The Insider

August 2008

Volume 1, Issue 1

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Dear HealthConnect User

Welcome to the very first issue of our new quarterly newsletter, The Insider!

We have created this newsletter to keep you up-to-date on our developments, news and partnerships as well as to give you an opportunity to tell us what you think.

As you know, each newsletter will feature several sections, such as product enhancements, partner spotlight, press releases and our coverage in the media, tips and tricks, and a write up on a topic that focuses on the developments impacting our clients and the product strategy we are pursuing as a result of those trends.

For this edition, I thought I’d answer the question, “Who is HealthConnect?” Most people think of us as a quoting company. However, despite being the nation's leader in that field, our business is much larger and much broader than quoting.

Click here to read more about who is HealthConnect. (New window will open up)

Sincerely,

Peter Everett

President/CEO

HealthConnect Systems

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The Product Spotlight section, which will regularly highlight one of our products in more detail, will also enable us to keep you updated on new products and new features of our existing products.

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Partner Spotlight will regularly focus on one of our partners whose services we make available to you through our quoting system and HRConnect.

To assist employers with the design and administration of HRAs, our agency has partnered with Choice Care Card, the leading provider of HRA administration services in the country. (Note: Choice Care Card's HRA services are currently not available in California.)

With Choice Care Card, the employer has complete control over the way they set up their plan and complete confidence in how it is administered. Choice Care Card services 2,000 employer groups and 75,000 members, and adhere to the highest administrative service standards in the industry.  

Few facts about Choice Care Card:

• Choice Care Card was the first in the country to start debit card based HRA administration. 

• Choice Care Card offers administrative services for HRA, medical and dependent care FSA, and Transit and Parking for one low fee.

• The Choice Care Card offers a one-of-a-kind substantiation service that greatly reduces paperwork and headaches for employers and employees.

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Having trouble using a feature in the quoting system or HRConnect? Tips and Tricks section will provide you with a quick "how to." 

Do you know how to assign plans to individual employees in HRConnect? Follow these few steps.

1. After you've logged into www.reviewmybenefits.com, click on the "Benefits" tab.

2. Then click on "Assign Plans" link on top right.

3. Select the line of coverage from the drop-down menu on the left. The screen will refresh and will display the list of employees with the status, plan and employee rate information.

4. In the plan column, select the plan from the drop-down menu for each employee.

5. The employee rate, and the employee and employer cost will be automatically populated.

6. Click on the "Update" link on the bottom right. You will receive notification that the plans have been assigned.

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Want to know what your fellow brokers are saying about our products and how they helped them? Read it here, in the So We Heard section.

From our client MED-LOGICS on HRConnect, our online HR, benefit and administration tool:

"I wanted to personally thank you for your assistance and the expeditious manner in which you provided the HR Connect services for MED-LOGICS. Your response to my situation was both professional and thorough. I am very impressed with your level of knowledge that afforded me the service I needed almost immediately. The training you provided me on this valuable service was so thorough that I was able to send my questions right after our conversation and received a call back from one of your specialists within the hour. This gentleman was courteous, very informative and understanding of my sense of urgency. 

I believe this service has already paid for itself in terms of the knowledge and correct steps to take regarding our particular employee issue that could have ballooned out of control both in time spent and related costs. 

Thanks again and I would recommend this service to anyone that owns, manages or operates a small business. It is just an additional layer of information, advice and direction for what can often times be very stressful and worrisome situations." 

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HealthConnect in the News section will keep you up-to-date on our new developments, partnerships or changes and will include our reference in the media.

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in the news

LISI Partners with HealthConnect to Provide Leading Edge Sales Automation Tools to LISI’s Clients

(June 9, 2008) – LISI, one of the largest General Agencies in the United States, has partnered with HealthConnect, the leading online network for buyers and sellers of health insurance and employee benefits. Through the partnership, LISI will provide to its broker clients HealthConnect’s Agency Portal, the state-of-the-art sales and service automation tool for health insurance agents in the United States.  Read more

Preferred Care Unveils Online Broker Resources, Quoting Tools

Rochester, NY - Health insurance brokers will now be able to obtain Preferred Care product rate quotes for their clients and manage their clients' Preferred Care benefit plans online. This online integration is a result of Preferred Care’s partnership with HealthConnect, which will provide Preferred Care with a state-of-the-art online quoting platform for small group businesses. In addition, Preferred Care benefit plans will also be a part of HealthConnect's multi-health plan carrier site -- an innovative, online tool providing real-time competitive assessment and health plan network analysis. Read more

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Your opinion counts! This section will feature a quarterly poll to find out your opinion on our products, enhancements, announcements, tips and our communication to you so we can continue to improve.

your opinion

In the past few months, we have created several tutorial and marketing videos and would like to ask your opinion on those videos.

Thank you for your feedback!

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