To recognize outstanding professionals in the healthcare industry, the Healthcare Trends Institute has announced a call for entries for its second annual Health Difference Awards. As an educational platform for healthcare benefits stakeholders including employers, financial institutions, brokers and more; HTI seeks to honor those who have made significant contributions to the healthcare benefits industry.

“After the resounding success that was our inaugural HealthDifference™ Awards, we are excited to bring back the awards program once again,” said Tiffany Wirth, Executive Director of the Healthcare Trends Institute. “With both new and established companies innovating and ultimately striving to improve the healthcare benefits industry, we look forward to seeing who’s making the biggest difference in 2015.”

Entries submitted by October 2, 2015 will be evaluated by a panel of judges and selected by the HTI Editorial Advisory Board. To identify top contributors in specified sectors of the healthcare benefits industry, awards will be distributed in the following (12) categories:

Best Employee Health Plan

Best Employee Defined Contribution Plan (DCP)

Best Employee Health Savings Account (HSA)

Best Employee Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Best Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)

Best Small Business Benefit Plan/Solution

Best Employee Wellness Program

Best Employee Health Plan Communications Program

Best Health Insurance Carrier

Best Platform – Private Health Insurance Exchanges

Best Healthcare Public Exchange Platform

Best Healthcare Partner

August 20, 2015