Posts Tagged ‘Group Administration’
How Brokers Can Help Young Adults Maximize Their Healthcare Benefits
As young adults head to college or enter the workforce with their first job, they’re gaining independence, finding their way in life and realizing that, with adulthood, comes a whole new world that they may not have worried about before. One area in particular? Health care. In a recent survey, only 19% of employers believe…
Read MoreYear-End Benefits Snafus and How to Avoid Them
As the end of the year nears, employees may have Flexible Spending Account (FSA) dollars that need to be spent. They may need to schedule last-minute appointments to fit in before the new year or begin planning their new year appointments. With the end of the benefits year, below are three common benefits snafus and…
Read More5 Tips to Increase Employee HSA Adoption
As employer-offered high deductible health plans (HDHPs) continue to become more widely offered and additional health care premium costs are being shifted to members, there seems to be a perception among employees that you can no longer have a quality health care plan that is also affordable. Employees perceive that you need to compromise one…
Read MoreThe Power of Language – Transforming the Health Care Industry for Consumers
Have you ever experienced sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia? Or diaphragmatic flutter? What about borborgymi? You have. We all have. These are the official medical terms for an ice cream headache, hiccup, and getting dizzy from standing up, respectively. If we all know these occurrences by their common name, why do they need fancy medical terms? Are there…
Read MorePairing an HSA with a Limited Purpose FSA
When it comes to health care spending options, there are many possibilities employers can offer. Whether it is a health savings account (HSA) or flexible spending account (FSA), both are great spending tools for employees with consumer-directed health plans that can be used for health care expenses. However, while many groups offer an HSA paired…
Read MoreThe Further Learning Center: An Invaluable Resource for Brokers
The team at Further understands health care finance is complicated. That’s why we’ve put an emphasis on education for our partners and members. The more people understand about how their health care spending accounts work, the more confident they’ll be in their decisions—and with more confidence comes better, easier decisions. One of our best educational…
Read MoreTips for Navigating Life Changes with HSAs
Big life events such as marriage, the birth of a child, or retirement are often some of the most exciting times in life — but can also create challenges. Details like obtaining a marriage certificate or setting up a nursery are important, but it’s just as crucial to think about changes to health insurance to…
Read MoreThe Value of an HSA
Brokers: Is it safe to say that, given the tremendous growth of high deductible health plans (HDHP) with health savings account (HSAs) over the years, many of your benefits manager clients have adopted these health care vehicles for their organizations? And benefits managers: Was implementing the HDHP with an HSA plan met with angst, resistance…
Read MoreCase Studies: Organizations Benefit from CDHPs with an HSA
Are you considering a consumer driven health plan (CDHP) with a health savings account (HSA) offering in your organization? Or looking for ideas to increase adoption of your current CDHP offering with an HSA? To gain more insight into how to tackle these questions, view one of our case studies below. It may be intriguing…
Read MoreHow to Improve Mental Health in the Workplace
May is Mental Health Month. Help employees live their healthiest lives with an HSA that covers mental health expenses. Deborah, a 45-year-old mother of teenage twins and the daughter of an ailing, elderly mother, is having difficulty concentrating at work. In fact, her demeanor, which is usually bright and cheerful, has taken a sour, short-tempered…
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