BRADENTON, Fla., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gevity , a leading provider of comprehensive human capital management solutions, is introducing a broader range of traditional and innovative health plan offerings as part of its "Your health. Your choice." initiative to provide clients and their employees with greater control over their health benefits and costs.
Gevity's expanded options were designed in close cooperation with its top tier health partners including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Aetna Health, Inc., and Kaiser Permanente. They will be effective on October 1, 2004. These options contain a range of benefit solutions that are available to small and medium-sized businesses for the first time. The expanded options include a number of "Consumer Driven" plan options designed to give both employers as well as their employees the ability to tailor healthcare coverage to meet their individual needs.
New options being introduced include:
* Consumer directed plans with Health Reimbursement Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
* An open access plan that utilizes the HMO network of providers offered through Aetna Health, Inc.
* A lower-cost HMO option introducing deductibles and co-insurance features also offered through Aetna Health, Inc.
* An HMO plan with deductibles and co-insurance offered through Kaiser Permanente
* A low-cost, employee paid healthcare benefit for part-time employees offered through Star HRG
"Health benefits are a major factor in helping companies recruit and retain qualified employees, but providing cost-effective coverage has become an increasing challenge for employers," said Erik Vonk, Gevity Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "By providing more choices and more control, we're giving our clients the ability to manage costs while continuing to provide attractive benefits that meet the needs and expectations of their employees."
About Gevity
Gevity is a leading provider of comprehensive human capital management solutions to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. We have developed a fully integrated human capital management solution that allows us to effectively become the insourced human resource department for our clients and creates value for our clients by helping them to find, develop and retain talent, manage human resource related paperwork, and protect their business from employment-related risks. We provide employee recruitment and development assistance, payroll and benefits administration, workers' compensation insurance, health, welfare and retirement plans, and employment-related regulatory guidance. We deliver our solutions through a combination of highly skilled human resource consultants and our scalable, Web-enabled technology platform.
A copy of this press release can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.gevityhr.com/.
Gevity HRCONTACT: Anne-Marie Megela, Senior Director, Investor Relations, Gevity,1-800-2GEVITY, or 1-800-243-8489, ext. 4672, orannemarie.megela@gevityhr.com
Web site: http://www.gevityhr.com/