Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

For most of you, a new plan year has begun! And just because you have an entire plan year ahead doesn’t mean you should wait until November or December to put time and energy into your employee benefits. In fact,...

Did you recently elect to participate in a medical flexible spending account (FSA)? If you’re a first-time medical FSA participant, you may not be familiar with FSA definitions and rules. We’ve provided a list of the top things a first-time...

Earlier this week, President Biden informed Congress that he plans to end the two COVID-19 national emergencies on May 11, 2023. From an employee benefits and COBRA perspective, this would mean that temporary extensions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will...

COBRA can provide important health insurance security when you’ve experienced job loss or another qualifying event. And election of COBRA can affect your ability to use the reimbursement accounts in which you were participating prior to your COBRA eligibility. In...

It’s 2023! To kick off another year of providing you with the employee benefits tips and information you need, we wanted to look back at your favorite blog posts from the last year. Here are our top 10 blog posts...

When you participate in a flexible spending account (FSA), you’re putting money into an account before it is taxed so you can save on eligible expenses. There are four common types of FSAs. One of them — a combination FSA...

Medical flexible spending accounts (medical FSAs) are use-or-lose accounts. There are limits as to whether (or how much of) your employees’ FSA funds can be carried over into the next plan year.  How well do your employees understand their FSA's...

If you're an employer, performing non-discrimination testing (NDT) is important when it comes to offering benefits to your employees. And proving compliance is something the IRS doesn't just suggest, but requires. What is non-discrimination testing? Non-discrimination testing rules were created...

For many, winter is as synonymous for snowflakes as it is for sinus problems. Fortunately, health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) cover many common winter eligible expenses you might turn to this time of year! We’ve compiled...

How well do you understand how your employees are using their health savings accounts (HSAs) or flexible spending accounts (FSAs)? With open enrollment here for many of you, we’ve compiled some benefit trends we’ve identified based on participant habits to...