Government Service Administrators Selects Benefitfocus

CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefitfocus today announced that Government Service Administrators (GSA) will provide the BENEFITFOCUS® Platform to its customers for online enrollment in all benefits. An employee benefits firm based in New York, GSA provides third-party administration (TPA) services to government contractors and was the first company to popularize traditional, comprehensive benefits in the service contract industry. GSA works with some of the largest insurance carriers in the country, including Aetna, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, CIGNA, Guardian Life and UnitedHealthcare.

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Benefitfocus gives GSA one platform to manage enrollment and data exchange for all clients and all benefits – including medical PPO and HMO plans, as well as flexible spending accounts and voluntary benefits like dental, life, accident, short-term and long-term disability. Instead of manually keying membership and eligibility information for each customer, GSA uses the Benefitfocus Platform to integrate with all of its insurance carrier partners and submit data for even the most complicated benefit offerings.

"We knew that Benefitfocus was the right fit for us the first time we saw their technology in action," said Tom Kelly, GSA President. "We create custom benefit packages for each of our clients and offer the largest selection of plans in the industry, which requires a great deal of sophistication when it comes to eligibility management and data integration. Benefitfocus is the undisputed enrollment and data exchange leader – and, as an added bonus, their customer-facing portal looks great and is easy for our clients to use."

With the Benefitfocus Platform, GSA customers have secure, 24/7 access to benefits enrollment and personal information. The Platform also includes integrated educational tools and workflows that differentiate GSA in the TPA marketplace.

"GSA is dedicated to providing the highest level of service to their customers," said Shawn Jenkins, Benefitfocus President and CEO. "We are excited that an innovative, forward-thinking TPA like GSA has selected our technology to maintain positive client relationships, attract new business and further their development of new and unique benefit programs."

The Benefitfocus Platform will be available to GSA customers during Open Enrollment this fall. Benefitfocus will provide market adoption planning, training and dedicated account management throughout the partnership.

About Government Service Administrators

Government Service Administrators (GSA) was founded in 1991 as an employee benefits firm for the government contracting industry. Based in Port Jefferson, New York, GSA offers the widest array of fully-insured and alternative funding plans in the industry, as well as a wealth of voluntary benefit programs. GSA stands alone amongst its competitors as the premier provider of tailor-made employee benefit packages.

About Benefitfocus

Benefitfocus is the largest healthcare and voluntary benefits software provider in the U.S. with 13,914,964 consumers, 306,972 employers, 60,421 agents and 3,548 carrier representatives live on the Benefitfocus Platform. Benefitfocus offers a single Web-based platform for benefit shopping, enrollment, management and industry-standard data exchange. Benefitfocus – All Your Benefits. One Place. www.benefitfocus.com

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