Compliance News Week Ending May 16, 2025 In this ArticleHSA and ICHRA Changes Proposed in Tax Bill The House Ways and Means Committee released an initial draft of the tax provisions in the reconciliat...
Compliance Webinar Series - May 7, 2025 2026 HDHP and HSA ThresholdsThe IRS just released the 2026 HSA numbers, so this is a good opportunity for a refresher on recurring HSA topics. Webinar topics in...
IRS Releases 2026 Limits for HDHP Values, HSA Limits, and Excepted Benefit HRA Limits The IRS recently released IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-19 announcing some employee benefit plan contributions and limits f...
Amwins Connect – May 2025 Question of the Month QuestionCan employers reimburse employees for Medicare premiums? Answer Under certain circumstances, yes, employers can reimburse employees for Medicare...
Compliance Webinar Series - April 9, 2025 QSEHRAs and ICHRAsEmployers continue to explore options to provide attractive, affordable benefits to employees. Specifically in regard to medical coverage, m...
Yes, HRAs and HSAs Can Be Compatible Background Employers offering a high deductible health plan (HDHP) may want to offer HDHP participants a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) to buy down the ded...
Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) - Lots of Options With many different permitted types of HRAs, there are lots of options for employers to provide tax-favored reimbursement to employees and th...
Amwins Connect – October 2024 Question of the MonthQuestionCan a Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) or a Health Flexible Savings Account (FSA) be used to purchase Ove...
2025 HSA Contributions and Other Limits Released
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its annual inflation-adjusted contribution limits for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) effective for Plan Y...
Reimbursement of Nutrition, Wellness and General Health Expenses
While reimbursement of new weight-loss drugs available solely by prescription are reimbursable on a tax-favored basis under an FSA, ...
Determining the COBRA Premium for an HRA
March 2024
Setting the correct COBRA premium for a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) can be challenging. COBRA defines “applicable premium” as the ...
by Ken Doyle
If you serve employee groups of under 20, you’ll want to watch a new HRA final rule that goes into effect in January 2020. Companies will be able to use HRAs to subsidize workers to bu...