Oct 16, 2025 | Consumer-driven Health Plans, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health flexible spending account (FSA), IRS, Qualified small employer health reimbursement (QSEHRA), Qualified transportation fringe benefits
The IRS has announced 2026 cost-of-living adjustments for health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and other tax provisions related to consumer-driven plans. The maximum voluntary employee salary reduction contribution to a health FSA gets a $100 bump, consistent with...
Jul 25, 2025 | Benchmarks, Dental, Employee benefits, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Self-funding, SHRM, Survey, Vision
Health care continues to lead the pack when it comes to employee benefits, according to the 2025 SHRM Employee Benefits Survey. Nearly 9 in 10 employers say health-related benefits are “extremely” or “very” important to their workforce – outranking retirement savings...
Jul 14, 2025 | Announcements, Compliance, Consumer-driven Health Plans, Dependent care assistance plan (DCAP), Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Legislative, Regulatory
The recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (H.R. 1) includes a long-awaited update for working families: a permanent increase in the annual contribution limit for dependent care assistance flexible spending accounts (DCAPs). Beginning in tax years after...
Jun 26, 2025 | Consumer-driven Health Plans, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), FSA Store, MedBen Access, Mobile App, Online Services, Substantiation
As we’ve reached the midpoint of the year, it’s an ideal time to remind your plan members to check their flexible spending account (FSA) balances. FSAs offer significant tax savings on eligible health care expenses, but only if members manage their accounts...
Feb 21, 2025 | Announcements, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), FSA Grace period, FSA Store
If your health plan offers a grace period for using 2024 flexible spending account (FSA) funds, remind your members that any remaining funds must be used by March 15, 2025. After that date, any unused money will be lost… but claims submitted before March 15 will...
Feb 10, 2025 | Chronic conditions, Cost Savings, Drug costs, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health care costs, MedBen Rx, Pharmacogenomics, Rx Costs, Savings
Now available through MedBen Rx, pharmacogenomic testing is transforming health care through safer and more effective personalized medicine. Determining how genes affect a person’s response to drugs not only improves patient outcomes, but it also helps control...
