Common Census Establishes Mutual Service Agreement with CompLink

(PRWEB) February 26, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

John Alexander, VP

Common Census, Inc.

207-854-5454 x400

JAlexander@CommonCensus.com

http://www.commoncensus.com

A. Allen Gehrki, Senior Vice President

CompLink, LP

214.492.8731

agehrki@complink.biz

http://www.complink.biz

Common Census Establishes Mutual Service Agreement with CompLink

Partnership Streamlines COBRA, HIPAA and FSA Processing

Westbrook, Maine – February 21, 2003 – Common Census, Inc.®, a provider of employee benefit management, enrollment and billing solutions today announced it had formed a mutual service agreement with CompLink, L.P., a leading provider of COBRA and HIPAA compliance and FSA administration solutions.

“Our mutual service agreement allows Common Census’ customers to employ CompLink to meet all of their COBRA and HIPAA needs,” said Daniel Freund, President of Common Census. “CompLink also performs the many processes and provides the documentation necessary for COBRA and HIPAA compliance. In addition, the CompLink agreement enables employers to offer Flexible Spending Accounts with debit cards. The end result is an employee will now have an online benefit statement, online interactive electronic forms will any carrier, online medical and dependent care reimbursement account balances all within a secure HIPAA compliant package. Its easy to use and comprehensive.”

Common Census uses Syncapay® to link with ADP and other payroll systems that usually get first notice of employment changes that affect COBRA and HIPAA compliance. These changes flow through Common Census to CompLink who sends the appropriate COBRA or HIPAA documents. In turn, when the employees become ineligible CompLink will send a notice about COBRA and even follow through to the date final COBRA premiums are received.

“With this integration HR departments will no longer have to act as bill collectors,” added Freund. “Additionally, as all of these activities are performed within federally mandated timeframes, HR is alleviated of the compliance burden.”

CompLink’s automated communications are sent through a variety of functional means, including the Internet, email, fax, phone and file transfer. “The Common Census and CompLink mutual service agreement will provide a great advantage for HR professionals,” said A. Allen Gehrki, Senior Vice President of CompLink. “This integration streamlines COBRA and HIPAA processes and allows HR to concentrate on core business issues.”

About CompLink

CompLink is an Internet-based COBRA, HIPAA and FSA administrator founded and developed by benefit industry specialists. CompLink is a completely automated solution created to address the risk, expense and administrative burdens associated with COBRA/HIPAA, cafeteria plan administration and direct billing services, including retiree and FMLA. CompLink is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and represents nearly 4,500 clients and over 25,000 COBRA continuants. http://www.complink.biz.

About Common Census

Common Census is a provider of employee benefit management, enrollment and billing solutions. Built on 12 years of benefit management excellence, Common Census's solution enables employers to provide benefit statements to employees and accurately compute the amounts due to each carrier every month. Using the same database, the software gives brokers effective tools to enroll employees and delivers accurate invoices for carriers. Common Census completely integrates core and worksite products. Using Syncapay the program facilitates data exchange with any payroll or HRIS system. Common Census is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine. http://www.commoncensus.com.

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