Benergy Gets Ready to Enroll; OnlineBenefits to Launch a Free Enrollment Assistance Module Called 'Ready...Enroll'.Business & High Tech Editors UNIONDALE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 OnlineBenefits, Inc., the leading provider of Internet-based employee benefit communications, announced that it will be adding an online enrollment assistance module to its communications platform, Benergy. The new module, called Ready...Enroll, will allow companies to construct an effective campaign that prepares employees for open enrollment, whether the transactions transpire via paper or electronically. Recognizing that paper enrollment forms still predominate in the small- and mid-sized employer markets, OnlineBenefits set out to develop a product that will guide employees to the right forms and links. Along the way, employees will learn about their benefit options and delve into multifaceted mul·ti·fac·et·ed adj. Having many facets or aspects. See Synonyms at versatile. Adj. 1. multifaceted - having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious decision support tools. For some companies, Ready...Enroll will be a manageable alternative to costly, labor-intensive benefit administration systems, which have traditionally been out of reach for all but the largest employers. For those with electronic enrollment solutions in place, it will bridge the gap between the utilitarian functions of their systems and the educational and decision support needs of employees. Upon logging in A colloquial term for the process of making the initial record of the names of individuals who have been brought to the police station upon their arrest. The process of logging in is also called booking. to Benergy, employees will be invited into Ready...Enroll's three-step wizard Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. . It starts with an executive message followed by a list of available benefit choices, each backed with educational resources and decision support tools. The wizard culminates in a set of instructions on how to complete enrollment. From there users can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. paper forms or travel on to self-service applications A software application that allows a user to obtain information or complete a business transaction on the computer that has traditionally required the help of a human representative. Voice response systems and Web sites are widely used for self-service applications. See kiosk. to finish enrolling online. Ready...Enroll will be flexible enough to handle annual open enrollment, new hire orientation, one-time enrollments for voluntary benefits, 401(k) participation drives and more. It can be used either as a stand-alone or as a complement to OnlineBenefits' Benenroll product or any other Web-based benefits administration solution on the market today. "Most employers and employees have been underserved by benefit administration systems," said Alan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of OnlineBenefits. "We hope Ready...Enroll will redefine Verb 1. redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of 2. what it means to conduct enrollment via the Web in the small- and mid-sized markets. This will be a welcomed tool for the nearly 2,000 companies using Benergy today, especially since it comes with Benergy at no additional charge." Ready...Enroll will be released well in advance of this year's fall open enrollment season. Companies will craft their Ready...Enroll campaigns by leveraging content already built in Benergy and tailoring instructions and messages as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . About OnlineBenefits OnlineBenefits, Inc. designs, implements and hosts Internet-based applications that enable employees to learn about, plan for and enroll in benefits. Its primary product, Benergy, was awarded National Business Coalition on Health's 2001 Mercury Award for excellence in the category of eBenefits/eInsurance. Benergy is an Internet application that creates and maintains customized websites for employee communications. OnlineBenefits customers include employers of all sizes, insurance brokers and vendors who provide benefit services and products to their clients. Currently, over 1,900 employers and over 500,000 users have access to Benergy. Visit www.onlinebenefits.com. |
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