Benefitfocus

Let's simplify your benefits administration

by Benefitfocus · Compensation & Benefits

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Executive Summary

Benefitfocus is an employer benefits platform, backed by Voya Financial, that connects benefits administration, billing, compliance, employee engagement and data analytics in a single experience. It helps employers streamline administration, connect employee and carrier data and measure the impact of their benefits programs. The company also sells a platform to health plans and positions its offering for brokers and consultants to bring to employer clients. It says it uses claims data and AI to identify cost drivers, guide employee decisions and measure outcomes.

Use Cases

  • Enrollment and ongoing benefits administration
  • Data exchange with HCM, payroll and carrier systems
  • Claims-based analytics to find health care cost drivers
  • Personalized decision support for employee benefit choices
  • ACA reporting, COBRA administration and other compliance workflows
  • Billing, premium collection and payroll deduction reconciliation

Features

Visibility

  • Health Insights Analytics: Without integrated data, it’s difficult to see patterns in employee health care data. Health care data analytics helps organizations reveal those patterns to help tackle rising costs, inefficient plan designs and poor benefits utilization.
  • Custom & Standard Reporting: Custom reporting:  Slice and dice your data for custom, in-depth analysis to support specific initiatives.

Support

  • Dedicated Client Success Team: Experienced support With an average of 13+ years’ experience working with health care data, our dedicated client success team members work as consultative partners to help you maximize the value of Health Insights and achieve your goals.
  • Personalized Decision Support: Help employees optimize their enrollment and savings decisions with personalized, data-driven benefits decision support that connects health and financial well-being.
  • Employee Benefits Contact Center: Benefits Contact Center
  • Simplify Administration: Automate and streamline benefits management tasks and access analytics that can help reveal cost-saving opportunities.

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-based SaaS platform with API-driven integrations
Deployment
Cloud/SaaS

Infrastructure

  • AWS

AI/ML Stack

  • Machine Learning

Integrations

  • Workday
  • SAP SuccessFactors
  • ADP
  • Paycom

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI-DSS, HITRUST

Data Residency:

Pricing

Model
Per employee/month, Tiered subscription, Custom enterprise
Target Customer
Mid-Market to Enterprise

About Benefitfocus

Benefitfocus, a Voya Financial company, provides cloud-based benefits administration software solutions for employers, health plans, and brokers. Their platform simplifies benefits management, enrollment, and communication, offering tools for core medical, dental, voluntary benefits, wellness programs, and data-driven insights to optimize healthcare and benefit programs.

Founded: 2000 · Headquarters: Charleston, United States · Employees: 1001-5000 · Subsidiary

Verified sources

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