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Alleviating Health Insurance Burden on Employees a Top Priority: Poll

InterWest Insurance Services

As the 2023 group health open enrollment season nears, more employers have heard concerns among their staff and are focusing on affordability and easier access to health care services, according to a new study. The survey found that 70% of all large employers were planning benefit enhancements for 2023.

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Four High Deductible Health Plan Mistakes to Avoid

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. Providers in an insurer’s network may charge vastly different rates for the same procedure.

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16 Surprising FSA and HSA Eligible Expenses Your Employees Should Know About

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers offer flexible savings accounts and health savings accounts to their employees so they can build up funds with pre-tax dollars to pay for health care and related expenses. In 2023, the maximum an employee can carry over is $610.

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New HSA, FSA, 401(k) Contribution Levels Set

InterWest Insurance Services

The IRS has released the 2023 maximum contribution amounts for health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. The changes, which the IRS releases in November each year, will affect contribution limits for HSAs, FSAs and 401(k) and other retirement accounts. 7,750 for family coverage (up $450).

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Four Ways to Ensure Your Group HDHP Will Fail

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. Providers in an insurer’s network may charge vastly different rates for the same procedure.

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HDHP Enrollees Less Satisfied with Their Health Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

The study authors also surmised that it is often people who are new to health insurance who may be most attracted to HDHPs due to the lower premiums. If you have an individual or family HDHP, you can usually qualify to put money into an HSA to fund future health care expenditures.

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June HR Update

Higginbotham

P CORI Fees Due July 31, 2023 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health insurance issuers and self-insured plan sponsors to pay Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute fees (PCORI fees). For plan years ending in 2022, the PCORI fees are due by July 31, 2023. 1, 2023 technically ended on Dec.