While PeopleKeep and Benefitfocus aim to provide new benefits offerings to employees, Ascentis focuses on tech-enabled employee health screening
PeopleKeep, on May 12, 2020, launched its new product, the Group Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (GCHRA). This latest product enables employers who offer group health policies to provide a tax-free supplement to employees’ out-of-pocket expenses.
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With the help of GCHRA, employers can provide the benefits of an HRA to employees under a group health coverage plan regardless of the size of the business. The GCHRA also enables employers to decide the amount of allowance to give each employee.
Employers can manage their HRA by logging in to an online portal using PeopleKeep’s cloud-based software. The portal enables employers to track employees’ reimbursement requests and other requests about balance. At sign-up, the online portal also quickly generates legal plan documents and stores critical documents for IRS regulatory compliance.
This week also marks the launch of For You SC by the benefits management solution, Benefitfocus, in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the havoc it has caused. The latest launch promises to offer health insurance, life insurance, financial services, and lifestyle benefits to the residents of South Carolina, especially to those whose lives have been adversely affected by the pandemic and is currently facing financial crisis or the challenges of unemployment. For You SC has created a single digital platform to address all the issues.
South Carolina residents accessing For You SC website can easily find valuable information about various short-term as well as long-term benefit plans available only within the state as well as information on benefits available nationwide.
For You SC is an extended part of the consumer benefits offering of Benefitplace.com, which was launched in April 2020.
“Our goal is to always improve lives with benefits and, in this case, we wanted to respond quickly to the specific needs of people who have either lost their jobs or are facing economic uncertainty due to COVID-19. Since we had recently launched Benefitplace.com and had been planning an expansion of our platform to support the consumer market in the future, we decided to use the current situation as a first step toward directly serving consumers. For You SC is helping residents in our home state get access to the health and benefits they should have, and we will be able to contribute 100% of our proceeds to state relief efforts.†– Ray August, President and CEO, Benefitfocus.
Ascentis CarePointOpens a new window was also launched this week by the cloud-based workforce management and HCM solution Ascentis. The latest launch provides organizations with a simple, touch-free way to screen employee health. The effortless integration of CarePoint’s thermal sensor and Ascentis NT8000 time clocks gives the most accurate temperature reading.
Ascentis, with the help of its time clock technology, ensures workforce safety keeping in mind the smooth running of the workplace operations. Ascentis CarePoint, along with Ascentis Timekeeper, empowers organizations with the necessary tools required to address the impact of COVID-19 on business at present as well as in the future.
Unlike the other health screening solutions available in the market, Ascentis CarePoint doesn’t require expensive hardware for scanning, nor does it demand an extra screening team. Without compromising on personal safety, employees can learn their body temperature as the clock conducts a quick scan with simple voice commands. The Bluetooth beacon technology enables time clocks to track employees’ locations in a building, removing the need for cards to interact with the clock.
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