May 14, 2021 | Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs), IRS, News
The IRS recently announced its annual cost-of-living adjustments affecting health savings accounts (HSAs) for calendar year 2022. HSA Contribution Limits – The annual HSA contribution limit for individuals with self-only high-deductible health plan (HDHP) coverage...Dec 28, 2020 | Consumer-driven Health Plans, COVID-19, Dependent care assistance plan (DCAP), Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), IRS, Regulatory
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (also called the COVID-19 relief bill) includes temporary provisions that allow employers to provide for a carryover of unused health flexible spending arrangements (FSA) and dependent care assistance flexible spending...Nov 6, 2020 | Announcements, COVID-19, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, IRS, News, Regulatory, USPSTF
In preparation for the widespread and rapid introduction of COVID-19 immunizations and other coronavirus preventive services, the Tri-Agencies (Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, and Health and Human Services) have issued interim Final Regulations updating...Oct 29, 2020 | Consumer-driven Health Plans, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), IRS, News
The IRS has announced 2021 cost-of-living adjustments for certain tax provisions related to consumer-driven plans: The limit on voluntary employee salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending account (FSA) remains unchanged from 2020 at $2,750. The...Oct 28, 2020 | Announcements, IRS, Kurt Harden, Quality
At MedBen’s most recent ISO 9001:2015 audit, we showed our commitment to maintaining high quality standards… and as the following excerpt notes, these standards played a crucial role when the pandemic hit: “Transition to work at home went very well...Oct 18, 2020 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance, IRS, News
The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) has extended the deadline for distributing IRS Form 1095 to employees from January 31, 2021 to March 2, 2021. Now is the time for self-funded employers to start thinking about and complying with a critical health care reform...