Updated March 2017 by our partners at United Benefits Advisors: Stay in the know of how Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) work and how you can use them properly. A health savings account (HSA) is a tax-exempt trust or custodial account set up with a qualified HSA...
Stay up-to-date with the most recent ACA rules and regulations thanks to our partners at United Benefits Advisors (UBA), On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) into law. The Cures Act provides a method for certain small employers to...
Did you know that ACA repeal could have and effect on health savings accounts (HSA)? Read this interesting article from Benefits Pro about how the repeal of the ACA might affect your HRAs by Marlene Y. Satter With the repeal of the Affordable Care Act looming,...
One of the hottest benefit trends in 2016 is the adoption of free or low cost “telemedicine” programs to provide employees easy and affordable access to medical care. However, employers adopting these programs alongside high deductible health plans (HDHPs) need to be sure that they...
August remained relatively quiet in the employee benefits world, with only new draft versions of the instructions for Forms 1095-C, 1095-C, 1094-B and 1095-B. The new draft versions of the specific forms were released in July. The IRS also released the annual contribution limits for...
Employees are feeling the stress of healthcare costs. In the article below by Jack Craver, he provides insight as to the pressures workers are currently dealing with in todays healthcare marketplace. Original Post from BenefitsPro.com on July 29, 2016 In case you haven’t noticed, Americans are in...
Get the latest trends in healthcare benefits in the survey conducted by SHRM. Original Post from SHRM.org on July 13, 2016 Rising health care costs remain a primary driver for how other benefit costs are allocated, as employers continue evaluating the impact of the Affordable Care Act. According...
Original post benefitnews.com Employers are passing more and more healthcare responsibility to their employees, and in some cases, giving them a greater share of the financial burden. Likewise, businesses are looking for ways to help employees manage healthcare expenses. There are a number of products for...
With the rapid growth in high-deductible health plans, health savings accounts provide an option to pay medical bills and save for the future....
The Employee Benefit Research study shows surprising results pertaining to those who choose HSAs to pay for their health care; HSA plan distributions among men and women, older and younger individuals vary considerably....