Doppelmayr elevates benefits while reducing costs for employees and the company
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“With Great-West Healthcare, renewal increases are much more manageable. We're able to minimize the amount that we require employees to contribute, even as industry costs have risen.” –Kathy Pearson, Human Resources Manager, Doppelmayr CTEC
Every day, Doppelmayr CTEC helps take people to new heights. As North America’s leading manufacturer of ropeway transportation equipment, the company installs and retrofits gondolas, chairlifts, trams and sky rides at ski resorts and scenic locales throughout the continent. The company is based in Salt Lake City, with additional offices in Quebec, Canada; Golden, CO; and Lincoln, NH. Doppelmayr CTEC is the North American branch of the Austrian-based Doppelmayr ropeway manufacturing company, a subsidiary of the Doppelmayr/Garaventa-Group.
Benefits needs:
- A health care plan that minimizes employees’ out-of-pocket expenses and Doppelmayr CTEC's costs.
- Quality benefits that cover employees in multiple states.
- Simple administration for a one-person HR department.
- A long-term solution for managing health care benefits costs.
The Great-West Healthcare solution:
- Self-funding through Great-West Healthcare saves Doppelmayr CTEC 15 to 20 percent over fully insured plans.
- Lower costs enabled employees to more readily “buy up” to richer benefits.
- The plans cover the company’s employees in multiple states.
- The Great-West Healthcare disease management program helps employees manage conditions, thereby lowering claim costs in the long run.
- Doppelmayr CTEC appreciates that its Great-West Healthcare account manager delivers responsive, attentive service, and offers suggestions for ways to improve its plans. The office manager easily administers and manages the health plan with informative employee packets and comprehensive online resources from Great-West Healthcare.