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Driving Benefits Solutions

Group Associates, a national benefits centric HRO provider, is your solution to eliminate the burden of Health and Welfare Administration, minimize compliance risks, and reduce costs associated with Health and Welfare Administration. Founded in 1986, Group Associates specializes in employee benefits plan design, implementation and administration.

Group Associates' Health and Welfare administration platform is a proprietary rules-based application called Employee Management System (EMS). This scalable system utilizes electronic data interchange (EDI) with benefits vendors and HRIS systems. EMS accepts, stores, audits and reports enrollment and changes to carriers, Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, and Accounting. EMS's online resources enables employees to view information about their benefits options, link to carriers, review contributions, and make benefits elections. Group Associates' flexible business model frees your Human Resources, Benefits, HRIS, Payroll and Accounting staff from routine administration, so they can focus on strategic planning.

Group Associates' consulting and brokerage services help our clients in the design, implementation and management of their employee benefits plans. We can show you how to get the most value for your (and your employees') benefits dollars. We have strong relationships with many national and regional carriers, so we can work with you to develop plans specifically to meet your needs. Our services range across all aspects of benefits. Some examples include considering/implementing employee wellness initiatives, addressing questions related to healthcare legislation, helping to develop an employee contribution strategy, working with labor relations to develop and present benefits changes during contract negotiations, advocating an improved carrier renewal, marketing benefits to prospective carriers/vendors, and on and on.

 Benefits Consulting (Plan Design, Contribution Strategies, Wellness Initiatives)
 Benefits Procurement (Marketing, Placing and Renewing Coverage)
 Premium Administration (Collection, Reconciliation and Remittance)
 COBRA Administration
 FSA Administration
 Employee Service Center
 Employee Self-Service
 Fulfillment Center
 Employee Management System (EMS)
 Payroll and Carrier Audit Services
 Electronic Data Feeds
 Financial and Other Reports