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LifeCare Launches Its Latest Service Innovation—the Discount Center

Everybody loves a bargain—but almost nobody has the time to run from store to store searching for one. That’s no longer a problem for LifeCare clients and their employees. Bargains are now just a mouse-click away, thanks to our new online Discount Center, open 24/7 and conveniently accessible through our private web site, LifeCare.com. The Discount Center, which launched January 1, 2003, provides employees with access to pre-negotiated discounts and special offers on a wide variety of products and services nationwide. To access these savings, employees simply log onto the LifeCare web site, click on the Discount Center hyperlink, then navigate to the bargains of their choice within the following categories:

	Family—child and elder care services, education, health related services, pets, academics, etc.
	Financial—tax preparation, debt management, insurance, etc.
	Home & Garden—home improvement, florists, dry cleaning, automotive, etc.
	Travel—cruises, hotels, motels, rental cars, etc.
	Entertainment—amusement and theme parks, movie theaters, books, movie rentals, theater tickets, etc.
	Shopping—retail stores and outlets
	Local Discounts—conveniently organized by state

“As with all of our services, the Discount Center offers our clients a very strong value proposition while helping their employees manage their lives more efficiently,” notes LifeCare CEO, Peter Burki. For employees, discounts are available for every life event they encounter. Prospective homebuyers, for instance, can look for rebates on loans. Parents can receive discounts on child care services. Long-distance caregivers can search for reduced travel rates. There are even monthly specials featured on the Discount Center home page.

“For our clients, the Discount Center offers several key advantages,” Burki says. “First, we offer a vast array of national and local discounts. Second, we incorporate each of our client’s existing discounts into their own customized site. Third, vendors and discount categories can be easily added or removed from the site. And finally, clients no longer need to worry about negotiating future discounts because we do that for them, too. Once a client signs up for the Discount Center, they simply pass all future vendor calls to us. The time and administrative effort that clients will save is tremendous.”

One of the most valuable features of the Discount Center is that it brings savings opportunities directly to employees’ desktops without a bit of research. Employees who find a discount of interest then have three simple options: 1) click on the provided link to the vendor site to make their purchase; 2) print out a coupon for redemption at the time of purchase; or 3) call the number shown for obtaining the discount by telephone. To ensure that employees receive the best possible offers, LifeCare receives no money back and no percentage of the discounts. Rather, we pass all of the savings on to our clients. And, as with all of our services, we have strict quality control procedures in place to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

Burki says that LifeCare’s Product Development team began work on the Discount Center last year, when a growing number of clients expressed interest in eliminating administrative work and providing their employees with additional work/life assistance. “With HR staffs getting leaner and being tasked with a growing number of responsibilities, they’re relying on their business partners to provide innovative solutions,” he states. “The Discount Center is one more way that LifeCare is making life easier to manage for our clients and their employees.”

If you would like to know more about the Discount Center (including a price quote), please contact your account manager.