HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Empyrean Benefit Solutions, one of the fastest-growing benefits technology and service firms in the US, has been selected by Cengage Learning to be its outsourced provider of health and welfare benefits administration services.
“After a careful evaluation of large and emerging firms, we selected Empyrean because of its people and its technology,” said Gail E. DiLisio, Vice President, Compensation and Benefits, Cengage Learning. “We will look to Empyrean’s solution to deliver efficiencies and better participant service across all our H&W benefits, including eligibility management, enrollment, reporting, communications, call center, FSA, COBRA/HIPAA and direct billing.”
“Cengage Learning is the latest example of a major trend in the market,” said Doug Hogenmiller, Empyrean SVP of Business Development. “Mid-sized employers are transitioning health and welfare benefits administration from legacy providers—looking to Empyrean’s client-specific approach, innovative technology and expertise to gain greater efficiency and flexibility.”
Empyrean provides enrollment, eligibility management, and a range of other plan management services to three distinct markets: employers, benefit brokerage firms and emerging private health care exchanges which are creating an open market of plan options.
About Empyrean
Founded in 2007, Empyrean Benefit Solutions is a leading provider of technology and services for managing large and middle-market employers’ health and benefit programs. The company’s open systems approach brings together the industry’s most advanced benefits technology platform with the market’s leading domain experts. This agile business solution drives greater value to employers and employees during increasing market uncertainty by giving them an unprecedented level of flexibility, through best-of-breed integration of other software and service providers. Empyrean’s founders are former principals with some of the country’s largest benefits administration service providers. For more information visit www.GoEmpyrean.com.
About Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning is a leading provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets worldwide. The company's products and services are designed to foster academic excellence and professional development, increase student engagement, improve learning outcomes and deliver authoritative information to people whenever and wherever they need it. Through the company’s unique position within both the library and academic markets, Cengage Learning is providing integrated learning solutions that bridge from the library to the classroom. Cengage Learning's brands include Brooks/Cole, Course Technology, Delmar, Gale, Heinle, National Geographic Learning, South-Western and Wadsworth, among others. Cengage Learning is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information on Cengage Learning visit www.cengage.com.