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Top 10 Employee Benefits Certifications for Professionals in 2024

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Health Insurance Associate (HIA) The Health Insurance Associate (HIA) certification is offered by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). It focuses on the fundamentals of health insurance, making it highly relevant for benefits professionals responsible for health and wellness programs.

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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Medicare: Eligibility, contributions and more

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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) can be a flexible and tax-advantaged way to pay for health care costs. You can build up your HSA with pre-tax contributions and use it for qualified health expenses. If you have qualified employer-sponsored health insurance, you may want to delay Medicare enrollment past age 65.

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Cafeteria plans for health insurance: Understanding Section 125 benefits

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A cafeteria plan for health insurance has a similar premise. Health Insurance and Other Benefit Options Under IRS regulations, all cafeteria plans must also offer a cash option. In a premium-only plan , employees can elect to take their full salary in cash or to use the benefit to pay for group health insurance premiums.

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How do HSAs and health insurance compare?

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Health savings accounts (HSAs) and traditional health insurance plans are two common options for managing healthcare expenses, but they have some key differences. In this article, we'll go over how HSAs and health insurance compare.

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Most Workers Make Bad Health Insurance Decisions

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Even though the majority of workers receive health insurance coverage on the job, a new survey has found that many of them understand surprisingly little about their health plans and are leaving money on the table. Most health plans do not cover out-of-network care. Despite that, 23% chose the higher premium plan anyway.

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Little-Known Things to Consider When Shopping for Group Health Insurance

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If you’re shopping for group health insurance for your company the first or second time around, it can be hard to make a confident choice. Not to mention, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has changed the group health insurance market considerably. Health Savings Accounts.

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Smallest Firms See Largest Health Insurance Hikes

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A new report has found that small businesses that purchase their group health insurance online or through payroll vendors saw the largest premium hikes in 2022, significantly higher than those that went through brokers. Coverage can often be configured to be compatible with HDHPs using health savings accounts.