to runaway medical costs? |
Bank Technology News May 2010 John Adams |
More Choice for Self Directed Healthcare Plans Online access to health savings accounts is maturing as the marketplace for these products grows, and banks can now compete to offer custodian services, deliver new products and allow consumers to view account information and conduct transactions via holistic platforms on the Web. |
Managed Care July 2006 John Carroll |
Banks Give Insurers an Offer Most of Them Cannot Refuse Managing the assets of a health savings account has banks excited, but leaving charges in the hands of members makes providers nervous. |
Insurance & Technology January 7, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Real-Time Information Crucial To Informed Healthcare Decisions Facing increased pressure to control costs, the health insurance industry must empower consumers to make informed healthcare decisions by providing them with access to real-time information. |
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Gleckman & Woellert |
Your New Health Plan Health savings accounts, like 401(k)s, will give employees more choices -- but also a greater share of the costs |
Bank Systems & Technology May 15, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Eye Opportunities in Healthcare Beyond HSAs Banks are beginning to eye opportunities in the healthcare space beyond offering health savings accounts. Fifth Third's Web-based ERA Integration service is designed to provide healthcare clients with a single, manageable data file that enables automated posting. |
Managed Care March 2004 John Carroll |
Health Savings Accounts Ready To Enter the Market Federal backing aligns with market pressure to create an irresistible force. However, health plans need to be aware of some troubling issues. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise As more and more affluent clients start managing their medical costs, financial advisors may be asked to provide a second opinion on the choices. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Your Answer to Skyrocketing Health Costs Health savings accounts are worth a closer look. |
Registered Rep. October 22, 2012 Kevin McKinley |
Giving Working Clients a Health Insurance Checkup As health care has taken center stage in the national debate, one of clients' biggest concerns is how to handle their ever-increasing and always-confusing health insurance and health care costs. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Dark Side of HSAs The combination of tax-deductible savings, tax-free income and withdrawals, and lower insurance premiums make the health savings account provisions extremely attractive. However, HSAs aren't right for everyone. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 |
News & Products The Tax Relief and Health Care Act... 401(k) participants would rather get advice from an advisor... How the IRS will process determination letters for cash balance and other types of hybrid defined benefit pension plans...etc. |
Insurance & Technology August 26, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Smart Payment Options Card payments promise to increase consumer convenience and streamline transaction processing, but for insurers, they represent a new business - with new technology challenges. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Biggest Casualty of Obamacare Health savings accounts that qualify for deductions on your income tax return could disappear. |
Insurance & Technology April 5, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell |
In It Together Using client research, Cigna determined that the best offering for its employer health plan market was an integrated health savings account solution that offered a seamless experience for members and is partnering with JPMorgan Chase to provide it. |
U.S. Banker January 2010 Glen Fest |
HSAs' High Hurdles Banks entering the health savings account market must cope with some barriers to entry -- including the steep early-mover advantage of established competitors. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Jeanne Lee |
HSA Highlights As healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, small business clients must arm themselves with strategies to help their employees save money on health benefits. One way is knowledge of health savings accounts and the various ways they can make benefits more affordable. |
Bank Technology News December 2009 John Adams |
Post Oak Performs a Paper-ectomy While responsibility for insuring healthcare payments has been mired in political debate that's touched all points on the national intellect curve, the virtue of automating those payments should be of little doubt. |
Inc. April 2004 Karen Kroll |
A 401(k) for Health Care Costs Finally, a way to trim health insurance costs without sticking it to your employees: health savings accounts. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Jack of All Trades, Master of Most Cards once again are proving just how versatile they can be as payments instruments. The latest card push is in the area of healthcare flexible spending accounts. |
U.S. Banker June 2006 Lee Conrad |
Making Sense of HSAs For Community Banks Community and mid-sized banks are jumping into the fray of health savings accounts, but some analysts wonder if they can successfully compete against the big guys. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Karl Thiel |
Is an HSA Right for You? Health savings accounts can help you reduce costs -- if you know how they work. |
Bank Systems & Technology January 29, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Evolving Card Business Presents Opportunities and Threats for Banks Rapid advances in technology, the recent IPOs of Visa and MasterCard, an uncertain economy, and shifting consumer behaviors all are converging to create a whirlwind of change -- and opportunity -- in the card space. |
Inc. April 2006 Carl Schramm |
Unexpected Benefits More people will start companies, thanks to health savings accounts. |
Managed Care November 2006 John Carroll |
Health Savings Accounts Face an Uncertain Future Despite an array of economically and politically strong advocates, a bill to beef up health savings accounts has stirred significant opposition |
Insurance & Technology February 7, 2004 Julie Gallagher |
Taking a New Look at HSAs Self-service tools support newly authorized health savings accounts |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Make Your Job Work Harder for You You need to make the most of what employee benefits your employer gives you. |