Benefitfocus’ innovative benefit software solutions are regularly covered by the media. Benefitfocus is proud of the accomplishments and good work our customers do to provide healthcare. The following highlights press coverage about Benefitfocus and our customers…
"How Piggly Wiggly got high-tech"
December 2008 | In this special Web-exclusive podcast, grocery chain Piggly Wiggly discusses how they moved from paper to online enrollment systems. Read Article
"More Insurers Realizing Benefits of e-Payments and Remote Deposit
Capture Technology"
November 2008 | With increased broadband penetration, consumers have begun to expect electronic
payment capabilities. And insurers are beginning to learn the benefits of meeting those
expectations. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana launched Benefitfocus eBillingTM for its group
customers. Read Article
"Benefitfocus opens new office in Greenville "
November 2008 | "We are enthusiastic about our future within Greenville," said Shawn Jenkins, president
and chief executive. "Relocating to this much larger building will greatly facilitate our
expansion and growth as a company." Read Article
"Benefitfocus expanding in Greenville, SC, adding jobs"
November 2008 | Benefitfocus, a Charleston, SC-based seller of healthcare benefits
software is expanding its Greenville office. Read Article
"Mustache Making a Comeback to Help Promote Prostate Cancer"
November 2008 | Benefitfocus associates are sporting mustaches as part of a
month long movement called "Movember." A way for men to drum up conversation
about prostate cancer; a disease that is often overlooked.Read Article
"Instead of contracting, some businesses find ways to grow"
November 2008 | Chairman and co-founder Mason Holland was interviewed by the Charleston Regional Business Journal about companies that are growing during a down economy. Proudly, Benefitfocus is one of those companies. Read the article to find out what Mason had to say under the sub-head 'Up-selling in a down economy.' Read Article
"A little R&R "
November 2008 | Anticipating the extra workload, Benefitfocus, a Daniel Island-based healthcare benefits software provider, has begun offering wellness and rejuvenation sessions to its employees. The program, called Open Enrollment Relaxation and Rejuvenation, will be offered until the end of the year.
"Benefitfocus streamlines data transmission"
October 2008 | Benefitfocus has introduced Benefitfocus Max Standard Solutions, a new
technology aimed at standardizing the way data is formatted in the
healthcare benefits industry. Read Article
"Area software firm to grow in Upstate"
October 2008 | Daniel Island-based Benefitfocus, a large provider of health-care benefits software, will add 200 jobs over the next few years to its Greenville operation. Read Article
"Businesses use social media as marketing tools"
October 2008 | Web 2.0 is the buzzword used to describe the trend and the online tools that promote collaboration, engagement and user-driven content. Along with Facebook, Web 2.0 includes such tools as blogs, micro-blogs, sites that search and aggregate blogs, video-sharing services and even virtual worlds where individuals and businesses meet. Read Article
"Benefitfocus to add 200 jobs to Greenville operations"
October 2008 | Benefitfocus moved into the Greenville market in 2005 and currently employs 70 workers at the location. The company plans to add up to 50 jobs each year over the next three to four years. Read Article
"Benefitfocus adding 200 jobs in Greenville"
October 2008 | Charleston-based Benefitfocus is expanding its Greenville operations and plans to create 200 new jobs over the next three to four years. Read Article
"Software firm to add 200 white-collar jobs here over next few years"
October 2008 | Benefitfocus, one of the fastest growing software companies in the
state, will add 200 white-collar jobs at its Greenville office over the
next several years. Read Article
"Benefits Vendor Adds Assessment Tool"
October 2008 | Benefitfocus has introduced an online personal health assessment tool
that employers can offer to employees. Read Article
"Benefitfocus Introduces New Technology Facilitating Frictionless Data
Exchange Between Systems"
October 2008 | Healthcare benefits software provider Benefitfocus has rolled out new
technology aimed at standardizing the way data is formatted in the healthcare benefits industry. Read Article
"Giving benefits the YouTube treatment"
October 2008 | The YouTube revolution and growth in broadband Internet access have not been lost on the HR/benefits community. Read Article
"Benefitfocus Launches Max Product Family"
October 2008 | Benefitfocus Max Standard Solutions' data exchange standards are designed to ease the
labor-intensive, low-return activities associated with uploading small employer accounts. Read Article
"Case Study: Paperless Benefits Enrollment Can Be Employee-Friendly"
September 2008 | After searching for an online application to automate their open enrollment process, Benefitfocus was able to reduce Bon Secours' open enrollment period from one month to two weeks.
"From Vision to Reality: Bridging the HR and Benefits Universe with the Employee Communications Platform"
September 2008 | Employers are Integrating HR and Benefits Administration to Improve the Bottom Line, Increase Retention and Make Happier and Healthier Employees. Written by Benefitfocus CEO Shawn Jenkins and Bon Secours' Dora Judy.
"CEO Files"
August / September 2008 | Jenkins founded Charleston, S.C.-based Benefitfocus in 2000 and expects it to grow into a $1 billion business in the next few years. He now rarely flies as the pilot, but his airplanes take him and his top staff over much of the country. Read Article
"Selling HSAs and CDHPs: Getting the Buy Iny"
August 2008 | With Open Enrollment around the corner, customized consumer-directed health plans are a way to stay ahead of the competition. Read Article
"Learning from the Past"
August 2008 | Human Resources Executive Online reporter Tom Starner writes that there lessons to be learned from the behavior of workers and 401(k) plans when employers design health plans that require complex decisions. He relates this CDHPs and HSAs future trends. Benefitfocus president and ceo Shawn Jenkins comments about this market and slow adoption. Read Article
"Benefitfocus debuts 'Video-as-a-Service'"
August 2008 | Benefitfocus has launched Video-as-a-Service (VaaS), an end-to-end solution that offers video production, post-production services, delivery, hosting and online distribution of content. Read Article
"Employees Need Information to Be Savvy Consumers"
August 2008 | Consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) have given employees money and responsibility for their healthcare. Now the work force needs adequate information to go with the responsibility. Employers can capitalize on the increased cost savings and cost control of CDHP if they provide the tools that allow employees to shop, compare and simplify a complex healthcare landscape. Read Article
"Health Content08 Announces Headline Speaker and Expands to Showcase Industry Standouts"
July 2008 | Health Content08 is expanding this year to include Innovators Showcase, where 10 emerging companies, selected by an advisory committee, will present initiatives that will re-set the standards for the industry. Benefitfocus is one of the companies represented. Read Article
"Editor's Desk: June-July 2008"
June-July 2008 | Jenkins founded Charleston, S.C.-based Benefitfocus in 2000 and expects it to grow into a $1 billion business in the next few years. He now rarely flies as the pilot, but his airplanes take him and his top staff over much of the country. Read Article
"Food bank will have room to grow"
June 2008 | As chairman of the Lowcountry Food Bank’s Growing Forward Capital Campaign, Shawn Jenkins, president and CEO of Benefitfocus urges the community to help in the fight to end hunger. Read Article
"Billing & Payment Systems: Billing System Overload?"
June 2008 | When it comes to legacy systems, should they be replaced or enhanced? Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas decided to recently to enhance their system by implementing Benefitfocus’ eBilling solution. Read Article
"Consumers Drive Payers I.T. Investments"
June 2008 | As consumer-driven health plans gain enrollees, payers are expanding their use of information technology to support the high-deductible plans, technology such as Benefitfocus’ online benefit enrollment solutions. Read Article
May 2008 | Benefitfocus is working to perfect its Spanish-language program and develop programs in Vietnamese, French and German as the competition surrounding consumer-driven health plans focuses on providing information in multiple languages.
"Ask Kevin Ryan: Former CEO DoubleClick"
May 2008 | Shawn Jenkins, president and CEO of Benefitfocus, asks, “How do you know when to invest in a new technology that has the potential to replace the product you currently sell?” Read Article
"Engage the Consumer"
March 2008 | "The consumers are really beginning to get engaged in the discussion," says Shawn Jenkins, president and CEO of Benefitfocus. Read more in Healthcare Finance News reporter Eric Wicklund's article entitled "Benefitfocus' goal: Engage the consumer." Read Article
“DataDirect Technologies’ XML Converters Streamline Data Integration for the Healthcare Industry”
February 2008 | DataDirect XML Converters are being used by leading healthcare organizations to accelerate application development efforts, enhance operational efficiency, reduce overall costs and improve patient service levels.
“Benefitfocus Goes Online with eDirect”
January 2008 | Motivated in part by a roughly 30 percent increase in online purchases during the recent holiday season, Benefitfocus has rolled out eDirect, a technology that allows consumers to shop for and purchase health insurance online. Read Article
“Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana selects Benefitfocus billing solution”
January 2008 | Montana-based CBS affiliate KRTV announced the recent partnership of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Montana with Benefitfocus. The new partnership provides BCBSMT with the ability to process bills online and provide faster access to invoice information, as well as payment and reporting services. Watch Video
January 2008 | Benefitfocus eDirect is a technology which enables health insurance carriers to profitably offer individual health plan offerings in new and unique ways while tracking the ROI for specific marketing campaigns. Read Article
“Vendors integrate HSA apps”
January 2008 |
Benefitfocus will integrate into its eEnrollment benefit management software the health savings account management Web portal application of ConnectYourCare, enabling employers to offer electronic enrollment to employees and online tools to manage consumer-driven health plans with HSAs. Read Article
“Interview Transcript with Shawn Jenkins, CEO Benefitfocus”
January 2008 |
Blogger Matthew Holt’s August 2007 interview transcript and podcast with Benefitfocus president and CEO, Shawn Jenkins on The Healthcare Blog. Holt's blog is followed by many around the globe, including national A-list press, such as Wired, Red Herring, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, ABC News, and FOX News. Read Article or Click below to listen to the podcast.
“Employees: Get healthy or you may have to pick up the tab for your health insurance”
January 2008 |
As far as traditional consumer-directed health plans are concerned, perhaps the most significant event (of 2007) to report is that they not only hung around, but also saw modest gains as employers increasingly turned to them as a viable option for providing coverage to their employees.
“2007: Steady Growth, Enhanced Consumerism”
January 2008 |
It’s telling that many of the experts CDH consulted identified something that happened in late 2006–the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006–as the most important CDH development of 2007.
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