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Alpha Benefits GroupMarketplace Update
Presented by Rob Heller, President
Welcome!The 7th Annual Healthcare Symposium
Who is Alpha?
Full Service Employee Benefits Firm Brokerage & Consulting Voluntary Benefits Human Resource Support Services Retirement Plans Executive Benefits
Sister Company:Alpha Benefit Administrators
COBRA Administration Section 125 Cafeteria Plan
Premium Only Plans (POP) Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Full Flex Credit Based Plans
High Deductible Plan Design & Administration Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans (MERP™Plans) Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Reasons to Select Alpha as Your Advisor
Experience Alpha Team!
Lower Costs Larger Block of Business Creative Plan Designs
In-House Administrative Capabilities COBRA FSA (with debit cards) Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans (MERP™Plans) HSA HRA
Reasons to Select Alpha as Your Advisor
One Stop Shopping HR Services – Kimberly A. Nash, SPHR
Answer HR Questions Employee Handbooks HR Audits Training Programs Wage Surveys
Personalized Claims Assistance Initiate Renewal Proccesses Early
Reasons to Select Alpha as Your Advisor
Educational Updates Bi-Weekly Newsletter Periodic Marketplace Updates Client Appreciation Breakfast HR Training Classes Onsite Visits Alpha U - NEW!!
Introducing…
Upcoming Events Wednesday, May 21st – Keys to Unlocking Difficult HR Issues Wednesday, June 11th – Assessing Your Retirement Plan Wednesday, September 17th – Pre-Retirement Planning For Your
Employees Wednesday, October 15th – Human Resources Technology
Alpha Wage Survey
Area Codes – 717 and 570 Current clients who participate get a copy free! Non-Clients who participate get a copy at a reduced cost
of $250!
For more information about participating in the survey, stop by the Alpha booth!
For more information about participating in the survey, stop by the Alpha booth!
Central Pennsylvania Benefits and Wage Survey
Announcing…
Retirement Plan Analysis 401(k) Review Communicate and Educate Employees
on Retirement Plans Lunch-n-Learn Educational Updates Pre-Retirement Planning Executive Benefits Business Succession Planning
Strategic Alliance With Comprehensive Financial Associates, Inc. &
Pennsylvania Pension Planners, Inc.
Announcing…
Partnership with HRT Advisors HRT is on retainer with Alpha HRT will completely review a client’s
technology-related HR needs How to get started?
Conference call to review current system and to assess needs
HR Technology
Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Costs
Negotiate, Negotiate, Negotiate Creative Plan Designs
MERP™Plans HSAs
Wellness Programs At least 50% of claims are associated with behavioral
and lifestyle choices!
High Deductible Update
Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans (MERP™Plans) – Self Insuring All or Part of Deductible
Marketplace Plan Design / Pricing MERP™Plans / HSA
MERP™Plans By Alpha Benefit Administrators
Over $20 Million Saved! We Administer Over 175 MERP™Plans 98% MERP Renewals 85% of MERPs Renewed with clients buying even less
coverage! Over 80% of our MERP clients are renewing at less than a
10% cumulative increase from what their medical costs were 3 years ago!(Average is less than 3.2% per year, many paying LESS than 3 years ago)
MERP™Plans By Alpha Benefit Administrators
Company A – 152 employees 3 ½ yrs into MERP, cumulative MERP savings from annual renewals $682,842 and able to allocate $158,100 of this savings to employee HSA accounts!
Company B – 30 employees 3 ½ yrs into MERP, cumulative MERP savings from annual renewals $70,453. Paying (11.7%) less in total medical expense than 3 ½ years ago!
Company C – 52 employees 3 yrs into MERP, cumulative MERP savings from annual renewals $246,537 and able to allocate $48,000 of this savings to HSA accounts! Paying (10.2%) less in annual medical expense than 3 years ago!
MERP™Plans By Alpha Benefit Administrators
Over 80% of our clients changed carriers at least twice in the past 5 years!
Insurance carriers have not been successful One Stop Shopping
Alpha Administering In-House
Donna Judd’s 3 Top Administrative Issues
Let carriers know about full-time students Return form for Coordination of Benefits Make sure Date of Hire / Effective Date is on employee
applications
Warning! Be Careful When Changing Carriers
Benefits May Not Be 100% Equal
Deductible – Plan Year vs. Calendar Year
Difference in Rx Formularies
Pharmacy Developments
Many Popular Drug Patents Are Expiring
Some Over-the-Counter Meds Covered Under Prescription Benefit Plans
$4 Prescriptions at Many Large Retailers
How to get your PHR and SPHR re-certification credits for today’s
seminar?
Stop by the Alpha booth in the back to pick up the form!