2014 HTI HealthDifference Award Winners Announced

    FARGO, ND, January 14, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Winners of the first annual HealthDifference Awards have been announced by program sponsor, Healthcare Trends Institute (HTI). The HealthDifference Awards recognize individuals and companies that have contributed to the betterment of the healthcare benefits industry in the United States.

2014 HTI HealthDifference Award Winners by category are as follows:

Best Employee Defined Contribution Plan (DCP)
Gold: Eide Bailly Silver: Advantage Administrators
Best Employee Health Savings Account (HSA)
Gold: HSA Bank
Best Employee Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Gold: Chard Snyder
Best Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRAs)
Gold: Peak1 Administration
Best Small Business Benefit Plan/Solution
Gold: BayPoint Benefits
Best Employee Wellness Program
Gold: LifeVest Health
Best Healthcare Private Exchange Platform
Gold: Bloom Health

Award winners are notified by email, and receive a frame-quality certificate. In addition, winners have the option to order an engraved Statuette from the same manufacturer as the Oscar awards. HTI's annual HealthDifference Awards are open to members and non-members and organizations of all sizes, as well as, individuals.

"Given the incredible amount of change in the healthcare benefits industry, the inaugural year of the HealthDifference awards was a great success," states Tiffany Wirth, Executive Director of HTI. "The quality of entrants demonstrates the vitality of our industry, and we look forward to building on this success next year."

About the Healthcare Trends Institute
The Healthcare Trends Institute is a new educational platform to help employers, third-party administrators, health plans, brokers, banks, payroll providers, consumers, and other stakeholders keep up with the rapidly changing healthcare benefits industry. It covers a range of topics related to the administration and management of healthcare benefits, including defined contribution, health exchanges, insurance, legislation, and more.

Healthcare Trends Institute programming includes an educational web series, an annual awards program, enewsletters, training programs, a resource library, a real-time health exchange infographic, and more. To ensure all content and programs achieve the highest level of quality and relevancy, the Institute is guided by an Editorial Advisory Board of subject-matter experts that represent diverse aspects and perspectives within the healthcare benefits industry. The Institute is sponsored by Evolution1, the nation's largest electronic payment, on-premise, or cloud-based, consumer-driven healthcare solution. More information is available at http://www.HealthcareTrendsInstitute.org.

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