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Idaho Department Of Insurance Cannot Predict Ongoing Cost Of Health Exchange
Nov 2011 – The Idaho Reporter (11/18, Hurst) reports that at yesterday's "meeting of the Idaho Health Care Task Force...Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal told lawmakers that he doesn't know how much it will cost to run a state-based insurance exchange.
Healthcare Reform – Individual Mandate Health Insurance
July 2010 – Effective January 1st, 2014, "applicable individuals" will be required to maintain "minimum essential coverage" for themselves and their dependents. "Applicable individuals" who fail to maintain "minimum essential coverage" will be required to pay a "penalty" on their tax return.
NIHN Prescription Assistance Program
October 2009 – Working to optimize health and promoting solutions designed to achieve high quality, cost-effective health care, North Idaho Health Network is partnering with MEDPro ( a corporate affiliate of Design Benefits) to add a Prescription Assistance Program to the services they offer their 270 member physicians and five member hospitals in the five Northern Counties of Idaho.
Design Benefits HSA Administrators
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Design Benefits is a single-source solution for employee benefits and those entities seeking Third Party Administration (TPA) services.
Design Benefits is a single-source solution for employee benefits and those entities seeking Third Party Administration (TPA) services. We provide customized benefits solution strategies with the highest level of commitment to excellence in the areas of service, reliability and integrity to provide unprecedented value for our clients.
We are a full-service Health Savings Account (HSA) administrator that offers a comprehensive approach to providing employer groups with total HSA services. We manage enrollment, account set-up, implementation, education and training and account administration with complete financial integration. Most importantly, we give your employees the personalized support they need to understand and utilize all of the advantages an HSA offers.
What truly differentiates us is the fact that we have the technology, the people and the entire array of services necessary to support a client's complete employee benefits program from plan design, risk management, to online data management, claims administration and customer support.
We also offer healthcare, disability and life programs, prescription assistance programs, wellness, as well as Retirement Planning and Services.
Through problem solving, web based innovation and strategic partnerships, Design Benefits redefines the role of the traditional consultant throughout the benefits marketplace.
We provide a customized benefits solution strategy for our clients in order to meet their objectives. Our commitment to excellence in the areas of service, reliability and integrity provide unprecedented value for our clients. This serves as the foundation in our pursuit to becoming a trusted benefits advisor.
By assessing the goals, needs, and costs associated with the future growth of our clients our approach ensures the highest quality of employee benefits for our clients’ benefit dollars. In short, this higher standard defines who we are and what we do.
Design Benefits Philosophy
“The courage to do what is right for the client, keeping their needs above all other considerations.”
HSA Administration Services
We offer a full menu of Online Benefit Administration and Enrollment Services (through state-of-the-art technology), Risk Management, Claims Administration and comprehensive COBRA services.
Wellness Programs
We offer a nationally recognized complete online wellness program with which employers can create a culture of wellness that improves employee morale and productivity. Through a series of reports, employers are able to quantify improved employee health measured by a reduction in absenteeism, short term disability claims and lower health care costs.
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Health, Disability and Life Division
At the core of every employee benefits package are your healthcare, disability and life programs. Before being tempted to cut back these crucial components, let us analyze and restructure your plan into a more effective and affordable model.
Retirement Planning and Services Division
This division offers planning services for all individuals seeking qualified retirement planning to our group clients seeking 401(k) plans for their employees and the management associated with these offerings.
Web Development and Intranet
This division offers web site design, existing site redesigns, corporate electronic newsletter design, computer and internet strategy consultation, e-commerce assistance, visitor traffic studies, content management solutions, computer technical support, database programming, ASP.NET upgrades, and more.
Design Benefits is a leading, national employee benefits firm and a provider of Third Party Administration (TPA) services.
We offer healthcare, disability and life programs, prescription assistance programs, wellness, as well as Retirement Planning and Services. Through an advanced innovative web-based platform called Virtual Benefits Administration System (Vbas®) clients are offered a menu of services that help streamline the administration processes for efficient data management. We also offer the latest in online technology to help facilitate online benefit administration.
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