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The Leapfrog Group is a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health benefits founded a decade ago to work for improvements in health care safety, quality, and affordability.

Enroller Resource Center has almost 1300 independent benefit counselors (230 bilinguals) located all across the country. These enrollers contract with carriers and enrollment firms to do onsite and Call Center benefits communications. ERC consults with its clients to create effective and affordable worksite communications.

The ABA HSA Council is an organization of banks, insurers and technology leaders committed to increasing the adoption velocity of health savings accounts in the United States. The ABA HSA Council represents its members before Congress, the White House and U.S. Courts in order to preserve the ability of Americans to pay for healthcare using an HSA.

The National Association of Alternative Benefits Consultants, Inc. (NAABC) is a professional “non-commercial” trade organization that was developed to represent insurance producers and brokers across the United States who market Health Savings Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements and other Consumer Driven Health Plans to individuals and employers/groups. Our goal is to provide formal support and education to those agents who are, or wish to become active in the consumer driven health plan and self-funding markets.

EmployersWeb.com is the leading business web portal and companion magazines dedicated to providing real health, benefits, compensation, work-life, recognition, and career development solutions.

Global Knowledge Exchange Network’s (GKEN) purpose is to identify and promote the awareness and adoption of existing and emerging better practice models and promising new health systems models across industrialized nations. GKEN favors the promotion of better practices that do not require legislation, international treaties or large sums of money, yet when adopted can improve health systems on a global basis.

America’s Benefits Specialists – NAHU represents licensed health insurance agents, brokers, consultants and benefit professionals across America who assists individuals in purchasing health insurance.

Wye River Group on Healthcare (WRGH) and its affiliated Foundation for American Health Care Leadershipsm (FAHCL) are nonpartisan, not for profit entities, which serve as catalysts to raise awareness and broaden perspectives to enable constructive healthcare change.

The Foundation for HealthSMART Consumers is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to activating health care consumers by properly informing them about the evolving landscape for individual health responsibility and care accountability. With the aspiration of encouraging consumer awareness of each of our individual roles in contributing to a viable health future, The Foundation seeks to connect stakeholders and build momentum for a movement where all parties are committed to adding value through the health of our society and the strength of our system.

United Benefit Advisors® (UBA) is a Member-owned alliance of more than 140 premier independent benefit advisory firms with 165 offices throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and is one of the nation’s top five employee benefit advisory organizations. UBA Members are uniquely prepared to share their collective wisdom with busy employers who want the assurance that they are making informed choices that improve the lives of their employees. Our Members saved employers an average of 7.4% from the initial medical plan renewal offer in 2009, which translates to a staggering $1.1 billion in annual medical plan cost savings.

At the Coalition for Healthcare Redesign (COHR) our mission is to bring grass roots Americans together who are engaged in the healthcare system on a professional basis to create an effective, efficient, redesigned market-based system for the delivery of and payment for high quality, affordable health care.

At Sage Benefit Group we’re about Innovative Solutions, Transparency and Benchmarking which lead to significant savings for brokers and clients alike. As a broker resource we share, advise and consult through education or one-on-one support. As a client resource we integrate novel plan designs, proprietary networks, wellness and more to reinforce positive employee behavior.

Medical Travel Today is the FREE newsletter of the medical tourism industry. Written and edited by experts in international healthcare, Medical Travel Today keeps its readers abreast of trends, deals, new business, competition, medical advances, legal issues, and the advancement of care for the rapidly growing ranks of medical travelers.

HRmarketer.com is a product of Fisher Vista LLC, a B2B marketing software and services firm focusing on the HR marketplace. HRmarketer provides vendors with the tools to execute stellar marketing and PR campaigns. This includes a SaaS-based marketing platform, agency services and SocialEars®, a groundbreaking social listening and analytics software.

WEB is a network of nearly 1600 members representing more than 25 professions and 30 areas of expertise within the pension and benefits industry-including administrators, consultants, attorneys, accountants, investment managers, communications experts and benefits managers.