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How to Avoid HSA Pitfalls and Traps: A Legal but Practical Perspective
An audioconference on
Thursday May 26th, 2005, 1 PM Eastern (10 AM Pacific)
So you think you know everything you need to know about HSAs? Many employer plan sponsors have come to believe for one reason or another that setting up HSAs for their employees is easy and requires little or no effort on their part. All you have to do is contact an HSA vendor and put some money into the accounts, right? While setting up HSAs is certainly not equal to building a rocket ship, there are a number of issues of which employers need to be aware in order to avoid the hidden HSA traps and pitfalls that can cause increased responsibility for the employer and unnecessary taxation for both the employer and the employees.
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Join Ashley Gillihan, a partner with the national law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP and Todd Randolph, a consultant with the Atlanta office of Humana, as they answers the following questions:
What buzzwords do you need to know in order to properly set up an HSA?
What additional regulatory and legislative items can we expect to see in the next few years?
What responsibility do I have with regard to choosing a vendor and setting up HSAs for my employees?
What are the traps and pitfalls associated with making contributions to the HSAs of my employees? What problems might I incur if excess contributions are made?
What do I need to know about distributions? Can I restrict them to medical expenses? Do I have any responsibility with respect to the tax free qualification of distributions?
Under what circumstances can I trigger ERISA's requirements with respect
to the HSA?
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Ashley Gillihan is a member of the Firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group, and is a partner in the firm in the Atlanta office Mr. Gillihan's practice focuses exclusively on health and welfare benefit plan matters where he advises clients on various issues including, but not limited to, tax qualification issues arising under the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA reporting, disclosure, COBRA and fiduciary issues and HIPAA portability and privacy. Mr. Gillihan lectures frequently and has published many articles on health and welfare benefit plan compliance topics. He is also on the Advisory Board of Editors of Benefits Compensation Law Alert. Mr. Gillihan is a member of the state bars of Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. He is a 1996 graduate of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law.
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Todd Randolph is a health care consultant with the Atlanta market for Humana Inc. Mr. Randolph advises new and potential clients for medical, dental, life and disability products and specifically on the advantages and disadvantages of traditional healthcare vs. consumer-driven health plans. Mr. Randolph has 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry and is a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters and the Atlanta Association of Health Underwriters. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Biomedical Science. In his spare time Mr. Randolph enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter and playing golf. |
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