Simplify Healthcare's Benefits1™.Medicare Drives Over 30% of Nationwide PBP Submissions to CMS, Marking Over 7 Years as a Trusted Industry Leader
AURORA, Ill., June 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify Healthcare, a recognized leader in enterprise software solutions for Payers, proudly announces that its flagship platform, Benefits1™.Medicare, played a key role once again in streamlining over 30% of Medicare Advantage (MA) Plan Benefit Package (PBP) submissions to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this year. This milestone highlights the platform's transformative impact on benefit plan management and its integral role in supporting Payers across the nation.
Benefits1™.Medicare continues to be the industry leader, enabling large-scale CMS bid submissions successfully for over 7 years, while also importing data seamlessly from the CMS-PBP software. Designed to handle the complexities of bid submission and accessible immediately (benefit updates can be started at any time independent of HPMS releases), the platform continues to set the standard for speed, accuracy, and compliance in PBP submissions with its seamless integration, robust reporting, global data updates, secure user roles, workflow automation and audit tracking capabilities.
"Our customers relied on Benefits1™.Medicare to streamline over 30% of nationwide PBP submissions—proof of the trust we've earned and the efficiency our platform delivers year after year." — Ramesh Padri, VP of Product Delivery at Simplify Healthcare.
"Managing the full Medicare Advantage lifecycle—from bids to digital delivery—makes Benefits1™.Medicare truly stand out in helping Payers drive value and improve member experiences." — Tasneem Chital, VP of Government Markets at Simplify Healthcare.
Industry Leadership Through Customer Focus
As healthcare organizations face increasing operational and regulatory challenges, Benefits1™.Medicare offers an effective solution that simplifies workflows while driving greater organizational efficiency.
"This milestone reflects our long-standing commitment of partnering with health plans to successfully manage bid submissions. We bring the full stack partnership experience — people, thought leaders, product, and technology— towards delivering a superior bid submission experience for our customers." — Nirnay Patel, EVP & GM of Benefits1™ at Simplify Healthcare.
About Simplify Healthcare
Simplify Healthcare powers connected benefits and provider journeys for Payers through a scalable, enterprise-grade, secure, compliant, and configurable cloud-based software platform — Simplify Health Cloud™. We offer highly scalable, technology-centered document and translation management services to Payers through Simplify Docs™. We also empower industries with AI-native SaaS solutions designed to build and deploy digital solutions faster, better, and with embedded AI through SimplifyX™.
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