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Direct Deposit for your Quarterly Referral Fees.
You can now have your First Horizon Msaver quarterly referral fees directly deposited into your bank account. Simply fill out the Electronic Funds Transfer Form and send it to our office along with a voided check.First Horizon Msaver, Inc
7400 W 110 St, Ste 520
Overland Park, KS 66210
Please note that if you choose to have your referral fee direct deposited, you will continue to receive the account breakdowns each quarter for your records.
Financial Planning: HSA Highlights.
financial-planning.com,
Showing how companies can use these accounts is an effective way to begin, solidify or broaden relationships with small business clients. “There’s a real opportunity for planners to distinguish their practices by helping clients consider health benefit planning as part of overall financial planning,” says Tracey Baker, vice president of CJM Wealth Advisors in Fairfax, Va., and co-author of Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies. “Health savings accounts are a terrific tool from a planner’s perspective,” adds Brad Rosley, president of Fortune Financial Group in Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Read More)
Employers Seeking Consumer-Driven Health Plans in Increasing Numbers.
bizjournals.com,
Employers are accelerating a switch to consumer-driven health plans and employee wellness programs in a bid to keep health care costs under control, according to a new survey.
Consumer driven health plan premiums decreased an average 7.9 percent in 2008, versus an average 7.4 percent price hike for all other plans. (Read More)
401(k)s Hold Lessons for Consumer Engagement in Health Plans.
shrm.org,
The development of 401(k) plans over the last quarter century-and efforts to overcome worker inertia with default enrollment, diversification and contribution escalation-offer lessons that can be applied to the design of “consumer-driven” health benefit plans, explains a new study by the not-for-profit Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). (Read More)