Segal Expands Claims Audit Capabilities – Announces Agreement with Benefit Informatics
CONTACTS:
Mary L. Feldman
Senior Vice President, Director of Public Affairs
Segal
Tel 212.251.5029 | Fax: 212.251.5490
mfeldman@segalco.com
Chris Metcalf
Director, Communications & Marketing Services
Benefit Informatics
Tel 918.491.3603 | Cell 918.638.3986
cmetcalf@benefitinformatics.com
NEW YORK (6/9/08) - The Segal Company has announced an agreement with Benefit Informatics to expand electronic claims audit capabilities for clients. Benefit Informatics is a healthcare technology company that provides application services to organizations administering and servicing employee benefit plans.
According to Edward A. Kaplan, Senior Vice President and Segal's National Health Practice Leader, "This agreement provides our clients with a sophisticated new tool to enable plan sponsors to make sure critical plan features are properly being adjudicated and contract terms are being met. In addition, it provides health plan sponsors with another way to help determine the drivers of costs."
Philip Kurtz, Benefit Informatics' President & CEO, added "We are pleased to provide a comprehensive online solution that meets Segal's audit needs and allows their claims audit professionals to increase efficiency. We look forward to a long and productive relationship with Segal."
Segal and Benefit Informatics have already worked together with clients to successfully identify the specific health issues that drive increasing health costs.
About the Segal Company
The Segal Company (www.segalco.com) has been a leading, independent firm of benefit, compensation and human resources consultants since its founding in 1939. Segal is headquartered in New York and has more than 900 employees throughout the U.S. and in Canada. Clients include corporations, non-profit organizations, professional service firms, state and local governments and joint boards of trustees administering pension and health and welfare plans under the Taft-Hartley Act.
About Benefit Informatics Inc.
Benefit Informatics Inc. enables the efficient planning, management and analysis of employee benefit plans through the delivery of online proprietary applications and services to insurance companies, Third Party Administrators, consultants and employers. Through its clients, Benefit Informatics currently serves more than 3,600 businesses, managing health benefits for nearly 2 million members. Benefit Informatics works closely with customers to provide solutions that help attract new customers, retain current clients and operate more efficiently. For additional information, please call (888) 802-INFO (4636) or visit www.benefitinformatics.com.