DataPath Newsletters

June 2008 Newsletter, Volume VII, Issue 06
Date Published: Friday, June 27, 2008
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• DataPath Featured in the Wall Street Journal
• DataPath Hosts Pre-launch Users Meeting for the NewmySourceCard®
• HEART Act signed into law
• Revised Mileage Rates
• Treasury Releases “Grab Bag” of FAQs Related to Health Savings Accounts

• A Message from John Robbins, Sr.
• Workflow Analysis and Market Strategies of the DataPath and RelayHealth Connection
• "Connections '08" Rundown
• DataPath Announces Partnership with RelayHealth
• The IRS has issued 2009 Index Amounts for Health Savings Accounts
• AHIP Center for Policy and Research: 6.1 Million HDHPs as of 2008

• A Letter from John Robbins, Sr.
• Connections 08 Updates and Speaker Spotlights
• Bringing Wellness to the Forefront
• Tier 4 Co-pays Creating Hardships for Individuals on Co-Pay Plans
• DataPath Events - April Conference Calendar

• Connections 08 Speaker Spotlight: Joe Maddox of SAS 70 CPA, Kirsten Trusko of Bearing Point
• DataPath Announces User Conference
• American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations Publish 2008 Study of Consumer-Directed Health Plans
• IRS updates Publication 969
• Susan Luskin Receives Stanley Greenspun Memorial Award
• Bringing the New to You through DPU!

• Connections '08 in San Antonio
• DataPath Outlook Featured in CDHC Solutions
• Election 2008 and Consumer Driver Health: No Need to Panic
• DataPath Connections '08: Spotlight on a Speaker! Scott Leavitt

• DataPath Employees are Hooked on Their Health!
• Preventative Care and Preventative Drug Treatment
• Efficiencies for the New Year II – OMS/Fulfillment
• Connections 08
• A New Look on inTouch^SM

• Merry Christmas from the DataPath Family
• DataPath Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System
• IIAS
• Connections 2008
• 2008 Limits

• Choosing an HSA Platform
• The Suite Just Got Sweeter!
• Even More for You on DPU!
• IRS Releases New Medical Mileage
• COBRA Efficiencies for the New Plan Year

• DataPath UniversitySM Goes Live
• DataPath Plan Documents to Remain Unchanged For 2008 Plan Year
• Open Enrollment Season has Begun
• Why COBRA?
• Updated 132 limits for 2008
• HIPAA and Personal Health Records (PHRs)

• Importance of Employee Communications
• Inventory Information Approval System (IIAS)
• Improved Debit Card Feature Coming Soon
• inTouchSM - DataPath Client Portal
• HIPAA and Personal Health Records (PHRs)
• Featured Employee: Lou Bearden

• Operation Management System and Fax Service Review
• SoundBytes from DataPath
• SAS 70 Audit – Why you should have one
• Payment Card Trends
• Are You Doing COBRA Administration?
• ECFC 20th Annual Administrators’ Symposium Reno Nevada 2007
• Spotlight-Featured Employee: Adam Rockers

• The DataPath Voice
• DataPath Connections 2007
• SoundBytes - Coming Soon to You

• Connections '07 Speaker Spotlight: Sharon Alt
• Federal Minimum Wage Increased
• HSA Proposed Regulations
• DataPath at a Glance: Recent and Upcoming Events
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Mark Gimelfarb

• Connections '07 Speaker Spotlight: Mark Lam
• Update: New 2008 HSA Limits
• Best Practices: Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act
• Tips and Techniques: Self-Insured Health Plans for Partnerships and S Corporations
• DataPath at a Glance: Recent and Upcoming Events
• State Coverage Initiatives
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Bryan Hinsen

• Connections '07 Speaker Spotlight: BearingPoint
• Product Spotlight: inTouch Online Support Query
• Best Practices: DataPath Fax Services
• DataPath at a Glance: Recent and Upcoming Events
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Alex Kimball

• DataPath at Business of the Year Awards Dinner
• Product Spotlight: OMS, Fulfillment, Fax Service, IVR
• DataPath at a Glance: Recent and Upcoming Events
• DataPath’s Featured Employee: Todd Eason

• DataPath, Making Connections
• Connections '07 Around the Corner
• New IRS Guidance on FSAs
• Making CDH Work for You
• Making HSAs Work for You
• US Senate Passes Minimum Wage Bill
• DataPath’s Featured Employee: Stephanie Richardson

• Changes at DataPath
• Good-bye, Jason!
• DataPath, Inc. at Prepaid Media’s CDHC Expo and Prepaid Card Expo
• Sharon Alt on The Benefit Buzz
• Increased Minimum Wage: What will this mean?
• My Time at DataPath: a Retrospective
• DataPath’s Featured Employee: Greg Donaldson

• DataPath, Inc. selected as a Finalist for Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.
• Is a Credit Card the Answer to HSA Reimbursement Questions?
• Four States’ Tax Laws Differ from Federal HSA Rules
• Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination and Wellness Program Regulations
• The IRS Giveth and the IRS Taketh Away (part 1)
• The IRS Giveth and the IRS Taketh Away (part 2)
• DataPath’s Featured Employee: Roxanne Dorris

• The November Election and the Future of HSA
• New TRICARE Rule
• Cafeteria Plan Documents
• Electronic Payment Card for Transit Expenses
• The IRS Finalizes Rules on Electronic Notices and Elections for Benefit Plans
• The 2007 Adjustments Are In
• CDHC Expo 2007
• DataPath Operations Management System
• Online Debit Card Enrollment
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Charles Richardson

• HIPAA EDI and Consumer Driven Health Care
• The Latest and Greatest
• Electronic Payment Cards
• Checks and Balances
• DataPath Around the Nation
• Field Assistance Bulletin
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Amanda Farley

• DataPath CEO’s Article on FSA Grace Periods in Benefit News
• DataPath at Recent Events Around the Nation
• DataPath’s Connections ’06 a Huge Success
• Major Updates to DPI Products
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Chris Rasmussen

• Final Regulations on Employer HSA Contributions
• Updated Guidance Increases Card Convenience
• Understanding a SAS 70 Audit – Part 2
• Plans Must Begin Filing Form 5500 Electronically in 2008
• 2½ Month Grace Period
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Lena Himmelstein

• System Credits Awarded for Attending Connections '06
• HIPAA Awareness Training Objectives and Agenda
• Increase Your Card Participation Rates and Add Value for Your Clients
• Understanding a SAS 70 Audit - Part 1
• IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Clarifying Dependent Care Expense Reimbursement
• New Policy Initiatives Underscore Government Commitment to HSAs
• U.S. Government Accountability Office: Enrollment in CDHPs Growing
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Nicole Wagner

• Join Us at Connections 2006: Multiple Tracks Designed to Benefit the Entire Staff
• HIPAA Awareness Class
• DataPath Software Approved for 2005 Forms 5500/5500-EZ
• What's New? (RSC and Transfer Client)
• 2½ Month Grace Period
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Clyde Butler
• Jo McCurry Cruises for a Cure

• Announcing Connections 2006: DataPath's Annual Conference
• DataPath's 2006 Goals
• Use drugstore.com: Increase Your FSA Participation!
• Department of Treasury Revises Priority Guidance Plan
• Autologging capabilities
• IRS Form 8889: Clarification for HSAs
• DataPath's Featured Employee: Tina Smart
• Have you heard . . .

• DataPath Announces: Fully-Automated, Electronic Substantiation of FSA-Eligible Items at Walgreens
• Another First-of-a-Kind: DataPath's Multi-Custodian Platform
• eDocAmerica: Excellent myRSC.com Resource!
• HSAs: Plan Service Providers ARE Needed!

• Message from John Robbins, Sr., DataPath President
• 2005: DataPath's Major Accomplishments
• DataPath Starts 2006 with a BANG! with myHSAToday™ Investment Options
• The "Unsung Heroes" of DataPath's Programming Staff
• Consumer Driven Health Care Administration
• DataPath Announces the DPI Help Center
• To answer your questions ...

• Benefit News, Haven't You Heard About HSAToday?
• Announcing:DPI-COBRA Online Services
• ECFC Comments on HSA Comparability Rules
• GCP Update Ready!
• Debit Card Enhancements

• DataPath 125 Update Released
• IRS Offers Settlement for §125 and §132 "Double-Dipping" Schemes
• IRS Releases 2006 Limits
• H.R.2830 Includes FSA $500 Rollover
• Hurricane Katrina Deadlines Extended
• For Your Information!

• DataPath Today
• 2006 Pension and Benefit Plan Limits
• Tax-Favored Treatment for Katrina Victims
• Additional Time Frame Extensions for Katrina Victims
• DOL: Informal Views on ERISA Issues
• EEOC Posts Q&As on ADA Association Provision

• The Conference was great! Hope you were there.
• DataPath Systems: New Features and Improvements
• Good News for Max105 Users
• IRS OKs Non-Elective HRA Roll-In of Unused Leave When Employee Retires
• U. S. Labor Dept. Gives 5500 Reporting Relief for Areas Hit by Hurricane Katrina
• DOL Extends Time Frames for Hurricane Katrina Victims
• IRS Relief for Hurricane Victims
• IRS Clarifies W-2 Reporting for DCAPs with 2 1/2 Month Grace Periods

• Tentative Agenda Set for Connections '05
• Advanced Workshops Added to Annual Conference Agenda
• DataPath President Authors Article for Journal of Payment Systems Law
• Survey of Employers' Plans for Implementing New Grace Period Regulations
• IRS Releases Regs on HSA Comparability
• IRS 2005-2006 Business Plan Released
• IRS Representatives Report at ECFC Conference

• Register Today for Connections '05
• DataPath Develops Robust Solution for New § 125 FSA Grace Period
• Results of Survey on Notice 2005-42
• Quality Assurance: A Look Behind the Scenes
• DOL Releases Advance Form 5500 for Plan Year 2005
• House of Representatives Passes AHP Legislation

• HSAToday(tm) Releases Revolutionary Claims VaultSM Technology
• Administrative Challenges in Implementing § 125 FSA Grace Period
• DataPath Staff Busy Updating DPI-125 to Include § 125 FSA Grace Period
• Have Fun at DataPath's 2005 Annual Conference!
• myRSC: Export Ability Added to Employer Payment History Screen!
• President Bush's Remarks on Health Care (June 8, 2005)

• IRS Eases the "Use it or Lose It" Rule
• DataPath Announces Plan for 2005 Annual Conference
• Health Care Costs: Growth Rate is Slowing!
• HR 1872: Health Coverage for the Uninsured
• Differentiate Yourself in the HSA Market
• The DataPath Family is Growing!

• DataPath COBRA:Latest Update, V. 4.1.040
• Revenue Ruling 2005-25 Clarifies Non-HDHP Family Coverage Issue
• Administration's Health Care Proposals
• Rev. Rul. 2005-24 Prohibits HRA Cashouts and OKs Employer Contributions for Vacation/Sick Pay
• Upcoming DataPath Seminars
• HSA Basics: Accelerated Contributions

• DataPath Employees Lobby Successfully for Increase in DCAP Contributions
• Wave of the Future: Consumer Driven Health Care
• Survey Shows Increasing Popularity of Consumer-Driven Health Plans
• Upcoming Seminars
• HSA Tip

• DataPath, Inc. Announces Partnership with Drugstore.com, Inc.
• Study Shows that Medical Bills Make Up Half of Bankrupticies
• HSAToday™ Simplifies HSA Administration
• Show Prospective HSA Participants What to Expect on the Web
• Arguments Against a Government-Run "Single-Pay" System

• Watson Wyatt Survey: Education Critical in HSA Market
• Survey: HSAs Show Early Growth
• Final Rules Released on Portability of Health Coverage
• Use-It-or-Lose-It Rule Stays!
• HHS To-Do List for HIPAA
• Recent IRS Releases

• Goodbye 2004! Hello 2005!
• Announcing Version 3.5 of DataPath125
• Check Out Our New Website: myHSAtoday.com
• HSA BASICS: The Exceptions
• Guidance on HIPAA Security Rule
• Recently Released IRS Forms, Publications, Notices. and More

• mySourceCard™ Everything's on Go for Debit Card
• Pres. Bush Reelected: Great News for HSAs!
• DataPath Recommends RxAnalyzer™: New Service for Auditing PBM Claims
• COMING ATTRACTIONS: Alternate Login formyrsc.com
• Guidance Released on Dependent Definition
• Release of 2004 IRS Publications and 2005 Cost-of-Living Adjustments

• UPDATE ON mySourceCard™: DATAPATH'S DEBIT CARD
• HSA Basics: Preventive Care Exceptions
• Key Employee and HCE Thresholds Increased for 2005
• Coming Attractions!
• Significant Changes Resulting from 2004 Tax Act
• New DataPath 125 Manual Available for Download

• DataPath Annual Conference: Great Seminar! — No Hurricane!
• The Role of PSPs in the HSA Marketplace
• HSAtoday: DataPath's HSA Solution
• IRS Issues Clarification on HSA Guidance
• HSA Basics
• IRS Releases Final Version of HSA/Archer Reporting Forms
• Watch Out for “Phishers”

• DataPath Announces Debit Card: mySourceCard™
• Last Call for DataPath Annual Conference
• DOL Releases Final Model COBRA Notices
• Be Sure to Visit the DataPath Booth at the ECFC Conference
• eDocAmerica: Available Through DataPath
• COBRA Questions to be Answered at DataPath Annual Conference

• FLASH! DataPath to Offer Debit Card as Employee Reimbursement Option
• Register Today for Connections '04 DataPath's 2004 Annual Conference
• AT LAST: Further Guidance on HSAs Received!
• Be Sure to Visit the DataPath Booth at the ECFC Conference in Naples, Florida
• IRS Requests Comments on Using Debit Cards to Provide § 132 Qualified Transportation Benefits
• Treasury and the IRS Release HSA Model Documents
• To Be Issued for Use in 2004: Combined Forms for HSA and Archer MSA Reporting

• Come Early to Our Annual Conference and Enjoy Same Low Hotel Rates
• DataPath COBRA:The Complete COBRA System
• New COBRA Regulations
• myResourceCard®:New Enrollment Packets
• Tracking Health Care Costs:Trends Turn Downward in 2003
• Clarification:House Approval of $500 FSA Rollover

• IRS Releases New HSA Guidance on Coordination of HSAs, HRAs, and FSAs
• One Step Closer to $500 FSA Rollover
• Announcing www.hsa223.com: Your Internet Resource for HSA Info
• Now Available from DataPath: Global Claims Processing
• DataPath COBRA:DataPath's Exciting New Program!
• Finally: Justice Department Sues “Double Dippers”
• New Document Set for myResourceCard^®

• IRS Updates HSA Regs
• DataPath's Solutions for HSAs
• Start Planning Now for DataPath's 2004 Annual Conference
• DataPath's Growing!!!
• What is Automatic Adjudication?
• OTC Drugs Gain Eligibility under FSAs!
• A Voice from the Past

• Marketing in these Changing Times
• DataPath and HRAs
• myResourceCard^® Status Report
• DataPath COBRA: Status Report
• HIPAA Privacy Packet Coming!
• IRS Documents, Publications, and Links
• DataPath Annual Conference

• Make Plans To Attend DataPath's Annual Conference
• John Robbins Sr. To Participate In Annual ECFC Conference
• EGTRRA's Adverse Impact On DCAPs
• Bush Signs Trade Bill: Includes COBRA Subsidy

• Government Issues Guidance on § 105 HRAs
• HRA in Review by John Robbins, Sr.
• California Adopts Privacy Rules
• Automatic Enrollment for Cafeteria Plans Approved

• ERISA Definitions Pertinent to 5500 Filing Requirements
• Hear the Experts Discuss "Defined Contributions"
• DataPath's Defined Contribution Administrative Systems
• Frazzled by COBRA? Here's the Solution!
• What's "myRSC.com"?
• Are You Comfortable with Your Backup System?

• Changes in Filing Requirements for 5500 and Schedule F
• Letter from John Robbins, Sr. on POP Administration
• DOL OKs Electronic Delivery of ERISA Title I Disclosures

• Report on ECFC Conference by John Robbins, Sr.
• Are You Comfortable with your Backup System?
• Do You Know Where Your Application and Data Files are?
• It's Time for Year-End Processing!

• Datapath's Solutions to the Defined Contribution Approach
• Electronic Funds Transfer:New Service for our Users
• DataPath COBRA Administration System
• IRS has reorganized its Web Sites!!

• Today's Hottest Benefit: Defined Contribution
• DataPath125: Version Two
• New § 132(f) Regs now in effect
• IRS Rules Against Double Dipping
• Need help with 5500s?
• Regulatory Limits for 2002
• 2002 Key Man and HCE Definitions