Flexible Benefits Plan

The OGB Flexible Benefits Plan gives active employees a way to take home more money in every paycheck! When you sign up for one of the Flexible Benefits options, your eligible expenses are deducted from your gross salary before taxes. Because you pay less in taxes, your spendable income increases.

Flexible Benefits Options

• Premium Conversion allows a plan member to pay the employee share of eligible health coverage and insurance premiums before taxes are calculated.
  
  
• General-Purpose Health Care Flexible Spending Arrangement (GPFSA) allows an employee to use pre-tax dollars to pay eligible out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision care expenses for himself or herself, his or her spouse and any other federal tax dependents – even if they are not covered by the employee’s health plan. An employee cannot participate in the GPFSA and the Health Savings Account (HSA) options at the same time.
  
  
• Limited-Purpose Dental/Vision Flexible Spending Arrangement (LPFSA) allows an employee to use pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible out-of-pocket dental and vision expenses only. An employee cannot participate in the GPFSA and the LPFSA options at the same time. However, an employee who enrolls in the Consumer Driven health plan with a Health Savings Account option can participate in the Limited-Purpose FSA option.
  
  
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangement allows an employee to use pre-tax dollars to pay eligible dependent care expenses for a child, disabled spouse, elderly parent or other dependent incapable of self-care.
  
  
• The Health Savings Account (HSA) option allows a plan member and his or her employer to contribute pre-tax dollars to a Health Savings Account. Active employees can only contribute to the Health Savings Account option when they choose the OGB Consumer-Driven health plan (CDHP) and are not covered by other disqualifying non-high-deductible health plan coverage. Click here for more information.

Employees can participate in the General-Purpose Health Care FSA option, Limited-Purpose Dental/Vision FSA or Dependent Care FSA option even if they are not enrolled in an OGB health plan or the Premium Conversion option.

DataPath Administrative Services

DataPath Administrative Services is the administrator for OGB’s Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs). The DataPath website features other tools to help you understand the benefits of your Flexible Spending Arrangement. Log on to https://secure.myrsc.com/ to use the interactive tax calculator; check your account with the easy-to-use mySource card; learn how to maximize your FSA through online videos; understand what expenses are eligible and more.

Filing a Claim for Reimbursement

Employees can be reimbursed from FSA accounts for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines if a written prescription from a doctor is obtained before the purchase is made. The prescription must show the name or type of medicine, the dosage and for how long it can be taken. The employee must keep the original written prescription and make a copy of it to attach to a claim form when filing a claim.

The Flexible Spending Arrangement Handbook contains a generic list of medical services, treatments, procedures and over-the-counter medicines that can be paid for by using the tax-free dollars in your General-Purpose Flexible Benefits Arrangement (GPFSA) account. You can also login to the website from the OGB home page to view the EBIA Health Care Expenses Table below.

However, if for any reason you are not able to use your FSA card for payment of a service, treatment, procedure or over-the-counter drugs, you can file a claim for reimbursement from DataPath Administrative Services (the FSA administrator) for any remaining out-of-pocket costs after your claim has been processed by your health plan and you have received a check and an explanation of benefits (EOB). Here’s what to do …

• A copy of the prescription must be included each time a reimbursement claim is filed for any additional purchases of that medicine.
  
  
• A new prescription must be obtained for each plan year. If the employee wants to continue receiving reimbursements for the medicine after the current plan year ends, he or she will need to request an updated prescription from the doctor.
  
  
• After the employee purchases the prescription, he or she can complete, sign and send a GPFSA Medical Expense Claim Reimbursement Form to DataPath Services with a copy of the detailed store receipt and a copy of the written prescription.
  
  
• Fax the completed form and a copy of the explanation of benefits (EOB) to 1-888-472-6777 (toll-free) or mail your claim to:
               DataPath Administrative Services
               1601 Westpartk Dr., Suite 9
               Little Rock, AR 72204