Audio Conference: How to Avoid HSA Pitfalls and Traps: A Legal but Practical Perspective - Thursday May 26th, 2005, 1 PM Eastern
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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ABSTRACT:
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 answer 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?
SPEAKER:
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.
REGISTRATION:
Register online at https://www.managedcarestore.com/summit.htm and you will receive instructions for logging in to the Audio Conference. If you have questions, please contact Patty Jamison at the Healthcare Web Summit Office at 209.577.4888 for more information. We look forward to your participation in this event!
For additional information, please visit: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/hsapitfalls.htm or call 209.577.4888.
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