Page 10 - 2016 Intertek Enrollment Guide
P. 10
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)




You Need to Know What is a Health Savings Account?

„ You must enroll in the CDHP An HSA is a tax-favored account you can use to pay for eligible
coverage option under the Intertek current and future healthcare expenses with pre-tax dollars.
health plan to be eligible to open a You must enroll in the Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
HSA through Intertek to be eligible to open a HSA. Federal tax rules set the basic
design of HSAs.
„ The HSA allows you to pay for
eligible medical and prescription Your account balance earns interest (tax-free) and you

drug expenses with pre-tax dollars can invest your money in a selection of mutual funds. Any

„ Annual contributions to a HSA investment growth will also be tax-free.
cannot exceed $3,350 if you have
employee-only CDHP coverage Intertek does not own the account. Your HSA is established
and $6,750 if you have employee between you and the HSA custodian. The company may
+1 or family CDHP coverage contribute to the account and allows you to make contributions
to the HSA on a pre-tax basis. However, you own the account.
„ Intertek may contribute to If you leave the company, you keep control of the account.
employee accounts in equal
payments once you have made Eligible Expenses
the minimum HSA contribution Expenses which are eligible for payment with HSA funds
amount; each year, at open are deined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). These
enrollment, Intertek will announce expenses include:
whether, and in what amount, it
will be contributing to employee „ Most medical care and services

accounts in the coming year „ Vision care

„ Your balance earns interest and „ Dental care (non-cosmetic)
can be carried forward from year- „ Orthodontia
to-year „ Prescription drugs


„ If you enroll in the Consumer „ Some over-the-counter drugs that are not covered by
Driven Health Plan, you will health insurance or otherwise
receive a welcome kit outlining The expenses must be incurred by you or a dependent
how to manage, contribute to and covered under the CDHP (or another high deductible health
use your HSA
plan as deined by the IRS). For a complete list of eligible
expenses, please refer to the HSA page on wageworks.com.







10


Open Enrollment
   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15