Understanding FSA Administration

This section discusses:

  • Payment processing.

  • FSA Administration processes.

Payment processing is based on the one or more benefit programs that you group together and the plan year that you identify. You can run payment cycles simultaneously. Scheduling frequent payment processing is to your advantage because employee year-to-date information remains current.

This table lists the FSA Administration processes:

Process

Usage

What the System Does

FSA Claims Processing (FSA001)

Process claim payments for the employees in the plan years and the benefit programs that you include.

Processes claims and updates claim and payment detail and year-to-date activity. After you enter claim data, claim status is Submitted.

Account Closure (FSA002)

Close out previous year accounts, after you have processed all claims for the year—probably at the second quarter of the current year.

Updates all prior year accounts to Closed status and produces a report that accounts for prior-year funds.

Check Print (FSA003)

Select a type of check to print.

Prints checks.

Check Register (FSA004)

Define check register information for printing.

Prints check register.

Quarterly Account Register (FSA005)

Define quarterly balance statement information for printing.

Prints quarterly balance statements.

FSA Check Reversal (FSA006)

Reverse paid checks to claims.

If a claim is processed and the check is not printed, the process sets:

  • Check status to Void.

  • Claim status to Pended.

If a claim is processed and the check is printed, the process:

  • Sets check status to Reversed.

  • Sets claim status to Pended.

  • Reduces the claim's Paid-to-Date field by the appropriate amount, and marks it so it will be picked up during the next Claims Processing run.

FSA Claim Reversal (FSA007)

Reverse an FSA claim and all checks that reimburse that claim.

If a claim is not processed, the process sets the claim to Void.

If a claim is processed, but the check is not printed, the process:

  • Sets claim status to Reversed.

  • Sets check status to Void.

If a claim is processed and the check is printed, the process:

  • Sets claim status to Reversed.

  • Sets check status to Reversed.

  • Clears the claim's Paid-To-Date field.

  • Subtracts the claim's submitted and approved amounts from the committed FSA balances.

  • Lists other claims that are affected by the reversal.