benefits practice

employee benefits

investment services - retirement

financial services - individual

We strive to offer employers a variety of affordable options to assist them in deciding on an appropriate employee benefits plan, including: Strategic Planning, Administration Services, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans, Compliance & In/Outsourcing, Survey, Research & Benchmarking, Vendor Assistance, Voluntary Benefits and Technology Solutions.

Strategic Planning

  • Budget forecasts
  • Redesign cost/benefit analysis
    • Medical
    • Dental
    • Life
    • Disability
    • Retirement
    • Cafeteria plan design
    • Voluntary benefits
  • Communication needs
    • On-line benefit information
    • Employee benefit statements and summaries
    • Newsletters
    • Brochures
    • Enrollment forms
    • Employee workbooks w/ individualized employee worksheets
    • Benefit enrollment (IVR, Inter/Intranet, paper or Employee meetings)
  • Post-retirement benefits
  • Strategies for employee/retiree cost sharing
  • Labor negotiations assistance

Administration Services

  • Annual participant statements

  • IRS and PBGC reporting
  • Cafeteria plans
  • Plan implementation
  • Contract review
  • Consolidated billing/eligibility
  • Employee Service/Call Centers
  • COBRA
  • FSA
  • Transit Check
  • Benefit Plan Administration-Outsourcing

Other Services/Products

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans

  • Analysis of funding alternatives
  • Evaluation of life insurance solutions

Compliance & In/Outsourcing

  • Preparation/filing of government forms
  • Legislative and compliance assessments and monitoring
  • Data warehousing
  • Human Resource support
    • COBRA/HIPAA
    • Documentation and communication
  • Advocacy Plus +
    • HIPAA Compliance
    • HIPAA Privacy “Firewall” implementation

Survey, Research & Benchmarking

  • Proprietary survey

  • Plan benchmarking via proprietary, public and contract data
    • Plan design
    • Cost effectiveness
  • Comparability reviews

Vendor Assistance

  • Searches & Management

Technology Solutions

  • Data Integration
  • Software package selection
  • Needs analysis