SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Award-winning Evolution1 – a WEX Company, an industry-leading healthcare
financial technology platform provider, today announced that it will now
be known as WEX
Health. The new name and visual identity reflect the company’s
growth, leadership, and innovation in the healthcare account management
industry.
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The announcement was made by Jeff
Young, senior vice president and general manager of WEX Health, at Partner
Conference 2016. The ninth annual go-to industry event, which
continues through tomorrow at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in
Scottsdale, has once again drawn record attendance.
“While our name and look are changing, our mission remains the same: We
simplify the business of healthcare,” said Young. “The change reflects
simplicity, flexibility, and global scalability. We offer the cloud
platform and technology solutions that our Partners, employers, and
consumers need to ensure they provide the best healthcare and benefits
options available.”
Conference 2016 includes keynote sessions by Young, Melissa
Smith, president and CEO, WEX Inc., Curt Steinhorst, founder and
president of Promentum
Group, a communications consultancy that crafts messages for today’s
distracted audiences, and Victoria Labalme, strategic performance coach
and performing artist.
Additionally, the event includes a product general session, concurrent
track sessions, industry track trends panels, multiple networking
opportunities, a sponsor expo, and the Partner awards dinner and
program. Partner Conference, the “don’t-miss” industry event for WEX
Health Partners, is designed for executives, sales and marketing
leaders, and administrators interested in growing and increasing the
profitability of their business. The annual premier event enables
attendees to experience first-hand the entire WEX Health ecosystem.
“Partner Conference gives us the opportunity to come together with our
valued Partners for an intense agenda of learning, networking, and
celebrating,” said Young. “Our dedicated Partners work tirelessly with
us to reduce costs and simplify the business of healthcare, and we are
committed to providing a superior value proposition to them in multiple
ways, including Partner Conference.”
WEX Health has partnered with Project CURE, a local non-profit in the
Scottsdale area that works to send basic medical supplies to mothers and
children in developing countries. At Partner Conference 2016, WEX Health
and CDW are hosting Kits for Kids, a project managed by Project CURE.
Partner Conference 2016 is sponsored by strategic and business partners
of WEX Health, including Axinn; BakerTilly; Bravo Wellness; CDW;
Coherent Solutions, Inc.; CompassITC; CoPatient; CXC Solutions; ECFC;
EMC; First National Bank; FIS; Fiserv; FSAstore.com; Institute for
Healthcare Consumerism; HealthcareBank; HealthExpense; HealthMine; HSA
Bank; Modern Marketing Partners; MasterCard; Mutual of Omaha; The
Nerdery; RTO Benefits; Skyline Displays Midwest; Spectrum Marketing
Services; The Bancorp; Travis Software Inc.; UMB; VCE; Visa; and White
Birch View.
Highlights and news announcements from Partner Conference are being
shared real-time via Twitter
(#PC2016) and Facebook.
About WEX Health
At WEX Health, we simplify the business of
healthcare. We do that through WEX Health Cloud, a cloud-based
healthcare financial management platform that drives efficiency for
benefit administration technology, consumer engagement, and advanced
billing and payments. Our network of partner organizations enables us to
deliver our industry-leading and award-winning solution to 200,000
employers and more than 17 million consumers across the United States
and Canada. Together we take the complexity out of defined contribution,
HSAs, HRAs, FSAs, VEBAs, PRAs, premium billing, public and private
health insurance exchanges, COBRA, wellness plans, and transit plans.
Learn more at www.wexhealthinc.com.
About WEX Inc.
WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX) is a leading provider of
corporate payment solutions. From its roots in fleet card payments
beginning in 1983, WEX has expanded the scope of its business into a
multi-channel provider of corporate payment solutions representing more
than 9 million vehicles and offering exceptional payment security and
control across a wide spectrum of business sectors. WEX and its
subsidiaries employ more than 2,000 associates. The Company has been
publicly traded since 2005. For more information, visit www.wexinc.com
and follow WEX on Twitter at @WEXIncNews.