Higginbotham

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Are you offering your employees health insurance options that work for their budgets? While not ideal for everyone, a high-deductible health plan can be very appealing to some workers, especially when it’s paired with a health savings account. By opting for a higher deductible, employees can secure lower monthly premiums.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JANUARY 20, 2022

One of the health insurance trends that went largely unnoticed in 2021 was that employers halted cost-shifting to their employees by reducing or holding steady workers’ deductibles and other cost-sharing. in 2021, employers did not increase employee’s share of premiums significantly.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JANUARY 18, 2024

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. Providers in an insurer’s network may charge vastly different rates for the same procedure.

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InterWest Insurance Services

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the most difficult aspects of annual open enrollment is reaching workers who are disengaged from the process and never bother signing up for your group health plan and other benefits they could take advantage of. Turning 26 — This is the age that individuals are no longer allowed to be covered by their parents’ health insurance.

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Higginbotham

AUGUST 13, 2024

workers postpone health care needs because they’re worried about cost, even if they have health insurance. Medical care can be expensive, and group health insurance isn’t always enough. Employers can help their employees by offering worksite benefits like hospital indemnity insurance and other supplemental benefits.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 7, 2024

HSAs allow your employees to put away funds to pay for future medical expenses. Usually, these accounts are funded with pre-tax deductions from your employees’ paychecks, but if they didn’t max out their contributions last year, they still can do so up until the tax-filing deadline.

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BerniePortal

JUNE 23, 2021

Changing life events in the middle of the year usually means changes to your health insurance plan. If an employee enrolls in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) mid-year, how does that affect the amount they can contribute to their health savings account (HSA)?

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Fringe Benefit Analysts

AUGUST 15, 2022

A good portion of Americans have health care coverage through a group insurance policy. However, most people are fairly unsure of what group insurance coverage actually is and how it works. Without insurance coverage, it can be difficult to pay for medical expenses, whether or not they are expected.

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Many employees are coming to the end of the year and realizing that they still have a lot of money in their FSA accounts that they need to spend. They may also be questioning whether they have a need for an FSA and if so, how much they should choose to have deducted each month. Copays, co-insurance, and deductibles for medical care.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Health Insurance: The workers will be entitled to enroll with the comprehensive health plan which will help them overcome the future financial assistance that may arise due to an unknown event or accident that harms their health or body. The benefits will be equitably offered to all the employees.

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Insperity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

A side-by-side comparison of premiums, contributions and/or deductibles for each option. An explanation of any changes from the previous year and any actions your employees may need to take. From there, create a communication schedule to remind employees of the benefits enrollment period.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

FSAs are primarily funded by employees through pretax deductions, although employers may make contributions. Tax advantage: Employees’ and employers’ contributions are excluded from employees’ wages and aren’t subject to income or FICA taxes. Eligibility: FSAs are generally available only to current employees.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JUNE 1, 2023

” Although rising premium rates are an on-going challenge for employers, a primary (and popular) method to overcome this is to implement a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). Overcoming the Challenge Implement an HDHP with Complementary Accounts A growing number of employers have implemented an HDHP as a choice for employees.

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Higginbotham

JULY 12, 2022

This may be a good option for employers that want to simplify their health plan administration while giving employees flexibility. Even with health insurance, dental insurance and vision insurance, employees tend to end up with some out-of-pocket costs that aren’t covered by their various plans. Manage enrollment.

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Out of Pocket Cost Flexible Spending Account Medical Deductions 52

Corporate Synergies

AUGUST 6, 2018

Health savings accounts can be a good deal for employees. High deductible health plans (HDHPs) are on the rise as a growing number of employers turn to consumer-directed health plans to try to curb costs—the portion of employees enrolled in HDHPs rose from 26.3% But do they really understand HSA value? in 2011 to 39.3%

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Winston Benefits

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Your employees make a lot of decisions during their work day, but one of the most important decisions they’ll make comes once a year: what to do about their employee benefits. Tech-based tools can make it easier for employees to plan, budget and plug the gaps in their insurance needs. Plan-comparison tools.

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Reimbursements from a healthcare FSA can only be paid to reimburse the employee for qualified medical expenses incurred during the period of coverage. While FSA funds are deducted by the employer during payroll , the benefits vendor administering the FSA is responsible for verifying the receipts rather than the employee.

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Insperity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

A side-by-side comparison of premiums, contributions and/or deductibles for each option. An explanation of any changes from the previous year and any actions your employees may need to take. From there, create a communication schedule to remind employees of the benefits enrollment period.

Insurance 40

Insurance Employee Enrollments Hospitality Deductions 40

InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 1, 2024

How voluntary benefits work Voluntary benefits are arranged by employers but either paid for by staff via payroll deduction or by the employers themselves. The employer deducts any fees or premiums for these benefits from employee paychecks and forwards them in a single batch to the benefit vendors.

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HR Professionals Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

Decision Support Think your employees aren’t interested in decision support? A 2022 Harris poll found that 72% of employees said “they wish someone would tell them what the best health insurance for their unique situation is.” Think again. Be mindful that not all decision support tools are created equal.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MAY 23, 2024

As the workforce ages and many employers want to keep on baby-boomer staff who have the experience and institutional knowledge that is irreplaceable, one issue that always comes up is how to handle health insurance.

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