American Public Media Group selects BeneSmart™ for Online Enrollment & Eligibility Management

May 2007

Public radio powerhouse American Public Media Group, assisted by Preferred Benefits of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has selected Benesyst’s BeneSmart™ solution for online enrollment, eligibility management and consolidated billing. American Public Media is one of the nation's premier public radio producers, bringing you over 20 national public radio programs and specials. 15 million people listen to AMPG productions each week. Benesyst provides technologically advanced outsourcing solutions that improve efficiency and information flow for national clients such as American Public Media Group, and is delighted to help AMPG in its commitment to providing top-notch services to its valued staff.

AMPG will have its health and welfare benefits managed though BeneSmart,™ which provides rules-based advanced employee decision support tools to users, comprehensive enrollment and eligibility change data to all carriers, the client’s payroll system or vendor, employee self-serve and real-time online multilevel reporting to the benefits staff, consolidated billing, HRIS/Reporting. Its features ensure that data collected is complete and accurate, eligibility changes are consistently handled in billing and payroll output and that mid-year changes and re-enrollment are painlessly and intelligently handled.

American Public Media Group, already a customer for Benesyst’s COBRA and Continuation Services has also added Benesyst’s Flexible Spending Account Administration with intelligent card services in conjunction with this latest change. As an organization known for very high standards, American Public Media has come to appreciate the difference that Benesyst’s commitment to quality and customer service makes in achieving satisfied participants.

About Benesyst
Benesyst is an established, high technology, high performance benefit administration outsourcer. Benesyst is the creator of BeneSmart™, a state-of-the-art, online enrollment and eligibility management solution that revolutionizes the way systems "think" about and manage benefits. Benesyst is also a "best of breed" Flexible Benefit Account (all types), HIPAA/COBRA/State Continuation and Short-Term Disability Benefit Administrator, offering high-touch, high performance innovative solutions in these traditionally outsourced services.
www.benesyst.net.

About American Public Media Group
APMG is a public radio giant providing administrative, financial, and human resources services to Minnesota Public Radio|American Public Media, The Fitzgerald Theater Company, home to A Prairie Home Companion, to Southern California Public Radio – home to Marketplace, among other services. APMG operates the Public Radio MusicSource and Public Radio BookSource, a fundraising project for public radio stations, and the Pretty Good Goods catalog. The mission of American Public Media Group is to provide significant long-term financial strength to its supported organizations.
www.americanpublicmediagroup.publicradio.org .