Friday, October 16, 2009

Premier Consulting Associates Contracts with Benefit Informatics to Offer New Health Plan Analysis and Reporting Solutions to Clients

Premier Consulting Associates, LLC looks at benefits as a strategic element of
any organization`s business operations. In approaching benefits strategy this
way, Premier Consulting offers their customers a comprehensive, rather than a
fragmented process that helps organizations, businesses and consortiums control
costs, offer attractive employee benefits and improve the financial health of
the business.

Amherst, NY-based Premier Consulting Associates has contracted with Benefit
Informatics, a leading healthcare data integration and analysis firm, to
implement BI`s Data Analysis and Reporting solutions. Premier Consulting will
utilize BI`s online services to analyze customer health plans to better identify
cost drivers, trends and opportunities for savings.

"We strive to utilize data, information and technology to offer our clients the
greatest value through our services," said William Brothers, CEO of Premier
Consulting Associates. "Benefit Informatics will enhance our current resources
with additional analysis and reporting functionality and allow us to provide
customers with information necessary to make informed decisions about their
benefits."

Cynthia Hammer, Premier Consultants` President, points to Benefit Informatics
industry knowledge and expertise as key to their decision. "We evaluated a
number of options before choosing Benefit Informatics. Their ability to capture
a wide variety of data sources and bring them together in one, easy to use
database will give us new resources in helping our customers better control
healthcare costs and evaluate benefit strategies."

Premier Consulting Associates benefit consultants will utilize a variety of
standard and ad-hoc reporting and analysis functions available through Benefit
Informatics` proven Data Analysis and Reporting solution. Their analysis of
customer health plans will include benchmarking plan performance against
national standards, identifying high cost procedures and diagnoses and
evaluating expenses and options for prescription drugs. Premier will also
utilize the BI system to produce and electronically distribute reports to
clients.

About Benefit Informatics

Benefit Informatics Inc. enables the efficient planning, management and analysis
of employee benefit plans through the delivery of online proprietary
applications and services to employers, insurance companies, third party
administrators and brokers. Benefit Informatics currently serves more than 50
payer organizations and more than 5,500 businesses and health plans. For
additional information, call 888.802.INFO (4636) or visit
www.benefitinformatics.com.

About Premier Consulting Associates, LLC


Based in Amherst, NY, Premier Consulting Associates, LLC is a leading benefits
consulting firm with more than 100 years of combined experience in serving all
sectors of the marketplace, including Labor Organizations/Unions/Taft Hartley
Plans, private sector employers, municipalities, hospital organizations,
non-for-profit organizations and school districts. For more information, contact
716.688.5600 or visit www.premierconsultingassoc.com.

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