Saturday, November 13, 2004

Vendors Offer Web-Based Health-Care Options For SMBs  According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's Employer Health Benefits 2004 Annual Survey, released in September, only 63% of small businesses currently offer health benefits to their workers, down from 68% in 2001.  Smart Online Inc., a vendor of Web-based business solutions for small to midsize businesses (SMBs), and Precis Inc., a provider of health-care solutions, have formed a partnership to change that. They announced this week that they plan to build Precis' non-insurance options for managing health-care costs into Smart Online's OneBiz service, scheduled to launch at www.smartonline.com in the first quarter of 2005. 8:30:20 AM    comment []