HealthJoy partners with First Person Advisors to foster better benefits utilization

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Indianapolis benefits and compensation advisory firm First Person Advisors has teamed up with benefits software company HealthJoy, to provide its employer clients with a new suite of tools to simplify administrative tasks and maximize their benefit offerings.

Through the HealthJoy app, First Person’s employer clients will have access to a personalized benefits wallet that will house their insurance, HSA, retirement and other employer provided benefits in one location. Employees will also have access to 24/7 on-demand medical consultations, as well as resources for finding the lowest cost prescription medications.

“Last year showed us that employees value their health benefits more than ever before, and companies need a way to guide them toward high-quality, affordable care,” says Dave Mallen, executive vice president of strategic partnerships at HealthJoy. “Together with FirstPerson’s innovative consultative process, our simple and smart solution will help Indiana companies maximize the value of their benefits and improve healthcare outcomes.”

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HR teams can find themselves struggling to manage and communicate the different aspects of their benefit offerings, which can cause confusion for employees and result in benefits that go underutilized.

“When employers are frustrated with the complexity of their benefits, they tend to use them as little as possible and use them inefficiently,” Ryan Bojrab, First Person senior director of health strategy, said in a statement. “By simplifying access and creating a one stop portal, HealthJoy increases benefits utilization and employee engagement while reducing employer costs.”

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Early last year, HealthJoy launched a tool that streamlines access to telemedicine, in the wake of the pandemic. Additionally, HealthJoy also launched new resources in its mobile app to respond instantly to questions from its employer clients about the disease.

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“We’ve developed materials for HR departments to educate their employees on best practices in dealing with the virus,” Justin Holland, CEO of HealthJoy, previously said. “We also added information into our app so employees understand they can turn to us for help at any time.”

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