DataPath Holidays
DataPath offices will be closed November 25-26, December 24-25, and January 1 for the holidays.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
2005 Mileage
Rates
IRS Notice 2004-29 (Nov. 17, 2004) released the following optional standard
mileage rates for 2005.
Medical and Moving Expenses: 15 cents a mile.
Performing services for charitable organizations: 14 cents a mile.
Business: 40.5 cents a mile.
Click
here to read press release.
DataPath
Events
DPI-125 Basic
Software Training
mySourceCard™ / CMS Software Training
DataPath
105-HRA / Defined Contribution Concept Seminars
DataPath-COBRA
Education / Training Seminars
General
Information about DataPath Seminars
Event
Calendar
DataPath
Websites
dpath.com
myHSAToday.com
hsa223.com
hra105.com
myResourceCard.com
mySourceCard.com
idpas.com
Change0fStatus.com
DataPath Web
Services
my RSC.com
DNS:
DataPath Web Services
EFTS:
Electronic Funds Transfer Service
Contact Us
Email Sales or call
1-800-633-3841
Email
Technical Support
or call 1-501-296-9993
Check us out!
Who
We Are
Our
Mission
Our
Vision for Tomorrow
Let's Build a Relationship!
Our Strengths!
What People are Saying about DataPath
Comments?
Suggestions?
If you have any comments on the articles in this newsletter or suggestions
for future newsletters, please email mvinson@dpath.com. We
welcome your input.
The HSA Basics series will resume next month.
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mySourceCard™
Everything's on Go for Debit Card
mySourceCard™ is ready for you to offer
the Debit Card to your clients who have a plan year beginning January
1,
2005.
- Marketing Material and Enrollment Packages are ready.
- Updates to Software Systems will be available by mid-December.
- DataPath will begin to accept requests to create Debit Cards for
employees on January 1, 2005.
- Software training will be held in Little Rock in December.
- DataPath's new website, www.mysourcecard.com,
is
now open.
The pairing of DataPath's Debit Card and Credit Card will
enable you to "deal with a full deck" when you talk to your
clients. Only
with DataPath products can a Plan Service Provider (PSP) say that!
Click
here to read entire article.
Pres. Bush Reelected:
Great News for HSAs!
President Bush introduced Health Savings Accounts in his first term,
and plans to further promote
HSAs and improve the healthcare situation by proposing to::
- Establish a HSA Tax Credit to aid small business employers
and employees,
- Provide above-the-line deductions for health insurance
premiums,
- Provide tax credits for low-income families and individuals,
- Allow small business to establish Association Health Plans
(AHPs),
- Expand Association Health Plans (AHPs), and
- Allow shopping for health coverage across state lines.
Click
here to read entire article.
DataPath Recommends RxAnalyzer™:
New Service for Auditing PBM Claims
In addition to providing software solutions to its clients, DataPath
at times recommends other services or software that their clients may
find useful and profitable. Accordingly, DataPath is now happy to recommend
RxAnalyzer™, an audit service (developed by Agelity, Inc.) designed
to audit Pharmacy Benefit Manager
(PBM) claims.
Through
RxAnalyzer™, Plan Service Providers (PSPs) can add a very profitable
service to offer their clients, and organizations can analyze their
pharmacy claims on an ongoing basis to detect overcharges.
Click
here to read entire article.
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
Alternate Login for myrsc.com
Beginning January 1, 2005, myRSC.com users will no longer be required
to use their Social Security Number (SSN) as a Login ID for myRSC.com.
Instead they will automatically generate their own Login ID through an intuitive
process.
Click
here to read entire article.
Guidance Released on
Dependent Definition
When t he Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 (WFTRA) changed the definition
of dependent under IRC § 152, it failed to change IRC § 106 when
it made corresponding changes to other Code Sections.
IRS Notice 2004-79 gives guidance that Congress's intent was not to change
the dependent definition for purposes of employer-related health plans.
Click
here to read entire article.
Release of 2004 IRS Publications and
2005 Cost-of-Living Adjustments
2004 versions of Form 2441 (Child and Dependent
Expenses) and Form 1040A, Schedule A (Child and Dependent Care Expenses
for Form
1040A
Filers) releazed Click
here to read article.
2004 version of Publication 502 (Medical and Dental Expenses) released. Click
here to read article.
2005 Cost-of-living adjustments for HSAs, HDHPs, Transportation Benefits
and more released. Click
here to read article.
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