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You can open a Health Savings Account (HSA) only if you are enrolled in the High-Deductible PPO. Stanford provides an opportunity to open your HSA through Blue Shield’s financial partner, HealthEquity. Opening your HSA with HealthEquity has two important advantages:
If you set up your HSA account during annual Open Enrollment you will receive the Stanford contribution starting with your first paycheck in January. The contributions will be in 24 equal installments during the year. If you set up a your HealthEquity HSA during the year, the amount Stanford contributes will be prorated based on the number of pay periods remaining in the calendar year after you set up your account.
You will receive Stanford's contribution to your HSA even if you don’t make contributions of your own.
Read our Health Savings Account FAQ.
Presentation - "HSA and Blue Shield: Making Them Work Together"
Learn more about HealthEquity.
If you already have a personal HSA, you can still open one with HealthEquity. Just be sure the total amount you contribute to both accounts, plus Stanford's contribution, does not exceed the 2012 contribution maximum ($3,100 if you cover yourself only; $6,250 if you cover one or more eligible family members).
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