Lighthouse1 Partners with WiredCommute to Offer Enhanced Transportation Benefit Services

Lighthouse1 Teams with the Leading Transportation Benefit Services Provider to Expand its Offerings  

MINNEAPOLIS, October 17,  2006 – Lighthouse1, a leading provider of consumer driven healthcare (CDH) administration software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Accor Services’ WiredCommute to provide Lighthouse1 customers with WiredCommute’s state-of-the-art and user-friendly transportation benefit services.

WiredCommute provides a Web-based ordering platform that offers Lighthouse1 OnDemand™ participants easy transactions using their tax-advantaged commuter expense reimbursement accounts. With a single sign-on via Lighthouse1 OnDemand™, participants have access to WiredCommute’s national network including more than 500 transit authorities and more than 9,000 parking locations.

Participants may order transit and parking products including fare cards, transit vouchers, direct pay parking and parking vouchers. All transactions include direct payment and no need for substantiation. Orders are shipped via first class mail directly to participant’s homes. This streamlined process minimizes the time and effort required by participants and allows them to view commuter expense balances and transaction histories online.

“Employees can benefit significantly by using a commuter expense account, especially in today’s tight economy,” said Jeff Fritz, chief executive officer and president of Lighthouse1. “By partnering with WiredCommute, we bring a more comprehensive, competitive benefit to administrators and make it even easier for employees to use their commuter benefits and save money.”

Lighthouse1 OnDemand™, the high performance Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, delivers automated management of employer benefits plans such as commuter expense transit accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA).

“We are very excited to partner with Lighthouse1 and bring this solution to their clients,” says Gerard Bridi, President, WiredCommute. “Together, we are able to reach a tremendous number of employers and bring commuter tax savings to thousands of employees throughout the country.” 

About Lighthouse1
Lighthouse1 delivers consumer driven healthcare (CDH) administration software solutions including Lighthouse1 OnDemand™, the high performance Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, to resolve challenges in the administration of Section 125, 105, 132 and other pre-tax spending programs in the healthcare and employee benefits industry. Its mission is to use the latest technology and services to assist and support CDH administrators in the management of health care account services. Lighthouse1 OnDemand™ allows third-party administrators and healthcare providers to manage services for employer plans that include Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care), Transit and Parking, Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Health Saving Accounts. More information is available at www.lighthouse1.com.

About WiredCommute
WiredCommute is a service of Accor Services, a global leader in providing tax-related employee benefits to more than 21 million people in 35 countries.  Accor Services’ WiredCommute program provides a direct sourcing platform, and back-end processing including purchasing and delivery services, in support of the IRC Section 132(f) pre-tax transportation benefits.  In addition to being completely compliant, it allows for the additional convenience and flexibility of online transit pass ordering and individual home delivery. Accor Services also offers proprietary Commuter Check and Park Check voucher solutions nationwide.  The company currently serves more than 8,000 employers across the country.

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