University of Portland is happy to announce some unique opportunities for Flexible Spending Accounts benefits this year per the Consolidated Appropriations Act which allows temporary changes to Section 125 cafeteria plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic: All Medical and Dependent Care FSA unused 2020 account balances will automatically rollover into 2021 accounts and will be […]
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2019 Flexible Spending Accounts Information
Human resources would like to remind employees who signed up for a 2019 medical or childcare flexible spending account offered by UP that services must be incurred in 2019 to be eligible for reimbursement. You will have until March 30, 2020 to submit reimbursement requests for elgible expenses incurred in 2019 to Allegiance. In April […]
New Flexible Spending Account Provider for 2019
With the start of 2019, employees are reminded to use the new Allegiance debit cards that should have been received in late December for all 2019 Flexible Spending Account expenditures. Flexible Spending Accounts are set up with Allegiance at this time. You can access your online profile with the following steps: Go to www.askallegiance.com. Select the Health/Reimbursement Login. […]
Flexible Spending Account Users: Submit Claims for 2017
All employees who participated in a 2017 Flexible Spending Account plan with Discovery Benefits have through Friday, March 30, 2018 to submit claims for expenses incurred in 2017. Please see the Human Resources FSA website for guides on filing claims. If you enrolled in a 2018 Medical FSA plan and have a 2017 medical FSA balance between […]
Flexible Spending 2017 Accounts: A Reminder
All employees who participated in a 2017 Flexible Spending Account plan with Discovery Benefits have until March 30, 2018 to submit claims for expenses incurred in 2017. Please see the Human Resources FSA website for guides on filing claims. If you enrolled in a 2018 Medical FSA plan and have a 2017 medical FSA balance between $20 […]
2017 Flex Spending Account Information
Human resources would like to remind employees who participated in the 2017 medical or childcare Flexible Spending Account offered by UP that eligible services must be incurred in 2017. For more information, such as examples of eligible expenses or helpful “Did you know..” information, please visit the plan’s page at the UP website: Flexible Spending Accounts. If […]
Flexible Spending Account Vendor Changing in 2016
Beginning in January 2016, the University will be using a new vendor for flexible spending accounts. Discovery Benefits promises to bring a higher level of customer service and more on-line resources to support employee needs. All claims for 2015 will be completed through Flex-Plan Services (recently rebranded as Navia Benefits). Employees who have an allowed […]
Flexible Spending Account Program Announcement
As a reminder to all Flex-Plan participants, beginning with the 2014 plan year, all savings under the plan must be used by December 31, 2014, with the exception of up to $500, which can be rolled into the 2015 plan year and used throughout 2015. There will no longer be a 2.5 month grace period. […]
Important Flex Spend Policy Update
A review of final November payroll statistics showed that previous years’ spending patterns within Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts were not holding true this year. This inconsistency negates the immediate advantage for most participants that the previously announced change in the grace period would have brought. Based upon this, human resources will defer changing the […]