26 Feb HRAs, HSAs, and Health FSAs – What’s the Difference?

Posted at 10:00h in ACA, ClearPath blog, Employee Benefits, Health Care Reform, PPACA Report

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Original post ubabenefits.com Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), health savings accounts (HSAs) and health care flexible spending accounts (HFSAs) are generally referred to as account-based plans. That is because each participant has their own account, at least for bookkeeping purposes. Under the tax rules, amounts may be...

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24 Jul New ACA Implications for Cafeteria Plans: Change in Status and Changing Employee Elections

Posted at 08:16h in ClearPath blog, Employee Benefits

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Cafeteria plans, or plans governed by IRS Code Section 125, allow employers to help employees pay for expenses such as health insurance with pre-tax dollars. Employees are given a choice between a taxable benefit (cash) and two or more specified pre-tax qualified benefits, for example,...

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02 Jul Are Electronic Plan Documents ACA-Compliant?

Posted at 08:52h in ACA, ClearPath blog, PPACA

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Many have talked about the options for posting compliance documents online. It is interesting to note that posting documents on a company’s intranet is not enough. Especially in light of the new court decision (Thomas v. CIGNA Group Insurance, E.D.N.Y. (2013)), the topic is even...

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26 Jun Employers Procrastinating?

Posted at 08:19h in ClearPath blog, PPACA

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Originally posted by Peter Freska on June 18, 2015 on ubabenefits.com. Employee Benefit News published an article titled, “Employers procrastinating on ACA recordkeeping compliance.” It is an interesting read, as it refers to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers in which “Only 10% of some 480 employers...

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22 Jun PCORI Fees Due July 31 for Many Health Plans. How Much Do You Owe?

Posted at 08:42h in ClearPath blog, PPACA

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee is to support this research and applies from 2012 to 2019. The fee is due based on plan/policy years ending on or after October 1, 2012, and before October 1, 2019. Read more here...

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30 Apr HRAs, HSAs, and Health FSAs – What’s the Difference?

Posted at 08:45h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News

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Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), health savings accounts (HSAs) and health care flexible spending accounts (HFSAs) are generally referred to as account-based plans. Read more here...

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09 Apr PPACA’s Impact on How CDHPs and HSAs Work Together

Posted at 08:57h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News, PPACA

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Employer health savings account (HSA) funding strategies have changed in recent years in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its impact on employer-sponsored health insurance plans. Read more here...

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30 Mar Final Rule Issues Standards for Insurers and Marketplaces in 2016

Posted at 15:53h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News

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Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final Rule with standards for insurers and Marketplaces in 2016, covering topics such as transparency in health insurance rate increases, formulary drug lists, drug mail order opt...

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02 Feb Harvard Professors Fall Out Of the Ivory Tower with Health Care Hikes

Posted at 21:14h in ClearPath blog, Health Care, Survey

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The New York Times recently stirred up a media firestorm when it reported about Harvard University professors who were lambasting the health care increases they were facing this year. Read more here...

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