WALMART CANADA ADOPTS SEB’S FLEXPLUS™ AND EQ CARE TO OFFER VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE TO OVER 90,000 ASSOCIATES
March 27 2020 - 3:40PM
SEB Administrative Services Inc. (“SEB Admin”), a subsidiary of
Smart Employee Benefits Inc. (“SEB Inc.”, TSXV:SEB), a leader in
health and benefits administration and processing solutions and
services, have partnered with virtual healthcare provider EQ Care
to make virtual healthcare available to more than 90,000 Walmart
Canada associates.
ABOUT THE SOLUTIONThe
integrated FlexPlus™ and EQ Care virtual healthcare solution
will provide Walmart associates easy and secure access to a
national network of healthcare practitioners on web and mobile
devices at no cost to them. Walmart Canada associates have online
access to critical information by trained medical professionals on
the coronavirus COVID-19, along with various primary care services,
mental health and other forms of specialty care, chronic disease
management, prescription renewals, and more.
Effective immediately, Walmart Canada employees
through SEB’s FlexPlus™ TPA platform have access to EQ Care’s
virtual health care platform, offering 24/7 access to hundreds of
doctors and specialists across Canada in English and French.
Walmart Canada recently unveiled a series of
additional measures to support associates, including an appreciate
bonus and hiring of 10,000 additional associates to support stores
and distribution centres.
States Susan Muigai, Walmart Canada
Executive Vice President, People and Corporate Affairs,
“We are incredibly proud of all of our associates. Each member of
our team is going above and beyond to organize and deliver products
to stores, ensure shelves are stocked, checkout is fast and
customers have access to all their family needs. This new benefit
is just another way we’re saying thank you and stepping up our
support for associates in these uncertain times.”
States Mohamad El Chayah, President and
CEO of SEB Admin, “The EQ Care addition as a benefit,
provides Walmart Associates efficient and expeditious access to
healthcare. We commend Walmart’s initiative and efforts to flatten
the COVID-19 curve and avoid burdening the healthcare system.
FlexPlus™ combined with EQ Care provides a fully
integrated solution allowing employees to have a user-friendly
health advisory experience. The combined platforms allow SEB
Admin’s clients the opportunity to provide a best-in-class virtual
healthcare solution, potentially reducing employee exposure to
coronavirus COVID-19 and immediate access to healthcare support, at
a time when health care facilities are overwhelmed and difficult to
access.”
States Daniel Martz, CEO of EQ
Care, “It’s an honour to be serving the health care needs
of Walmart Canada’s 90,000+ employees. By providing access to EQ
Care to ensure the health and wellness of its workforce, Walmart
Canada is setting an example that will pay dividends, not only for
its employees, but also for all Canadians by reducing the pressure
on an overburdened healthcare system at a critical time.”
A number of Canada’s largest employers are
offering EQ Care to their employees, as virtual healthcare is
becoming an essential component to modern medicine. With over three
decades of experience in healthcare and as the first to introduce
wide-scale telemedicine in Canada, EQ Care is well-placed to
continue setting benchmarks in Canadian healthcare.
ABOUT SEB ADMIN:SEB Admin is a
third-party administrator (“TPA”) providing edge cloud based, fully
bilingual, benefit processing solutions using SEB Admin’s
proprietary technologies and custom solutions and services of
Partners. SEB Admin’s “FlexPlus™” platform provides single sign on
connectivity for all group benefit stakeholders. FlexPlus™ has 15
modules supporting multiple revenue models, capturing over 90% of
all benefit processing activities for all benefit types. Each
module can operate standalone or as an integrated solution. SEB
Admin manages benefit plan environments for over 330,000 employees
for more than 50 of Canada’s name brand companies and government
entities. FlexPlus™ cloud enabled solutions support all plan
designs – traditional, flex, cafeteria, hour bank, marketplace –
via co-sourced, fully outsourced or SaaS models.
ABOUT EQ CARE:EQ Care offers
patients 24/7 national and bilingual online access to a specialized
medical and mental health team providing personalized,
comprehensive treatment options from any mobile or internet
connected device. On the cutting edge of patient care, our mission
is to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality service
through our leading proprietary virtual health technology
platform.
As the market leader in Canadian virtual care
with over 30 years of health care experience, an ISO 9001:2015
certification, and over 400,000 virtual medical consultations
managed, we are continually innovating to bring cutting edge mobile
tools and approaches to our Plan Sponsors and Members.
ABOUT SEB:SEB is a technology
company providing Business Process Automation and Outsourcing
software, solutions and services to a national and global client
base. SEB has a specialty growth focus in cloud enabled SaaS
processing solutions for managing employer and government sponsored
health benefit plans on a BPO (Business Processing Outsourcing)
business model, globally. SEB currently serves corporate and
government clients across Canada and internationally. Over 80% of
SEB’s revenues derive from government, insurance and health care
organizations. SEB’s technology infrastructure of over 650
multi-certified technical professionals, across Canada and
globally, is a critical competitive advantage in supporting the
implementation and management of SEB’s benefits processing
solutions into client environments. SEB’s Benefits Processing
Solutions can be game changing for SEB clients.
The core expertise of SEB is automating and
managing business processes utilizing SEB proprietary software
solutions combined with solutions of third parties through joint
ventures and partnerships. SEB’s client acquisition model in
benefits processing is “Channel Partnerships” where SEB processing
solutions both improve cost structures and enable new revenue
models for Channel Partners and clients. All SEB solutions are
cloud enabled and can be delivered on a SaaS platform. SEB
solutions turn cost centers to profit centers for our Channel
Partners.
For further information about SEB Administrative
Service Inc., please visit: www.seb-admin.com.For further
information about EQ Care, please visit media@eqcare.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS: |
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Mohamad El Chayah, President & CEOSEB Administrative Services
Inc. Tel: 416.418.0619 |
Daniel Martz, CEO EQ CareTel: 866-784-2400 |
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mohamad.elchayah@seb-admin.comwww.seb-admin.com |
media@eqcare.comwww.eqcare.com |
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INVESTOR CONTACT: |
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John McKimm, President/CEO/CIO Tel: 416.460.2817
john.mckimm@seb-inc.comwww.seb-inc.com |
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