Employee Benefits

Your employees are your greatest investment.

We work with you to design the most effective employee benefit solution in terms of products, price and service - making sure your employees understand and value the benefits you offer.

What to Expect

Strategic Planning

  • Connect strategic business goals to employee benefit plans
  • Conduct senior management interviews to identify objectives
  • Develop annual service plans and manage timeline of events
  • Report to senior management on employee benefit trends
  • Identify appropriate carriers/vendors to provide services
  • Private Equity Practice

Financial Management and Renewal Analysis

  • Analyze claims adminstrator's financial and claim reports
  • Negotiate favorable renewals from carriers and other vendors
  • Develop rates, reserves, and cost projections for self-funded programs
  • Identify trends in cost and funding and make corresponding recommendations
  • Evaluate and benchmark benefits, employee and employer contribution strategies

Plan Design Analysis

  • Review benefit program to determine cost effectiveness
  • Evaluate plan limitations to reduce client's financial and legal exposure
  • Customize plan provisions to reflect the client's individual goals and philosophy
  • Evaluate plan provisions to ensure ease of communication and administration
  • Self-Insured Readiness Review (typically groups with 150+ employees)
  • Pharmacy Services and PBM Evaluation

Vendor Management

  • Ensure appropriate and financially stable carriers
  • Monitor carrier service and establish performance guarantees with vendors
  • Assess network utilization to optimize access and cost savings
  • Provide resolution support for individual claim problems
  • Provide eligibilty maintenance, billing, and administrative assistance

Employee Communications Services

  • Open Enrollment Support and Ongoing Communication Services
  • Ongoing Communication Services
  • Custom Video Benefits Review
  • Online Employee Benefits Portal
  • Custom Benefit Booklets
  • Total Compensation Statements
  • Employee Surveys
  • Interactive Heathcare Proposal and Comparison Tools (http://hauser1.vtoolkit.com)
  • Review all employee communications
  • Edit and revise, as necessary, carrier summary plan descriptions

Compliance & Administrative Support

  • Review administrative procedures for COBRA and Medicare D
  • Review and draft benefit plan documents
  • Facilitate ERISA Form 5500 filing
  • Seciton 125 Administration (Flexible Spending Account, Dependant Care Accounts, etc.)
  • COBRA Administration, Hauser Corporate Solutions
  • Client Community, Human Resource Portal
  • Self-Funded Wellness Program Administration
  • Dependant Care Audits
  • Individual Medical Coverage