Healthcare

Nearly half of all health plan members in the group and individual markets nationwide say they are interested in using a state exchange to purchase health insurance, according to a new survey by J.D. Power and Associates.

While experts once predicted savings of as much as $81 billion a year from electronic records, U.S. health care spending has continued to increase, partly because of systems that don’t share information, they say.

We’re starting your week with three important facts, developments or conversations from recent and upcoming events. This week, we’ll look at why uninsured Americans’ hospital bills are so high, more official steps forward by HHS on public exchanges and HHS goals for tech improvements in 2013.

By the time Astra Augustus left Virtua Memorial Hospital in New Jersey after the last of four surgeries, she’d run up about $255,000 in bills.

Although Millennials have been called everything from "innovative" to "entitled," the recent "Stress in America" study from the American Psychological Association has different label for them: Stressed.

It’s getting a lot of press. “It” is the provision in the recently passed American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 that now allows participants in 401(k) plans to convert existing traditional 401(k) balances to Roth 401(k) balances.

Participant guidance, advisor relationships and regulatory environment drive success in the below $50M market

Insurer Boasts 2% Average Fees on Annuity Assets.

What do plan participants say they need to make better use of their retirement? Some answers, from a recent State Street Global Advisors survey, offer insights that can help advisers work with their clients on member education efforts.

Probably you. The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving forward in its quest to define who is a fiduciary for various client/adviser transactions.