Comments on: what can be learned from towers watson’s annual enrollment 2010 survey http://www.freerangecomm.com/2010/02/what-can-be-learned-from-towers-watsons-annual-enrollment-2010-survey/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 2012 annual enrollment swag bag! 7 articles that guide and advise — free-range communication http://www.freerangecomm.com/2010/02/what-can-be-learned-from-towers-watsons-annual-enrollment-2010-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-23839 2012 annual enrollment swag bag! 7 articles that guide and advise — free-range communication Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:51:59 +0000 http://www.freerangecomm.com/?p=6691#comment-23839 [...] what can be learned from tower watson’s annual enrollment 2010 survey? [...] [...] what can be learned from tower watson’s annual enrollment 2010 survey? [...]

]]> By: fran http://www.freerangecomm.com/2010/02/what-can-be-learned-from-towers-watsons-annual-enrollment-2010-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-847 fran Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:08:38 +0000 http://www.freerangecomm.com/?p=6691#comment-847 single sign-on...wow, is that a gift to the employee. without it, many can't be bothered. me, i'm surprised that more companies aren't creating benefits and open enrollment portals for their employees, bringing together these separate sites to help employees choose and use their benefits. f single sign-on…wow, is that a gift to the employee. without it, many can’t be bothered. me, i’m surprised that more companies aren’t creating benefits and open enrollment portals for their employees, bringing together these separate sites to help employees choose and use their benefits.

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]]> By: anon (due to a too unique name) http://www.freerangecomm.com/2010/02/what-can-be-learned-from-towers-watsons-annual-enrollment-2010-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-845 anon (due to a too unique name) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:39:07 +0000 http://www.freerangecomm.com/?p=6691#comment-845 "amazingly, nearly a full-quarter of participants said their open enrollment site is not integrated with any of their providers’." I think that a lot more people need to recognize how big of an issue this is. Even the Towers Watson tools don't currently support vendor integration. The answer they've given me is "we're looking into it." Furthermore, I spoke with several national healthcare vendors about better integrating their data via single sign on protocols, and only 4 out of 12 were willing to discuss it and of those 4 only 2 offered any support for a unified login process. Thank you so much for pointing this out! “amazingly, nearly a full-quarter of participants said their open enrollment site is not integrated with any of their providers’.”

I think that a lot more people need to recognize how big of an issue this is. Even the Towers Watson tools don’t currently support vendor integration. The answer they’ve given me is “we’re looking into it.” Furthermore, I spoke with several national healthcare vendors about better integrating their data via single sign on protocols, and only 4 out of 12 were willing to discuss it and of those 4 only 2 offered any support for a unified login process.

Thank you so much for pointing this out!

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