bswift,
a leader in software and services for employee benefits administration,
announced today that it recently released version 6.0 of its SaaS
(Software-as-a-Service) technology platform. Highlights of this release
include:
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Re-design of the bswift user interface, including optimization on, and
compatibility with, the many new browsers and mobile devices taking
hold in the market in the past two years
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Numerous enhancements for Exchanges, improving the user experience for
“shopping” for benefits, including bswift’s proprietary BestFit Plan
Advisor tool
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Hundreds of incremental enhancements and new features improving
enrollment, benefit eligibility transitions, automation, fulfillment
and tools for benefit administrators
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Transparency tools for EDI workflow and operations
“Our goal was to provide employees and administrators a great user
experience based on simplicity, ease-of-use, elegance, and speed,” noted
Shawn Calvert, bswift Director, User Experience. “The new design is more
visually appealing and user-friendly, reflecting current usability
standards and user research from bswift's extensive client base. It also
features our first wave of input, table and button enhancements to
enable cross-browser and cross-device compatibility, helping users work
faster and better, wherever they are working.”
“The 6.0 release introduces even more opportunities for bswift clients
to promote their company brand and messaging,” Calvert commented. “For
example, the employee home page can be as simple or as robust as clients
want it to be, and can be easily reconfigured and updated with modular
content as needs change.”
bswift’s consumer tools and Exchange features were also significantly
enhanced. For example, the user experience for the bswift BestFit Plan
Advisor was streamlined and upgraded with visual aids to help consumers
select the optimal health plan (for traditional employers/employees as
well as for Exchange users). “Our new and improved BestFit tool
exemplifies bswift’s ongoing commitment to the development of engaging,
intelligent, and valuable decision support tools,” noted Brett
Baker, bswift’s Chief Technology Officer. “And we also enhanced our
retail shopping experience for consumers so that employers and employees
can compare plans easily, incorporating the design principles espoused
by UX 2014, among others.”
“We remain committed to solving for the administrative challenges of
benefits administration and Exchanges,” Baker continued, “represented in
this release by our new EDI transparency dashboard for our customers and
partners. We develop and maintain thousands of EDI feeds to carriers,
payroll systems and external vendors, and it’s a challenge to manage the
many implementations and processes. We continue to meet this challenge
head-on with tools to build feeds more responsively, automate processes,
foster collaborative workflow, and facilitate transparency and clear
accountabilities.”
bswift CEO Rich
Gallun articulated, “Our benefits technology is used by all kinds of
employers – from large Fortune 500 organizations with 20,000+ employees
to smaller businesses with two employees. Our unique position in the
marketplace, interacting with varied stakeholders from Vice Presidents
of HR to brokers and carriers on a daily basis, enables bswift to
anticipate trends and to deliver innovative solutions ahead of the
competition. We will continue to lead the way.”
About bswift
Based in Chicago, bswift offers software and services that streamline
benefits, HR and payroll administration. bswift’s state-of-the-art
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology and Business Process Outsourcing
(BPO) solutions significantly reduce administrative costs and
time-consuming paperwork, making life easier for administrators and more
than one million consumers who enroll in benefits with bswift. For more
information, visit www.bswift.com.
