HSAs and Workplace Wellness

Companies looking to reduce health plan costs while maximizing employee quality of life may want to consider coupling a workplace wellness program with a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) and Health Savings Account (HSA). Workplace Wellness Programs  Wellness programs help employees become healthier as well as better consumers of healthcare in three ways: Employers may offer wellness initiatives to help employees make better lifestyle choices and improve their health. But cost control may also be

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HDHPs and Wellness Programs

According to Kaiser Family Foundation, the average premium for family health plan coverage increased by 47% between 2011 and 2021. In response, employers have increasingly turned to High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) to lower premiums and shift more financial responsibility to covered employees. While employees appreciate lower premium costs, the higher deductibles can lead to higher out-of-pocket costs in the long run. The higher financial responsibility may increase employee utilization of cost-saving measures like wellness programs.

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Shopping for FSA Products Online

Consumers have been shopping for everything from clothing to groceries to furniture through online retailers for years. It’s convenient, and prices may be lower than those at brick-and-mortar retail stores. More and more, people are turning to the web to buy healthcare products. Many retailers sell FSA-eligible products online, and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) participants can use their account-linked debit cards as payment. What to Know When FSA Shopping Online Before shopping online with your

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HSAs and COBRA Enrollment

If you manage clients on COBRA software, chances are you may manage HSAs as well. This blog addresses concerns about HSAs and COBRA and how these two work together. A great resource to help participants learn if they can pay for COBRA premiums with an HSA, if you can contribute to your HSA while on COBRA and more.

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Healthcare Consumerism Continues to Rise

Healthcare consumerism is a movement to make healthcare services more efficient and cost-effective. It transforms an employer’s health benefit plan, putting the economic purchasing power and decision-making in participants’ hands. Consumerism aims to enable patients to become wholly involved in their healthcare decisions. What drives healthcare consumerism? Customers can access features, benefits, and cost comparisons in most industries to guide their purchasing decisions. In contrast, the healthcare industry presents many choices, contact points, and service

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Brochure: Summit CDH and COBRA Administration

DataPath Summit is the first cloud-based solution purposely designed as a single, all-encompassing platform for administering CDH accounts, COBRA, billing, and well-being benefits. Whether your business plans involve administering just one line of service or all of them, Summit can help you get where you want to grow. With a seamless design, Summit’s flexibility allows TPAs to take advantage of the full suite of solutions, or to choose only those services specific to their business.

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Brochure: Top 5 Reasons to Use DataPath Summit

The industry’s first, true all-in-one solution, Summit simplifies employee benefits administration for third-party administrators. TPAs can offer the full suite of solutions, or choose individual lines of service specific to their business. Considering an all-in-one administrative platform? You have choices. Here are the top 5 reasons why you should choose DataPath Summit: Get where you want to grow with DataPath Summit.

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Whitepaper: How TPAs Can Capitalize on the HRA Market with a Flexible Solution

HRAs are a flexible tax-advantaged vehicle to help employers save money while delivering a strong benefits package for their workforce. The challenge for third party administrators is finding a benefits administration solution that enables them to attract and retain clients, deliver superior service, and create flexible and complex HRA plans without overbearing constraints from their solutions provider.

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Whitepaper: How TPAs Can Use Partner Marketing Programs to Grow Revenue and Cut Costs

In the employer-sponsored benefits industry, leading providers of account management solutions offer partner marketing programs to help third party administrators (TPAs) operate their businesses, market their services, and educate target audiences about tax-advantaged benefit accounts. However, these programs can vary substantially from vendor to vendor. For the independent TPA, evaluating partner marketing programs often is overlooked, or at least not seriously considered, until after the contract is signed. As part of the customer service experience,

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