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Medical Informatics
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Unified Group Services
Selects Benefit Informatics for Online Benefit Management
Solutions
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BUSINESS WIRE
October 9, 2006
Will Utilize Benefit Analyzer® and Benefit Planner® Web-Based
Services
Tulsa, OK -- Benefit Informatics Inc. announced a multi-year
agreement to provide online benefit plan management technology
to Unified Group Services, an Anderson, Indiana-based Third
Party Administrator (TPA). Unified will implement Benefit
Analyzer® and Benefit Planner® web-based services to help
clients better understand, predict and manage benefit costs.
Unified Group Services provides comprehensive benefit
administration services to clients throughout the Midwest and
nationwide. Unified’s commitment to utilizing the latest proven
technologies to streamline and add value to the benefit planning
process is now enhanced with the addition of Benefit Informatics
analytics, reporting and modeling capabilities. |
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Richard Mousty,
CEO of Unified Group Services, Inc., said the new alliance with
Benefit Informatics provides a competitive advantage by giving
both company personnel and customers access to industry-leading
technology that simplifies and expedites the benefit
administration process.
“We made the decision to bring Benefit Informatics’ proven
benefit utilization, analysis and reporting functions into our
operations to offer greater value to our customers,” Mousty
said. “Combined with our years of personal service, this
technology affords a real advantage in designing benefit
strategies that best fit customer needs for today and tomorrow.”
Benefit Informatics CEO Philip Kurtz welcomes Unified Group
Services and their reputation as a leading benefit
administration firm to the growing list of clients utilizing
Benefit Informatics technology. “Unified Group Services’
industry expertise and commitment to assisting employers and
employees in better understanding how benefits are being
utilized is key to containing rising benefit costs. We are very
pleased to be working with Rich and his enthusiastic team.”
About Benefit Informatics
Benefit Informatics Inc. enables the efficient planning,
management and analysis of employee benefit plans through the
delivery of proprietary applications and services to benefit
providers through direct and indirect sales channels to plan
providers, insurance companies and third party administrators.
The company’s products include Benefit ManagerSM, Benefit
Analyzer®, Benefit Planner®, Select ServicesSM and Provider
ServicesSM. Through its clients, Benefit Informatics currently
serves more than 1,500 businesses, managing health benefits for
more than 1.2 million members. For additional information,
please call (918) 491-3600 or visit www.benefitinformatics.com.
About Unified Group Services, Inc.
Unified Group Services, Inc. is a Third Party Administrator (TPA)
for self-insured group health plans. Committed to delivering
value-added healthcare administration, Unified was ranked as a
Growth 100 Company for the last four years by the Indiana
University Kelley School of Business based on outstanding
financial achievements, as well as overall vision and business
practices. UGS offers a broad range of services including:
Medical/Dental/Vision claims administration, COBRA/HIPAA,
Section 125 (FSA), HRA, Health Savings Account (HSA), and
Short-term Disability administration. For more information,
contact (800) 291-5837 or visit www.unifiedgrp.com.
About Benefit Analyzer®
Benefit Analyzer® is an online management information service
that provides analysis of health benefit plan performance with
the ability to benchmark and organize health claim data on
demand while comparing diagnoses, procedure costs and
utilization patterns. Benefit Analyzer® provides the following
functions:
- Analyze historical
utilization trends
- Review claim payment details
- Comparative benchmark data
- Ad-hoc management reporting
- Customized data exports
- About Benefit Planner®
Benefit Planner® provides
benefit plan modeling technology to assist benefit
administrators, employers and brokers in developing and
analyzing multiple plan scenarios while predicting the cost of
plan design alternatives. Benefit Planner® provides the
following functions:
- Forecast based on historical
utilization
- Analyze variations in plan
design and insurance coverage
- Add or remove catastrophic
cases
- Evaluate cost shifting
alternatives
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