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Whitepaper: How TPAs Can Use Outsourcing to Prepare for Growth, Improve Efficiency, and Increase Profit

The last three years have presented many unique challenges for employers and the TPAs that provide their tax-advantaged, post-tax, and compliance account administration. The pandemic has altered routine business patterns, making it harder for TPAs to plan for ebbs and flows in daily operations and prepare for growth. Controlling costs is even more critical. Yet providing high-quality customer service is more important than ever for business health and growth. Fortunately, TPAs can conquer all of

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Whitepaper: Getting Creative in a Post-Pandemic Enrollment Season

Always an intense and stressful time for brokers, TPAs, and employers alike, enrollment season for the 2023 plan year promises to be even more so. As COVID-19 gradually transitions from pandemic to endemic, its impact on Americans cannot be denied. By mid-2022, more than 90 million had contracted COVID-19, with over a million confirmed deaths. How can we successfully address the past two years’ influence on our workplaces and workforce? It will take more than

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Whitepaper: Changing Perceptions of Employee Benefits in a Post-Pandemic Workforce

There have been five additional pandemics recorded since the Spanish Flu infected 500 million people worldwide in 1918-1920. Even so, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus caught the world’s population off-guard. Americans in particular were unprepared for the immense impact that COVID-19 would have on their lives, their families, and their livelihoods. The pandemic caused dramatic changes to the American way of life. Many of these changes continue to have far-reaching effects on our living standards and some

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Whitepaper: Lifestyle Spending Accounts – Giving New Meaning to ‘Flexible’ Benefits

American companies are looking for every possible advantage to recruit and retain top-quality employees in a dramatically changed workplace. Many are finding new value in Lifestyle Spending Accounts. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., life is gradually returning to some level of normal. The workplace, however, has changed immensely and, many believe, permanently. It’s now a job hunter’s market, with record numbers of job openings and workers far more likely to change

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Whitepaper: How Has the Pandemic Impacted Employee Benefit Strategies?

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually every aspect of our lives. While the most prominent impact was an almost immediate quarantine and vast expansion of employees working from home, another significant consequence is how much the pandemic shook employees’ sense of security. Many businesses faced major revenue shortfalls and responded with cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and furloughs. Consequently, many Americans lost their sense of security regarding their jobs, economic standing, and overall health. As we

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Whitepaper: Maximize Account Adoption During Enrollment Season

Whitepaper: How to Maximize Account Adoption During Enrollment Season

During enrollment season, benefits administrators and employers look to build and deliver a benefits package that helps companies keep and attract top talent. While employees generally report they are happy with their employer’s benefits, statistics show that account adoption is often lacking. With a better understanding of their employer groups and proven educational approaches, TPAs can experience a more successful and fulfilling open enrollment period. Background Open enrollment can be a stressful time for benefits

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Whitepaper: Student Loan Repayment Assistance Plans Can Help TPAs Thrive in a Challenging Market

Flexible Compensation: More than Healthcare Adding Compensation Management Services Can Help TPAs Thrive in a Challenging Market Employer-sponsored benefits come in many different forms. Most commonly, benefit packages include health and life insurance coverage, paid time off, healthcare spending accounts, and retirement plans. However, there is another form of flexible compensation that is becoming steadily more desirable – student loan reimbursement accounts. In this up-and-coming, underserved market, third party benefits administrators have an opportunity to

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Whitepaper: Addressing Education Gaps is Key to TPA Growth

Consumers have more choice than ever when it comes to healthcare benefits. However, research suggests they are not using those benefits as effectively as they could due to knowledge gaps. For TPAs, understanding where those gaps exist and providing solutions to address them is key to client satisfaction and business growth.

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Effective Benefits Strategies for Today’s Multi-Generational Workforce

Effective Benefits Strategies for a Multi-Generational Workforce – DataPath Whitepaper

With four distinct generations in the workplace, employers and benefits administrators find it challenging to build a benefits plan and education strategy that meets the needs of all age groups. Based on their personal experiences, each generation has its own expectations and preferred style of communication. To reach these groups, employers and communicators should develop a multi-faceted approach that will deliver the best results and happier employees. Generational Differences: The Great Divide In today’s work

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Whitepaper: Why Employers Should Consider Outsourcing Benefits Administration

Healthcare benefits are complicated. Federal regulations are under constant scrutiny and frequently undergo revisions. Plan setup, account management, and compliance are just a few of the time-consuming demands that come with the job of benefits administration. While employers may think they should handle these detail-oriented duties with an in-house staff, outsourcing benefits administration to an expert third party administrator can be more cost effective and help deliver a better overall experience. Background Benefits administration is

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Whitepaper: How TPAs Can Capitalize on the HRA Market with a Flexible Solution

HRAs are a flexible tax-advantaged vehicle to help employers save money while delivering a strong benefits package for their workforce. The challenge for third party administrators is finding a benefits administration solution that enables them to attract and retain clients, deliver superior service, and create flexible and complex HRA plans without overbearing constraints from their solutions provider.

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White Paper: Evaluating Partner Marketing Services

Whitepaper: How TPAs Can Use Partner Marketing Programs to Grow Revenue and Cut Costs

In the employer-sponsored benefits industry, leading providers of account management solutions offer partner marketing programs to help third party administrators (TPAs) operate their businesses, market their services, and educate target audiences about tax-advantaged benefit accounts. However, these programs can vary substantially from vendor to vendor. For the independent TPA, evaluating partner marketing programs often is overlooked, or at least not seriously considered, until after the contract is signed. As part of the customer service experience,

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