The keys to a great software are accessibility and customization. The Software is useless if it isn’t intuitive enough to use and won’t serve all your purposes if it can’t be modified to fit your company.
Here are some of the attributes of a good Affordable Care Act software dashboard.
Tracking:
The tracking piece of a good ACA software is imperative to an HR professional’s daily life.
-A current list of all your employees
-A list of which employees are ACA full time status and which are ACA part time status
-Alerts that show which employees are approaching a status change
-Direct emails alerts when the changes happen
Data upload:
Uploading the reporting information for your group should also be an easy process.
-All that should be required is to simply go into your software and apply an hour count to employees for each specified time period and record what benefits have been offered/elected/waived.
-If you have a lot of employees than an accessible software should allow for a mass upload by importing a custom spreadsheet that makes adding hours for multiple employees far easier and faster.
Ease of use:
Some software can be overly confusing when you are first introduced to them, the steepness of the learning curve is a very important characteristic to consider when looking at software solutions
-An intuitive software model that allows for both tactile and analytical understanding
-A competent onboarding and training team to make sure that you are confident in the system before you start managing anything on your own
When you combine all the factors who get an intuitive and customized software that will make your Affordable Care Act measurement period a breeze and relieve the stress of end of year reporting. If your ACA software dashboard doesn’t include all of the following traits it may be time for a new software.