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Tips and Techniques for getting the most from your Blu e Account HSA Presented to: Evangelical Presbyterian Church 2012. Online management of your Benefits Plan and Health Savings Account How to: Open your HSA with BNY Mellon Manage your medical claims online Manage your HSA
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Tips and Techniques for getting the most from your BlueAccount HSA Presented to: Evangelical Presbyterian Church 2012
Online management of your Benefits Plan and Health Savings Account How to: Open your HSA with BNY Mellon Manage your medical claims online Manage your HSA Manage your HSA investments Today’s Objectives
BlueAccount HSA Accessing the Highmark website & Opening Your HSA
Access www.highmarkbcbs.com Click “Members” tab to proceed to the Log-In / Registration page
Enter User ID & Password in the Log In box, or For new registrants click “Register Now” New Registrants will receive a PIN to allow complete site access Getting started is easy! Log-In & Registration Page
Registration Page Have your Highmark ID Card available and complete this simple page to Register on the site
How to open an HSA As soon as Registration is complete, The member may click on the “Your Spending” tab Remember, you must be enrolled in the HDHP and have opened your HSA before expenses may be reimbursed on a tax-advantaged basis.
Your Spending From this page you may: Access your “Bank” account Justify HSA transactions Link to a variety of Spending Account resources Scroll down to the “Open a Health Savings Account”
BNY Mellon Application The Online Application will appear. The Introduction contains general information and disclosure of the monthly fees. To continue, the member clicks upon the “Apply Online Now” link. Here they will specify contribution and reimbursement preferences and indicate beneficiaries.
I will submit withdrawals via the web or mail only Manual Submission I would like to establish a Debit Card for my HSA Manual Submission with Debit Card I would like my health plan and it subsidiaries and affiliates to auto-submit any member responsibility and pay me, the participant Automatic Submission with Payment to Member I would like my health plan and it subsidiaries and affiliates to auto-submit any member responsibility and make payments to the medical service provider Automatic Submission with Payment to Provider BlueAccount HSA Withdrawal Options Customization of withdrawal and reimbursement options allows the member to determine how their account will respond to health care liabilities
BlueAccount HSA Managing Claims Online
www.highmarkbcbs.com From the “Your Spending” tab, you will gain access to your claims history and your spending account From the “Your Spending” page, click “View Your Claims”
Your Spending From this page you may: Access your “Bank” account Justify HSA transactions Link to a variety of Spending Account resources Scroll down to the “Open a Health Savings Account”
Claim Activity And, from this page you may: View medical and pharmacy claims Download EOB’s & EOP’s Request reimbursement
BlueAccount HSA Managing Your HSA
Manage Your BlueAccount HSA From the Account Overview page you may check your account balance, and the rate of interest available through the FDIC portion of the account. On the left are links to many account resources.
HSA Account Overview Scrolling down on this page shows the available mutual fund options and the value of each. A fund prospectus and information sheet may be downloaded.
Disbursement Methods When you established your HSA, you elected preferences that direct withdrawal options. This page will show you the preferences you selected.
Redeem Function Use the Redeem function to request reimbursement for non-plan expenses such as out-of-pocket vision and/or dental expenses. Remember to keep a copy of the bill and the Explanation of Payment with your tax records.