Resources

Benchmarking Solutions

Cloud Advisors
Cloud Advisors is a benchmarking tool that empowers Benefits Associate with the ability to provide our clients with real market insights regarding how their programs stack up versus their industry peers.

Preferred Pharmacy Network

Dispensing Fee & Prescription Drug Mark-Up Caps

Loblaw
Loblaw Companies Limited offers our clients access to over 500 pharmacies located across the country across multiple brands i.e. Canada Superstore, No Frills, Fortinos, etc. Loblaw also offers in-store dieticians and registered pharmacy technicians at select locations to address the health and wellness needs of our clients.

Metro
Servicing the needs of Ontario residents, Metro and Food Basics pharmacies have over 100 locations with pharmacy services. Further to your pharmacy needs, Metro provides a series of additional services such as Blood Pressure Monitoring, Blood Glucose Monitor Support and Lung Function Assessments for their customers.

Alliance Pharmacy
Utilizing a central dispensing pharmacy model, Alliance Pharmacy is dedicated to providing door to door service for your prescription medication needs. All prescritpions are couriered door to door to your home or business with next day service.

Prescription Drug Plan Resources

Managing Brand Name Drugs vs. Generic Drugs

innoviCares
innoviCares is a free patient care plan providing supplementary drug coverage on 100+ original brand-name medications and other medical products. Innovicares bridges the cost difference between original brand name medications and their generic alternatives, supporting greater access and choice for employees.

Visit www.thebenefitsalliancegroup.innovicares.ca to sign up for a card.

RxHelpOne
RxHelpOne is a patient choice program covering 50+ medications and allows you to remain on participating brand medications at little or no additional cost versus the generic alternative.
The program is free, and intended to give you a choice to remain on brand name medications. It will not impact your current medications where no generic formulation is available.

Visit www.RxHelpONE.com/BA to sign up for a card.

The Reformulary Group
The Reformulary is an evidence-based formulary (list of drugs) curated based on the trusted advice of an independent panel of doctors and pharmacists. Plans powered by Reformulary achieve significant savings (9 to 15%) and through DrugFinder© an app and desktop tool that searches the Reformulary, helps plan members – and consumers – make smart drug choices and take control of their health.

To learn more regarding The Reformulary Group please visit http://reformulary.com/index_en.php

Disability Management Services

Ensuring objective, fair outcomes for both employees and employers, while at the same time helping manage the ever increasing costs associated with disability and absenteeism is the core focus of our approach to offering Disability Management Services.

Our partner, Organizational Solutions, focuses primarily on Short Term Disability and WSIB Claims Management and offers services tied to attendance management, ergonomic assessments, physical demands analysis and independent medical assessments.

Employee Assistance Programs

LifeWorks EAP is a full-service employee assistance program (EAP) and work-life/wellness resource.

LifeWorks provides confidential consultations, counselling, community referrals, multimedia resources, and online access to hundreds of articles, self-assessments, blogs, audio recordings, toolkits, calculators, and more. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, toll-free or online

Individual Extended Health Care & Dental Programs

GSC Health Assist
Offers access to individual extended health care and dental programs for employees who either resign or are terminated. Coverage is accessible on a medical or non-medical basis.
Visit GSC Health Assist for additional information and access to real time quotations and online application platform.

Preventive Healthcare - Annual Health Assessments

Focused on preventative healthcare, both Medcan and Medisys are leaders in the Canadian healthcare marketplace. Historically, their flagship products have been their Annual Health Assessments.

Medcan

Medisys 

Preferred Underwriting Program - Extended Health Care & Dental

Access higher Target Loss Ratios for your Extended Health Care and Dental programs through multiple channels with our preferred underwriting program. In addition, we are also able to provide higher Non-Evidence Maximums for Life and Long Term Disability benefits through these preferred providers.

U.S. & International Benefit Consulting

National Financial Partners (NFP)
Partnering with National Financial Partners (NFP), our clients have access to an experienced consulting firm when they have employees based in the U.S. or abroad. NFP will provide the necessary consulting for our Canadian based clients for their existing programs or aide them in implementing one.

Human Resources Administration Tools & Services

Humaniqa
Humaniqa is a comprehensive, web-based toolkit that can provide your organization’s Human Resources team with instant access to a wide array of helpful tools and services:

✔ Online client support for HR inquiries                    ✔ Access to HR templates for job descriptions, letters & forms

✔ HR relevant webinars & training sessions             ✔ Corporate online filing cabinet for all HR documents

✔ Customizable employee handbook                        ✔ Email Updates on HR relevant content