Winston Benefits

OCTOBER 31, 2017

We recently helped an organization manage benefits communication through a merger by offering licensed benefits counselors who met with 4,500 new employees and 3,600 existing employees. As a result, plan participation went up, and 73 percent of new employees migrated to a consumer-driven health plan with a health savings account.

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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. HSAs are tax-advantaged accounts that allow enrollees to save up to pay qualified medical expenses.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

You can blame the pandemic — employees are more attuned to health benefits, which means more employees may switch health plans or go into a health plan for the first time next year. You need to know how these accounts differ so you can communicate about them to employees. Health savings accounts.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2019

The term “high deductible health plan” has often carried with it a negative connotation for employees. According to a recent article from SHRM covering research from the Employees Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), enrollment in an HDHP promotes more conscious health care purchase decisions.

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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. Should you offer a high-deductible health plan to employees?

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These are generally offered in conjunction with a health savings account (HSA) that will set aside money separately for medical expenses. Employees typically need to use the money in their FSA within the plan year. They may also divide the unused fund among all employees enrolled in the FSA plan. Invisalign.

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Flexible Spending Account Flexible Spending Medical Healthcare 98

Corporate Synergies

AUGUST 6, 2018

Educate employees on how to use these funds for current and future healthcare expenses. Health savings accounts can be a good deal for employees. Employers that have gone the HDHP route typically offer a qualified plan that includes a health savings account to help pay for qualifying medical expenses tax-free.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JUNE 1, 2023

In fact, an overwhelming 95% of the public believes that making health care costs more transparent to patients should be a priority for Congress. The Kaiser report notes “Worries about rising prices are widespread among the public and health care costs are no exception. If this is your role, we know you have a thousand to-dos.

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Winston Benefits

MARCH 8, 2018

If employees requested more communication or decision-support tools on your enrollment portal, they might be disappointed and discouraged if they don’t see any updates. Even just updating your enrollment booklet online and adding new FAQs can be a tremendous help to your employee population. What If We Add New Benefits?

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Technology Health Savings Account Voluntary Benefits Employee Enrollments 45

HR Digest

APRIL 2, 2024

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of a lifestyle spending account you’re not alone in your confusion. The lifestyle spending account benefits vary from employer to employer but they all have the freedom to set a range of categories where the funds in the account can be spent. HSAs can be funded by both employer and employee.

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Flexible Spending Account Health Savings Account Medical Flexible Spending 52

Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

New preventive treatments and services are covered for employees who’ve been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, diabetes, coronary artery disease, osteoporosis and/or osteopenia, hypertension, asthma, liver disease and/or bleeding disorders and depression. And those dollar amounts may discourage employees from signing on.

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Higginbotham

JULY 12, 2022

Executive benefit reimbursement plans for health care expenses have provided one way to fill in gaps left by normal group health plans, ensuring that your business leaders are properly covered. Health Reimbursement Arrangement and Group Health Plan. A health reimbursement plan gives employers a way to cover these costs.

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