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Products July 17, 2007
Benefits Comm. Firm Strengthens Web Site
July 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefit Software,
a Santa Barbara, California-based benefits communication
provider, has beefed up its Fringe Facts Online benefits
enrollment and administration Web site.
Reported by Fred Schneyer
A news release said the site serves as a delivery
vehicle for summary plan descriptions (SPDs), but also
offers a tracking feature to ensure compliance with the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
requirements for electronic delivery.
The Fringe Facts Online service generates e-mail
notifications that include a link for employees to access
their benefits Web site where they are presented with a
notice that instructs them to click one of two links to
either view or not view the SPD.
According to the news release, the information can be personalized so that employees view SPDs only for those benefits for which they are eligible. The Fringe Facts Online service monitors and tracks individual employee responses using time and date stamping and automatically generates follow up e-mails to remind individuals who have not responded.
The news release said the service can also be used to
provide electronic delivery and tracking of Summary
Annual Reports (SARs), Employee Handbooks, Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Notices, Medicare Credible Coverage Notices, Women’s
Health and Cancer Right Notices, Newborn’s and
Mother’s Health Protection Act Notices, or any other
documentation that must be provided to employees.
More information is at
www.bsiweb.com
.