On May 9, 2024, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2024-25 to provide the inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health plans (HDHPs) for 2025. The IRS is required to publish these limits by June 1 of each year.These limits include the following:The maximum…Continued
By Zack Fritz, Sage Policy GroupThe first four months of 2024 were defined by hotter-than-expected inflation and faster-than-expected economic growth. Price increases reaccelerated, employers kept adding jobs at a rapid pace, and consumers continued to spend.This upended economic forecasts and by t…Continued
In 1984, the Supreme Court established the doctrine known as “Chevron deference” when they ruled that the courts should defer to Federal agency interpretations of ambiguous U.S. laws.[1] Last week, the Supreme Court overturned this long-standing legal precedent, turning the page to a new chapter in…Continued
With rising interest rates and underperformance in the U.S. equity markets in 2022, many economists believed these to be precursors to a 2023 economic downturn. As of October 2022, the Bloomberg forecasting index suggested that the probability of recession was 100 percent–an absolute certainty.Inst…Continued
Hospital to Union: Pay Up or You’re Stuck With UsOn May 22, 2024, the Wall Street Journal reported that the 32BJ Health Fund was on the cusp of negotiating a new deal with Aetna to cover its 210,000 members when they learned that the Union Fund would have to pay New York-Presbyterian, one of the la…Continued
DOJ Announces Formation of Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and CollusionWhen we hear about healthcare integration, we often think about health systems buying other health systems or point solution companies merging. But what about carriers purchasing clinical assets?Dedicated to promoting anti…Continued
