More Than Just Lunch: Lakewood Chamber Members Reap Benefits Through NOACC

Businesses and individuals join the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce for many different reasons: networking opportunities, increased exposure, business alliances, educational seminars, business-to-business marketing, a stronger voice in the community, cost-effective advertising and sponsorship opportunities, and more. One benefit of chamber membership that directly and positively impacts a business’s bottom line comes from the Lakewood Chamber’s affiliation with the Northern Ohio Area Chambers of Commerce (NOACC). NOACC is a regional partnership of over 120 community-based chambers of commerce in northern Ohio dedicated to helping chambers deliver competitive and cost-saving benefits and services for almost 35,000 member businesses. NOACC’s mission is to harness the group buying-power of the NOACC chamber partnership to provide benefits and resources that the individual business or local chamber would be unable to obtain on their own. Members of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce (a member of NOACC) are able to realize significant cost savings by taking advantage of these NOACC benefits:

Accounts Receivables and Collection Management. In today’s challenging economic conditions, Lakewood Chamber members have found it necessary and more important than ever before to protect their organization’s cash flow. NOACC offers a receivables management and collection program from AmerAssist AR Solutions, Inc.

Group Health Insurance – Anthem. Chamber members get the purchasing power of the group insurance market through their membership, with access to the comprehensive care and quality providers they’ve come to expect.

Group Life & Disability Insurance – AnthemLife. Products such as Group Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Dependent Life, Voluntary Life (VGTL), and Voluntary Dental (PDP) plans are available to Chamber members through AnthemLife.

Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Program. Member businesses can better manage their workers’ compensation programs, learn how to handle claims, and work with a claims representative from NOACC’s endorsed TPA, Benefits 1 Group.

Managed Care Organization (MCO). University Hospitals CompCare offers a workers’ comp local MCO: quality care, strong customer service, proven return-to-work results, and discounts on treatment by University Hospitals' Provider Network.

Merchant Credit Card Processing Services. Heartland Payment Systems handles all elements of credit card transaction processing for large and small business, offering a host of services that make one-stop payment processing a reality for chamber members.

Payroll Processing. Heartland has also created value-added small business payroll service programs for NOACC Members.

Employee Wellness Program. The Wellness Council of Northeast Ohio provides wellness benefits to chamber members in the following areas: the Chamber Weight Loss and Exercise Challenge, the Quitline Nicotine Replacement Therapy Smoking Cessation Program, and the Walk Across America Pedometer Contest.

Office Supplies and Services. Independence Business Supply has designed a program for NOACC Members for the purchasing of office supplies, ad specialties, furniture, janitorial and sanitary supplies, and full-service printing, significantly reducing chamber members’ expenses and simplifying the ordering process.

Shipping and Freight Services. NOACC has teamed up with PartnerShip®, a freight management company headquartered in Westlake, OH, to provide chamber members with extraordinary value on FedEx shipping services.

Transportation Savings. Commercial Traffic (CT) offers freight bill pre-audit and post-audit services, supported by SOX and ISO certifications, allowing quality information for management reporting and accounting for all shippers and receivers of freight.

Web Design Services. GHI Internet Services helps more than 600 small business clients worldwide connect to their respective markets by leveraging the internet in practical ways that improve customer relationships.

NOACC is continually looking to add money-saving programs to its array of benefits. The Lakewood Chamber’s affiliation with NOACC allows it to make these programs and savings available to member businesses, helping them to lower operating costs and increase revenue, and, ultimately, to reinvest and grow the local economy.