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Employer Health Management Program Helps Companies Succeed in Consumer Driven Healthcare Market

Posted by on August 27, 2011 1 comment

Employer Health Management Program Helps Companies Succeed in Consumer Driven Healthcare Market










(PRWEB) June 29, 2005

Self Well Systems®, an Employer Health Management program, has developed a cost-effective program for employers to reduce their healthcare expenses while retaining their valued employees who are feeling the increasing financial weight of skyrocketing healthcare costs.

According to the Employment Policy Foundation, in 2003 a typical company’s healthcare cost an average of $ 3.80 per hour for each employee participating in healthcare coverage. By 2004, healthcare premiums increased by over 11%, four times the rate of inflation.

To stem the flow of these costs, many employers have chosen to allow employees to invest in Consumer Driven Health Plans with Health Savings Accounts (HSA) or Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA). Almost 50% of employers are using or seriously considering a Consumer Driven Health plan in the near future for their employees.

The most successful companies who currently use consumer health plans are those that actively help their employees make healthy lifestyle and behavioral changes. Self Well Systems Employer Health Management Program provides decision-making tools to help assess and implement these changes.

“By sponsoring an Employer Health Management program like Self Well Systems, a company can help its employees focus on prevention and health improvement, not just reactively treating an illness,” says Belinda Shover, President of Patient Prognostix Inc. and an industry veteran in the Florida HMO market. “Our user-friendly program profiles the health risks of the user into five prognostic categories. With personalized interventions and health target goals, the employee and their physician can better map out a treatment plan suited to one’s own personal healthcare needs,”

The Self Well Systems comprehensive Employer Health Management program consists of:

An online health risk appraisal (Self Well Assessment)

A health risk scoring system identifying the employees most pressing health needs (Self Well Index)

A proactive intervention guide with personalized target goals (Self Well Guide)

Custom tailored health tracker reports (Self Well Tracker, which includes Action Plans, Appointment Planners, and Medication Managers)

Multiple interactive tools and reports designed to allow the user to better understand how to navigate the Self Well healthcare system.

Employees using the Self Well Systems Employer Health Management program receive immediate online reports with instructions and suggestions about how they can better manage their health. Companies who use the program receive a quarterly Corporate Report, analyzing the collective health of their workforce and suggestions on where to focus their health and wellness efforts. Better employee health and wellness will also lead to lower healthcare costs, improved employee morale, less absenteeism, and higher productivity.

As Consumer Driven Healthcare expands its reach into the business world, the effectiveness of one’s preventive programs will be key in reducing out-of-control health insurance costs. For more information about the Self Well Systems Employer Health Management Program, please visit http://www.SelfWellSystems.com.

About Self Well Systems®

Self Well Systems was created by Patient Prognostix Inc., a Florida based corporation. It is a user-friendly, personal health management program designed to direct consumers to an intervention driven approach to self-management by giving the user more comprehensive information about their own personal health care status. The instructions and interventions follow commonly accepted clinical practice guidelines from relevant medical organizations and associations. The intent of Self Well Systems is not to supplant the patient/doctor relationship, but to enhance it.

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SureCircle Announces Automated Service for Employer Self-Funded Dental Plan Administration

Posted by on July 18, 2011 1 comment

SureCircle Announces Automated Service for Employer Self-Funded Dental Plan Administration












San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) September 27, 2006

SureCircle announces the release of SureCircle Dental Self-Fund Online Manager v.3.0. This new service combines traditional employer self-funded dental plan administration services with previously unavailable advanced online benefit management tools.

Although self-funding of dental plans is common, most third party administrators (TPA) of these self-insured plans utilize largely manual processes to accept, adjudicate, and pay claims. SureCircle Dental Self-Fund Online Manager v.3.0 is an online application that supports an automated process, including electronic claim submission, auto-adjudication with fraud and error detection technology, and electronic funds transfer.

In addition, Dental Self-Fund v.3.0 features a secure online benefit management portal for employers, members and providers. The employer portal allows benefit managers to get a customized dental plan cost estimate, electronically enroll members or invite them to self-enroll, view real-time claims status, fund the employer account as needed, and generate plan reports instantly.

Online benefit management options available to members include self-enrollment and dependent management, utilization history monitoring with available benefit balance calculation and real-time claim viewing. In addition, providers can verify patient eligibility, view plan details, submit claims electronically, check claims status in real-time, and receive payments through electronic funds transfer.

“It’s a very exciting service for employers who are interested in providing a higher quality dental benefit, while actually reducing their costs and administrative tasks,” explained Joseph Shatara, Chief Operating Officer of SureCircle.

The SureCircle Dental Self-Fund Online Manager is based on the ADA’s Direct Reimbursement model and follows a dollar-based system. One main difference is that rather than have patients pay upfront for dental services and get reimbursed by employers, SureCircle gives providers the ability to file the claim on behalf of patients as they would with a traditional insurance carrier. This Direct Assignment approach is an added convenience for members.

To learn more about the advantages of self-funding, and to get an online cost estimate, visit http://www.surecircle.com.

About SureCircle

SureCircle is a leading automated administrator of employer self-funded dental benefits. Offering a comprehensive solution, SureCircle is dedicated to providing the best value dental plans through superior benefit quality, simple, intuitive plan management, and lower benefit costs. Our commitment is to empower organizations with the ability to increase the overall value of their dental benefit, rather than simply shift costs back to their employees. We accomplish this through advanced technology making dental self-funding not only a viable alternative to conventional insurance, but a smart choice. SureCircle is a DBA of DDRnet, Inc.

Contact:

Rana Mukaled

SureCircle

(650) 573-1200 ext. 104

This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: http://www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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