Common Elements Used for FSA Administration

Field or Control

Description

Calendar Year

Enter the year for which you want to process claims. You can process more than one run ID for different years in the same payment processing cycle. However, each combination of calendar year and run ID must be unique.

Form ID

Select the stock that you want to use for check printing in this payment cycle.

Participant

An individual employee who participates in an employer benefits plan. For example, if an employee contributes to an employer's tax deferred savings plan, he is considered a participant of that plan. All participants are considered employees, but from plan to plan all employees might not be participants.