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Spread the Word About Additional HSA Contributions

InterWest Insurance Services

If you have staff with health savings accounts, they still have until April 15 to make additional contributions to their accounts if they want to reduce their tax bills for last year. Funds in HSAs can be used to pay for a myriad of out-of-pocket medical-related expenses, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

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Open Enrollment Prep: Identify Workers’ Needs, Consider Costs to Plan Benefits

InterWest Insurance Services

Provide employees with a breakdown of medical and pharmaceutical cost increases to avoid sticker shock. This is especially true if you are making changes to cost-sharing, introducing new plans, introducing a wellness plan or health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts.

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Flexible Spending Account Contribution Limit Climbs

InterWest Insurance Services

Earlier in 2023, the IRS also announced the maximum contribution limits to health savings accounts, which are similar to FSAs, but they must be attached to a high-deductible health plan. Employees are not taxed on withdrawals from their account.

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Employers Use Variety of Strategies to Provide Competitive and Cost-Effective Health Care Benefits

InterWest Insurance Services

Here’s what the report found: Offering more plans To combat rising costs, many employers (80%) offer more than one health plan. A growing share of employers offer high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) to employees. Prior authorization before approving their use.

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Many Employees Choosing the Wrong Health Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

The study examined the health plan choices that 23,894 employees at one large U.S. They were able to choose from 48 different combinations of deductibles, pharmaceutical copayments, co-insurance and maximum out-of-pocket expenses. employer made. All of the plans offered the same network of doctors and hospitals. Strategies.

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8 Ways Employers and Employees Can Save On Prescription Medications

Griffin Benefits

While these higher deductibles are offset by cheaper monthly medical premiums and often by employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSA), HDHP plans are nevertheless structured in such a way as to promote heightened "healthcare consumerism.". Pharmaceutical Company & State Drug Assistance Programs.

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What employees expect from benefits packages

Business Management Daily

Outstanding pharmaceutical and/or hospitalization coverage. The employee saves money because this set-aside money is not taxed. Health Savings Accounts. People enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) can set aside paycheck money on a pre-tax basis to pay for qualified medical expenses.