Benefit Intelligence is committed to using the best of breed tools, technology
and resources to support and empower our clients. As a charter member of
UBA we have access to current technologies, publications and guiding trends
to assist our clients.
In today’s busy workplace, HR and benefits managers can use an extra
hand. Benefit Intelligence is here to assist with
HRinsiderSM, a web-based tool that serves
as your desktop assistant.
HRinsiderSM helps you work more efficiently and effectively, keep current
with legislative and benefit issues, better manage your time, and focus
on more strategic functions.Legislative Guides - Provide up-to-date information
about COBRA, Flex/§125, FMLA, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy, and USERRA. Each
section also contains FAQs, related forms and instructions, and legislative
updates (as needed)
What’s New Section - Highlights the latest resources, documents, or
forms uploaded to HRinsiderSM to keep the pre-loaded information current
Resource Center - Access to helpful directories:
(1) Document Center-- library containing ready-to-print/use disease-specific
brochures, benefits surveys, and other relevant HR and benefits communications
for you and your employees
(2) Links Library-- a collection of professionally-screened resource links
relating to health and welfare and general HR functions, management and
employment issues, diseases and conditions, work/life, safety, and wellness
Daily News & Information Service - Keeps you informed of what’s
happening in the HR world via a highly focused daily news and information
service
An
Employee Benefit Center (EBC) is an online employee benefits handbook. The
technology behind an EBC simplifies many time-consuming tasks for HR professionals,
improves employee communications, and saves time, money, and energy!
Statistics show that most employees don’t know the basics of their benefits
until they need them. Furthermore, most HR staffs know that traditional methods
of benefits communication have not been very successful.
Your benefits advisor can provide you with a customized EBC that will greatly
increase the effectiveness of your benefits communication to employees. Consequently,
you can focus on the more strategic functions of your job and respond more effectively
to a changing benefits environment.
Organizes HR information in an easy-to-use format. Gone are the days of hunting
for forms, provider directories, or orientation presentations
Increases your efficiency by eliminating routine benefits inquiries
Saves money by eliminating printing and distribution costs when plans or policies
change
Integrates previously prepared documents and spreadsheets via links to a private
library on your EBC, your company website, or Intranet/ExtranetAll company benefits
information resides in one place. Your message stays the same any time it’s
accessed, reducing the possibility of employee misunderstanding or miscommunication
A search feature allows quick access to benefits information, provider directories,
SPD’s, FAQ’s, forms, and other content
Built-in Wellness Manager includes an illustrated medical encyclopedia, drug
interaction checker, chronic care guides, hospital quality ratings, and more
Built-in Life Events section provides information to help manage lifestyle issues
facing employees and their families
Built-in Financial Planning Calculators help educate and assist employees with
managing their finances
It is estimated that over $50 billion is spent annually on duplicative paper
processes in the administration of group insurance products.
benefitsCONNECTSM offers a web-based employee benefits enrollment
and management system. It is designed to streamline the enrollment process, enhance
benefits management, and improve information sharing among employees, employers,
brokers, TPAs, and insurance providers, thus enabling HR professionals to focus
on more
strategic functions.
The UBA PriceMODELERSM enables Benefit Intelligence to provide clients with accurate projections of the cost implications of changes to their benefit plan designs. Companies can now easily explore a wide range of cost-saving options, while immediately seeing the impact on total costs and premiums.
What are the benefits?
- Determine the cost implications of:
- Changes to Medical/Rx plan designs
- Changes in demographics
- Changes in locations
- Changes to retention costs or trend
- Develop Premium Equivalent rates
- Analyze regional variations in utilization rates and average medical costs
Today’s human resource professionals are assuming a greater role as strategic business partners. Consequently, as HR functions become more closely aligned with the company’s core business, the focus of human resources has shifted more to developing the workforce and implementing long-range strategies to ensure their organizations’ profitability.
Never before have today’s HR professionals needed more access to multiple resources to help with the demands of their ever-changing responsibilities. That’s why we are excited to offer you the benefits of a prepared knowledge base which can help you deliver positive innovations and practical solutions to challenges within the workplace.
Think how much smarter you could work with these additional HR resources ¾ including checklists, forms, job descriptions, sample policies, in-house training materials, handouts, letters, posters, and best-practice case studies ¾ to strengthen your individual compe-tencies.
Prepared by HR.BLR’s 30-person editorial board (including HR attorneys and benefit analysts), we think you will find that HR.BLR’s materials provide a solid foundation for managing today’s HR challenges.
