New Products
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Compensation and Benefits
Flexible Benefit Service Corp. has joined with Health Care Service Corp. to develop and offer a new integrated health savings account service. The FlexHSA Plan is now available to small and medium-sized employers with Blue Cross and Blue Shield health benefits plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Listed directly on health plan applications, the FlexHSA Plan is designed to make the process to create such accounts seamless for employers and employees. In any state, employers with fewer than 2,000 employees that have a qualified high-deductible health plan with Blue Cross and Blue Shield can also select the FlexHSA Plan and automatically begin the enrollment process for participating employees.
(866) 472-5385 | www.flexhsaplan.com | info@flexhsaplan.com
GlobalPay Inc. has announced the release of a fully integrated Internet-based payroll tool. Users can now manage payrolls for facilities in multiple countries and currencies. This software as a service can process corporate payrolls in different languages from a single platform to help streamline payroll procedures and to reduce administrative costs.
(800) 867-9045, ext. 1010 | www.globalpaysoftware.com | info@globalpaysoftware.com
Health and Safety
Aetna has announced that it will offer MyBrainSolutions as part of its wellness and behavioral health benefits services. Developed by Brain Resource Ltd., MyBrainSolutions is an interactive brain-training website that brings together games, videos and trackers designed to improve stress management strategies, memory and attention. These services are designed for employers looking to improve productivity and the health and well-being of their workforces. The services are designed to give adults tools to take charge of their well-being and job performance. MyBrainSolutions uses an objective personal assessment to measure areas of brain performance and then matches individuals to specific training games and exercises.
(415) 399-7990 | www.brainresource.com | info@brainresource.com
Cigna’s new customer website, myCigna.com, allows customers to assess medical costs—including specialist, facility and other health-related fees. The site takes into account and adjusts for the real-time status of health plan deductibles and co-insurance, as well as available funds in health spending accounts. This online resource is designed to help employers lower their health care costs by making plan participants more-informed health care consumers. The service allows customers to compare caregiver costs for performing a procedure at different hospitals.
(800) 853-2713 | www.mycigna.com | info@mycigna.com
UnitedHealthcare International is now offering international health insurance coverage to businesses with employees in the Middle East through a strategic alliance with Dubai-based Al Sagr National Insurance Co. This alliance provides local health coverage and services for UnitedHealthcare’s Global Solutions clients in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, Bahrain and Kuwait.
(800) 328-5979 | www.unitedhealthgroup.com/global | uhg_webmail@uhc.com
Staffing
HireVue Inc. has released the HireVue App, an application that allows job candidates to complete their employment interviews directly from their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The app allows employers to deliver a unique candidate experience that can help them stand out and attract quality candidates. HireVue App can help employers reach out and identify a fast-growing base of candidates wherever and whenever they want.
(800) 655-4106, ext. 2 | http://new.hirevue.com/mobile | info@hirevue.com
Workplace Management
MeetingKing is a new web-based business meeting tool designed to help keep meetings short and effective by streamlining documentation and task follow-up. The tool is built to function with the natural workflow of meetings and conversations, and can help turn short notes into up-to-date actionable data points. MeetingKing is designed to help users develop agendas, minutes and searchable archives of meetings.
(860) 255-8430 | http://meetingking.com | edwin@meetingking.com
A new tool for researching and understanding workers’ compensation laws in the U.S. and Canada is available from the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions and the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The publication, Workers’ Compensation Laws as of January 2012, is designed to be a resource for policy-makers and other stakeholders by helping them to identify the similarities and distinctions of workers’ compensation laws and regulations in multiple jurisdictions.
(608) 663-6355 | www.iaiabc.org | hlore@iaiabc.org