The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issues Special Fraud Alerts regarding healthcare fraud and abuse patterns or practices it has recently ...

There is a novel recordkeeping and plan investment arrangement for governmental 457(b) plans that could create a number of problems for the plan’s sponsor, fiduciaries and participants. There may be a ...

Catalyst for Payment Reform is leading a movement for employers and other healthcare purchasers to push for greater transparency into their health plans’ ACO arrangements. Employers and other ...

A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on health care sharing plans — arrangements through which people agree to pay one another’s medical bills — and the number is ...

A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on healthcare sharing plans—arrangements through which people agree to pay one another’s medical bills—and the number is higher ...

The proportion of plans that are at least partially bundled fell dramatically from 53.8% in 2016 to 44.0% in 2017, a continuation of the unbundling trend, according to Callan. Callan has published its ...

Plan sponsors can take advantage of novel plan designs that share risk, including pooled employer plans, to broaden employer-sponsored benefits. Removing some of plan sponsors’ responsibilities for ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

Under the arrangements, members, who usually share some religious beliefs, agree to send money each month to cover other members' health care bills. At least 11 of the sharing plans that reported data ...