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County approves $1,000 HSA incentive for employees who use Wellbridge; commissioners asked to appoint HIPAA officer
Summary
Boone County approved a plan to give a $1,000 HSA contribution to employees who voluntarily use Wellbridge Surgery Center for outpatient procedures and recommended that the county appoint a HIPAA officer to permit necessary health-information handling.
Boone County approved a plan to contribute $1,000 to an employee’s HSA each time the employee voluntarily uses Wellbridge Surgery Center for outpatient procedures, replacing a previously proposed deductible-forgiveness incentive that staff said would not comply with federal rules.
Bill Sylvester, health insurance broker with Apex Benefits, told the group the insurance committee proposed the HSA contribution as a compliant incentive: "we incentivize using…
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