DRS Email 19-010, ERA Enhancements

• Notice No.: 19-010
• Date: July 12, 2019
• Applies to: All Employers
• Subject: DRS Email 19-010, ERA Enhancements

Now that more than half of DRS employers are reporting in the Employer Reporting Application, we wanted to share some of the enhancements that have already been implemented. Learning a new application can be challenging. We are listening to your feedback and making adjustments to ERA to improve your user experience.

A few of the improvements are:

• Added the ability to automatically generate and send a copy of your Interactive Reports to My Documents
• Added the ability to export the data within the Earnings Tab in the Employer Reporting Process to an Excel spreadsheet
  • This provides the ability to quickly review for keying errors and to provide you with a copy of your report before you submit
• Fixed the employer select issue for those employers who report for more than one employer
  • The system should now retain the employer selected as you move through a process
• Changed several of the button names in the Employer Reporting Process for clarity
• Changed several of the button names in the Electronic Payment Process for clarity
• Redesigned the Transmittal Edit Message Report
  • Information is now organized under four separate tabs
    • Records Not Processed
    • Records Processed with Edits
    • Transmittal Reconciliation
    • Plan Choice Member
• Provided a new auto-generated Correction File within the Employer Reporting Process to use so you can easily re-report rejected and not processed data

We aren’t done yet! We are working on several more improvements to the Transmittal Edit Message Report and Correction File.

We are also adding new training aids with step-by-step instructions to help you through specific tasks. Please go to the Employers homepage to view the topics.

Questions

If you have questions regarding this DRS notice, please contact Employer Support Services at 360-664-7200, option 2, or 800-547-6657, option 6, option 2, or email us.