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Social Security Number Masked in MyEnroll.com

With credit card breaches in the news and a renewed focus on privacy of personal information, BAS is pleased to confirm that the first five digits of an employee’s ...
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Wellness Programs Under Health Care Reform

Many employers are implementing wellness programs for their employees as health care reform has made wellness programs more desirable.
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Health Savings Accounts

A health savings account is an IRA-like, tax-exempt trust or custodial account that can be used to pay for certain medical expenses of the HSA holder, the holder’s ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 30.01.2014
Q.- An employee is terminating employment next week. He made a full $2,500 election to our health FSA. He wants to know if he will be allowed to contribute $2,500 to his ...
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New Account Set Up Program

BAS’ Cobra Control Services, LLC provides a quick and easy way for brokers to set up a new employer account through MyEnroll.com. Simply log into MyEnroll.com with your ...
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New Account Set Up Program

BAS’ Cobra Control Services, LLC provides a quick and easy way for brokers to set up a new employer account through MyEnroll.com. Simply log into MyEnroll.com with your ...
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Hackers Accessed Server and Stole PHI of Medical Supply Company

A medical supply company based in Ohio had its servers compromised earlier this year. Hackers gained access to protected health information of approximately 4,200 ...
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Reporting HIPAA Electronic Transaction Standard Compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires health plans to transmit data using certain uniform communication standards and operating rules. ...
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Mid Year Change Events for Cafeteria Plans

In order to provide the pre-tax contributions to pay for benefits, cafeteria plans must require that elections be irrevocable for the period of coverage. This means that ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 23.01.2014
Q.- We have an employee who enrolled in the FSA beginning 1/1/ 2014. She just had a baby and is now enrolling in our high deductible health plan. She wants to cancel her ...
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