Medical Costs 10% Lower for Aetna Members With Health Savings Accounts

OPEN MINDS Weekly Wire Strategic Health Care News Overall medical costs for Aetna members with a Health Savings Account (HSA) were 10% lower than costs of members in a preferred provider organization (PPO) plan. The HSA members also had 15% fewer visits to primary care physicians for non routine visits. These are findings of a report titled “Sixth Annual Aetna HealthFund Study” by Aetna researchers. Additional findings on how Aetna HealthFund Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) and HSA plans affected employee engagement and utilization included: Higher rates of engagement with the health plan—HSA members were 2.5 times more likely . . .