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Proud to work for such an innovative and thriving company!

I am thrilled to share that I’ve recently joined Ooma, Inc. as an HR Generalist Lead. From the first interview I’ve been blown away by our top-notch candidate experience starting with Otto Pfefferle. The last seven weeks have been wonderful listening and learning from our incredible team Cameron Gibson, Susan Pascual, Terry Ybarra Glader, PHR,SHRM-CP and Jenny Mariano. I’m also very appreciative of Christina Cartner, Ciara E. and Ygor Da Silva, CPHR Candidate for their warm welcome. I’ve had a busy and fun week being onsite in Sunnyvale, California. Can’t wait to see the oomazing things we will do together!

Get ready for the new benefits year with our latest webinar on 2024 trends and predictions that could shape the next 12 months and beyond.

Persistent inflation and the high cost of new medical technologies are among the drivers that will contribute to another year of sharply rising global healthcare benefits costs in 2024, according to the WTW Global Medical Trends Survey released this week. Read more via Human Resource Executive

In the face of market pressures and business model changes, health plans are innovating in ways other companies may find instructive. Read more via Forbes

I'm thrilled to share that Benefitfocus has been recognized as one of Manage HR Magazine's Top 10 Benefits Administration Solutions Providers of 2023! Learn more about this honor here:

Benefitfocus is pleased to announced that Sue Boland-Harter was recently named Vice President, Enterprise Accounts. In this role, Boland-Harter will be partnering with large, complex organizations and their consultants to deliver a connected benefits experience across both health and financial wellbeing.

Benefits administrators have enough to keep track of – and that's why we've put a comprehensive list of ever-changing plan details like annual contribution limits, income thresholds and maximum payment limits into one handy resource.

For a typical U.S. adult, choosing health benefits is among the most significant — and potentially among the most costly — decisions they’ll make across their working lifetime. Here, we examine why decision support is so important and how employers can support employees to make better decisions based on their unique needs.

"The more benefits advisors and employers can do to make the employee benefits experience engaging, the more likely we are to satisfy employees and help them achieve better outcomes across all facets of their wellbeing." Read on for more insights from our own Ana Perez via BenefitsPRO: