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| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Signs Agreement For Benefitfocus Technology |
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Mount Pleasant, SC - December 2, 2002 - Benefitfocus.com Inc., the leader in electronic enrollment and benefits technology, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the market leader in health insurance products within a 32-county area, serving greater Kansas City and northwest Missouri, today announced that BCBSKC has signed an agreement with Benefitfocus to provide Internet and kiosk electronic enrollment technology through the BluesEnroll platform in a pilot project over the next twelve months. The first group selected to pilot the BluesEnroll platform will be the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Kansas City.
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With the BluesEnroll platform Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City will streamline enrollment processes, realize increased efficiencies in workflow, and gain significant reductions in operational costs. Additionally, competitive advantages will be increased through greater access to BCBSKC products and benefit information for groups and members, flexible Internet tools for reporting information, and the ability to deliver new consumer focused health care products to the marketplace. BCBSKC continues to be the market leader within healthcare in delivering innovative products and technologies to the Kansas City marketplace.
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"We are constantly looking for innovative ways to serve our customers. The increased access to information, along with the reduction in costs provided by online, electronic enrollment, makes this a real win-win for Blue Cross, the Automobile Dealers Association and most importantly their members," states Roger Foreman, Senior Vice President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. "We are excited to be partnering with Benefitfocus and to have the opportunity to provide their market-leading technology during this pilot."
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The Benefitfocus technology is currently being integrated with the BCBSKC membership system and the first Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City pilot group, the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Kansas City will be rolled out during the first quarter of 2003. "We are very proud to have been chosen by the market leader, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City," says Shawn Jenkins, President and CEO of Benefitfocus. "The signing of this agreement is a real testimony that we are providing great technology and outstanding service to the carriers and their members. We are excited to be participating as a key driver in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry." |
About Benefitfocus
Benefitfocus.com, Inc. (Benefitfocus) is a leading provider of benefits administration software and services, offering employees and employers access to all benefits and human resource information securely over the Internet. Linking this data to payroll vendors and benefit providers, Benefitfocus applications seamlessly exchange data, therefore reducing errors and costs associated with traditional paper-based forms. Benefitfocus applications are designed to make companies more efficient, cost-effective, and more focused on delivering actual benefits instead of spending time on undue paperwork.
The company is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC (Charleston), and has an established client base of over 8,000 corporate employers in all fifty states.
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About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is the largest provider of health plans in a 32-county area serving greater Kansas City and northwest Missouri. The company has over 850,000 customers who choose from a comprehensive range of group and individual insurance products. A leader in the development of innovative managed care programs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City offers two health maintenance organizations, two preferred provider organizations, a dental preferred provider organization, several Medicare supplemental, and a Medicaid managed care program.
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