The short answer is “probably not”. The long answer would be “No, but…”. Lets discuss the “but” here.

Employees only see OE as being a short period during the year. For HR, its obviously a much longer process. From selecting the benefits package to making sure employees get their cards from the carrier, OE is a long and often times painful process. But (here’s where we start), some pains can be removed through the selection of a good HRIS.  Here are some things a HRIS (like ours…/shameless plug) can do to ease the OE pain:

• Automatically determine eligibility so you don’t have to
• Display plan information (like deductibles, co-pay), provider directories, and plan documents electronically so you can save paper and avoid questions (who needs interpersonal interaction when you’ve got Facebook?)
• Send enrollment data directly to the carrier to avoid double data entry and costly enrollment errors
• Strong reports to easily remit a carrier invoice to your own records

Are there certain pain points that you struggle with during OE?