How to Use Your 2016 Funds Before March 15! If your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plan is on a calendar plan year (January 1 – December 31) and your plan offers the grace period, you have until March 15, 2017 to spend any unused money currently available in your 2016 Health FSA. After March 15,…
A guide for FSA & HRA Participants Do you have a question about how to manage your P&A account? We researched the most commonly asked participant questions and created an FAQ guide for account holders. Below are the top five P&A FAQs for participants. 1. How do I log into my P&A account? Log…
Open Enrollment is here and well underway for many companies. Making important benefit decisions for you and your family can be critical, so we’ve identified FSA Open Enrollment resources to help you determine if an FSA is right for you. Use these tools to see how an FSA can save you money – and…
Penny Panda is P&A’s unofficial mascot, educator and all around lovable colleague who provides excellent guidance on everything related to a Flexible Spending Account (FSA). Her job is to help participants and those interested in this pre-tax benefit understand the ins and outs of an FSA and the IRS rules that can sometimes seem overwhelming. …
Recently, P&A Retirement Plan Services overhauled the participant portal* and replaced it with a refreshed layout. Increasing user convenience and ease remained at the forefront of this re-model, and the new layout provides intuitive functionality embedded in a more aesthetically-minded design. With a simplified navigation, the participant dashboard offers everything from viewing your account…
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act created a new entity known as PCORI, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Part of the Institute’s funding is through temporary fees imposed on group health plans, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) and Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans (MERPs). These fees, which must be paid by the plan sponsor,…