Altera Corporation Deploys Benergy[R] Platform to Streamline Benefits Management & Simplify Open Enrollment Process.Automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. Benefits Enrollment System Provides 24/7 Access for Geographically Dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. Employees While Reducing Paperwork for Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Team ATLANTA Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. -- A.D.A.M., Inc. (Nasdaq: ADAM Adam, the first man, in the Bible Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. ), a leading provider of consumer health information and benefits technology solutions, today announced Altera Corporation has entered into a multi-year agreement to license its Benergy([R]) Communications Platform, including its Enrollment Services and Health and Wellness Center modules. "We look forward to simplifying our upcoming open enrollment season with Benergy's online enrollment module," said Catherine Fitzsimmons, director, global compensation and benefits at Altera. "We selected Benergy because it is a one-stop communications platform that provides our employees with online access to benefits information, health and wellness content, and human resources materials." Benergy helps Altera streamline routine benefit functions while providing their 1,250 U.S. employees access to easy-to-understand information to help them make informed benefits choices, including details of each benefit plan, multimedia plan tutorials and side-by-side comparisons. Benergy's online enrollment module enables Altera to collect benefits election data electronically on a daily basis, so they can easily report data to insurance carriers and the payroll system. "A.D.A.M. is committed to helping customers like Altera reduce the cost and time burdens associated with benefits management. Automating the open enrollment function is a win-win for employers and employees as it reduces the workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor While a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands. for employers while empowering their employees with the information and interactive tools to help them make smart decisions about their benefits," said A.D.A.M. president and chief executive officer Kevin Noland. "As employers across the country are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to reduce costs while continuing to provide attractive benefits to their employees, Benergy's online enrollment service is an easy-to-implement solution for employers of all sizes." About A.D.A.M., Inc. A.D.A.M. (Nasdaq: ADAM) is a leading provider of health information and benefits technology solutions to healthcare organizations, employers, consumers, and educational institutions. A.D.A.M.'s portfolio of products includes its award-winning Multimedia Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books and Benergy, the leading benefits communication and healthcare decision support platform for small and mid-sized employers. A.D.A.M. content and technology solutions help consumers better understand their health, wellness and benefits, while helping healthcare organizations and employers reduce the costs of healthcare and benefits administration. For more information, visit http://www.adam.com or call 1-800-755-ADAM. A.D.A.M. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially. Factors that could affect the company's actual results, performance or developments include general economic conditions, development of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the as a source of health information, pricing actions taken by competitors, demand for the company's health information, regulatory changes in laws and regulations that impact how the company conducts its business and the other factors described in A.D.A.M.'s filings with the SEC. A.D.A.M. disclaims any obligation or duty to update any of its forward-looking statements. |
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