Cloud Computing Platform Automates Health Spending for Canadians
October 25 2011 - 1:04PM
Business Wire
PreAxia Health Care Payment Systems Inc. introduces their
automated platform for managing Health Spending Accounts (HSAs) in
Canada. This follows three years of development to create the first
fully integrated HSA solution for Canada’s brokerage and broker
community. Through the use of Cloud Computing technologies, PreAxia
allows HSA brokers to more easily offer and manage HSA accounts.
PreAxia technology simplifies fund-management, claims adjudication,
transaction processing and on-line health benefit administration,
through a broker’s own web site. This automation results in cost
savings for both HSA brokers and the companies that purchase these
services.
An HSA is a special bank account to set aside funds for personal
health care. Similar in ways to an RRSP, this account offers tax
advantages to both employers and employees. Unlike the more
traditional insurance plans, HSAs provide employers and employees
with greater control in the amount of funds invested and how the
funds are used. Employers determine the amount of money they wish
to deposit into an HSA and employees use these funds to pay for a
broad range of health care services. PreAxia’s platform provides
the on-line tools to manage the plan, generate reports, communicate
with employees, submit claims and be reimbursed for health related
expenditures. These accounts are available through health insurance
brokers and financial advisors. More information on HSA accounts
can be found at PreAxia’s broker web sites which are accessible
through www.PreAxia.com.
PreAxia’s HSA Management Solution is designed for agents (health
insurance brokers and financial planners) that service small and
medium sized companies. PreAxia technology aids these agents in
promoting their HSA services. Each PreAxia broker is provided with
a custom branded web site and employers requiring HSA services are
directed to this site through PreAxia’s main portal. The technology
eliminates the need for paper documentation and provides software
tools for the ongoing management of these plans for both brokers
and their employer/employee clients. It provides secure online
transactions in the funding of these plans and the disbursement of
employee claims.
With PreAxia, Brokerage Firms and Brokers can create their own
health spending account program. The system provides the tools to
establish a privately branded health spending account product as
well as design a web site and marketing material to complement the
brand. The platform also provides tools to manage new customer
relationships and an automated enrolment process.
This is a significant step in the control of health care costs
on an international level. By eliminating paper documentation and
electronically managing all aspects of billing and claims
management, PreAxia is able to reduce costs at all levels of the
process and provide brokers with higher profit margins. This leaves
more money to be spent on the acquisition of health care services
as opposed to administration of the process. “This is an industry
changing technology. It is our expectation that PreAxia technology
will become the new standard in how Group Benefits are
administered. We allow brokers to spend less time on administration
and focus on the personal relationship part of their business.
These savings benefit the entire health care system”, commented
Perry Shoom, PreAxia’s Vice President of Marketing.
PreAxia’s proprietary platform was constructed with a state of
the art in-house designed architecture, and the latest technology
stack offered by Microsoft. The platform runs on a private cloud
managed by Tenzing. It was built with high security and high
availability as the key requirements. For the processing of
electronic financial transactions, PreAxia works with TD Bank and
Beanstream. All transactions are protected with the strongest SSL
encryption offered by Verisign (now part of Symantec.) Verisign
certificates are recognized around the world as authentication of
secure Internet transactions. Available only in Canada today, the
PreAxia platform is designed to operate in multiple countries while
complying with local regulations for other HSA-type products. The
implementation currently supports thousands of concurrent users,
and the proprietary architecture allows for the capacity to grow to
millions of concurrent customers as needed.
This initial launch of the application is designed to aid the
broker and employer communities. A Clinic Module, to be introduced
soon, will help link consumers with health care practitioners in
their local market.
PreAxia offers a Free Webinar for professionals interested in
learning about the company’s automated & paperless HSA
Management Solution. Interested individuals should send an e-mail
to webinar@PreAxia.com with “Request Webinar Details” in the
subject line.
PreAxia Health Care Payment Systems Inc. (www.PreAxia.com)
provides those who sell health insurance and financial planning
products with the technology to sell Health Savings Accounts
(HSAs). Its automated & paperless HSA Management Solution uses
Internet technology to provide marketing, enrolment, claims
management and support services. This comprehensive set of software
applications manages client relationships and HSA accounts through
a web browser. The company is currently quoted on the over the
counter bulletin board (OTC/BB) under the symbol “PAXH”.
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