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- Will employees be taxed on our company's new wellness incentive?
- From the November 12, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: In 2010, our company will be offering a series of “healthy lifestyle” information sessions as part of its wellness program. Each employee who attends every session in the series will pay $250 less in 2011 for his ...
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- Do the MSP mandatory reporting rules require that HICNs or SSNs be provided to CMS?
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We’ve heard that the Medicare Secondary Payer mandatory reporting rules require that health insurance claim numbers or Social Security numbers be provided to CMS. In the past, it has been difficult to obtain those numbers for our ...
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- In what order should reimbursements be paid when an employer offers both an HRA and a health FSA?
- From the September 24, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company will set up an HRA and a health FSA on January 1 that will cover the same employees and pay the same types of medical care expenses. In what order should reimbursements be paid from these two ...
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- Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to pay for medical care expenses?
- From the August 20, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about implementing a debit card program for participants in our health FSA. I understand that IRS guidance restricts use of these cards to certain merchants. Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to ...
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- Can you explain how the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) mandatory reporting requirements apply to our health FSA and HRA?
- From the July 07, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is subject to the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) rules, including the MSP mandatory reporting requirements. We offer employees a health FSA and an HRA. Do the MSP reporting requirements apply to those plans? ANSWER: The MSP reporting ...
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- Can our employees make pre-tax payroll contributions to their HSAs if we don't have a cafeteria plan?
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company offers a high-deductible health plan (HDHP), and many participants contribute to their own HSAs. Several have asked whether they could make pre-tax contributions to their HSAs so that they could get their income tax savings ...
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- May we include as part of our HSA program a debit card for paying and reimbursing medical expenses?
- From the March 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company contributes to its eligible employees’ HSAs, but we are concerned that many employees may be using their HSAs to pay for nonmedical expenses. Can we try to discourage our employees’ nonmedical spending by adding a ...
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- What benefits can we offer under our company's cafeteria plan?
- From the February 26, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company maintains a premium-only cafeteria plan (POP) under which employees who elect company-sponsored major medical coverage can pay their share of the premiums with pre-tax dollars. We are thinking of amending our cafeteria plan to ...
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- Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to pay for medical care expenses?
- From the January 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about implementing a debit card program under our health FSA. I understand that IRS guidance restricts use of these cards to certain merchants. Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to pay for ...
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- Our company made contributions to three employees' HSAs earlier this year in error. May the company recoup its contributions from their accounts?
- From the October 30, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Earlier this year, our company made incorrect contributions for (1) Employee A, who never was an HSA-eligible individual; (2) Employee B, whose employer HSA contributions had already exceeded the annual contribution limit for the year; and (3) Employee ...
