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Flexible Spending Accounts
— Use it or Lose it —
For many people participating in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with a grace period, March 15th marks the deadline to incur expenses and use dollars set aside in an FSA. After that time, any remaining pre-tax dollars will be forfeited. Most employers traditionally give you 90 days after the end of the plan year, or until March 31 of the next year, to submit receipts for costs incurred in the previous year. And, if your employer offers you a grace period to incur expenses, this claim submission period may also have been extended.
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Get the Most from Your Doctor's Visit
Four Steps to Success
Do you leave your doctor's office more confused than when you arrived? Do you forget to write down what your doctor told you? Do you wish your doctor had explained things more clearly? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you are not alone.
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Term Of The Week
- Drug Formulary
- (See "Formulary")A list of covered prescription drugs established by a health plan with the assistance of their Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Generally includes both brand-name and generic prescription drugs. Most health benefits plans that cover prescription drugs use a formulary and, within each category of covered drugs, may provide different levels of coverage based on the drug's cost, efficacy or other considerations. Formularies are subject to periodic review and modification by a health plan.