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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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. Also consider that one in three employees are uncertain about their ability to cover future health care expenses.

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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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Benefit Resource Inc.

JUNE 1, 2023

Of those, more than seven in ten employers (71 percent) also offer a health savings account with employer funding. An additional tool can be pairing an HSA-HDHP with a Limited Flexible Spending Account (or Limited FSA). Employees can use two tax-advantaged accounts to cover many primary eligible expenses.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2019

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. For example, 55% of employees enrolled in an HDHP checked whether their health plan would cover their care or medication.

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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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Higginbotham

JULY 12, 2022

If an employee or a member of the employee’s family experiences a medical emergency, the costs can add up quickly. A health reimbursement plan gives employers a way to cover these costs. HRAs may sound like Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), but there are key differences.

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Flexible Spending Accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars from their paycheck to use for medical or dependent care expenses. These funds are placed in an FSA account that employees can use to pay for eligible expenses. The maximum that an employee may contribute to a healthcare FSA is $2,750.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but up until this point, high-deductible health plans have been boxed in regarding tax-free reimbursements for most preventive care services or items. Reason: With certain exceptions, HDHPs can’t start reimbursing employees until they meet those high deductibles.

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