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Bike Share Not A Qualified Transportation Expense

Qualified Transportation Plans are offered by employers to assist employees with the cost of commuting to and from work. A qualified transportation plan is a ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 07.11.2013
Q.- We offer our employees an HRA plan through which we fund 75% of the deductible for our high deductible health plan. Can an employee have a health savings account and ...
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SPECIAL ALERT- IRS MODIFIES FSA USE-IT-OR-LOSE-IT RULE

  • BAS
  • 01.11.2013
The IRS revised the use-it-or-lose-it component of health flexible spending account plans to allow for the carryover of up to $500 of unused FSA amounts into the next ...
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Another HIPAA Breach Notification

The Unity Point Health System in Iowa must notify 1,800 patients that their records were compromised. An employee of a third party contractor of the Health System had ...
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Another HIPAA Breach Notification

The Unity Point Health System in Iowa must notify 1,800 patients that their records were compromised. An employee of a third party contractor of the Health System had ...
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Additional Time to Buy Health Insurance Before Penalty Imposed

Health care reform requires virtually all Americans to maintain health insurance beginning in 2014 or pay a penalty. The penalty is the greater of
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Contingency Planning Important as Winter Approaches

While the programming behind the health care Exchange website is coming under scrutiny, the government has been able to successfully program consumer-facing websites on ...
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Save that BennyCard

Employers who offer their employees the opportunity to use the BennyCard pre-paid debit card in connection with their flexible spending account plans should remind ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 31.10.2013
Q.- At our company Halloween Party, an employee burned herself on the hot apple cider. I know we should have put a warning on the cup saying it was “HOT.” Will she now ...
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Reference Library in MyEnroll.com

MyEnroll.com provides employers a useful tool for organizing and distributing important human resources and benefits information. The Reference Library feature can serve ...
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