Ability to Send 834 File Format Directly from HCM to various Vendors

Summary

Looking to see if its possible to send our vendor files directly from HCM over to our benefit partners

Content

Are we able to send a vendor file with data in the 834 format directly from HCM over to our vendors (Delta, Wellmark, etc)….  We had originally thought this was possible but what we’ve been told by other people is that this is not possible.  During this discussion we were lead to believe that the 834 format is a proprietary format that requires a third party translator for our data from HCM to the 834 format.    Other file formats can be sent directly out of HCM to our vendors but the 834 cannot….