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(Copy) Insurance and Legislative Meeting
Logan County Safety Complex
February 13, 2013 Present:
Jan Schumacher; Andy Anderson; Kevin Bateman; Dave Hepler; Bill
Martin
Absent: Chuck Ruben
Guests: Bob Farmer; Jodi Dacar; Nancy Schaub; Derek Hurley;
Cheryl Hedrick Mrs.
Schumacher called the meeting to order at 5:33 pm.
A motion was made by Mr.
Bateman, seconded by Mr. Anderson, to approve the minutes from the
January 9, 2013 meeting as printed. Motion passed.
Old Business
1) County physician: Mrs. Schumacher
asked CIRMA for clarification on how this process works. She will
continue to seek additional feedback.
2) Bonding requirements: CIRMA is
researching offering bonds to elected officials at a cheaper rate
than officeholders are typically paying. This would address concerns
that the CIRMA insurance does not adequately cover bonding
requirements.
3) Health insurance employee opinion
survey: Seventy-one responses were received for the recent opinion
survey on employee health insurance. Results showed employees are
most concerned with lower office visit co-pays and out-of-pocket
maximums. However, 73% of employees said they would not be willing
to pay more for those benefits.
4) Identifying individuals for
appointments: This will be held for discussion in March.
New Business
1) Health Alliance renewal: Ms. Dacar
presented the renewal offer from Health Alliance. The insurer has
suffered a loss of $870,760 from the Logan County plan since 5/1/10.
Logan County’s claims experience is 78% higher than the Health
Alliance average. This contributes to a renewal increase of 35%. Ms.
Dacar confirmed that large claims are being managed by the Health
Alliance medical management staff. The offer provided other options
in an effort to lower premium cost. The first option included
changes to the existing three plans which are offered. This option
would lower the increase to 26.79%. The second option consolidates
all employees to a POS-C plan and would lower the overall increase
to 32.83%. The final option consolidates all employees to a PPO 7500
plan. This option would essentially keep the premium cost at the
same level it is today. Other options are available that could offer
small savings on the first two options. The committee also discussed
the impact of the Affordable Care Act and what that might mean for
the future of health insurance for Logan County employees. Ms. Dacar
suggested the current Health Alliance plans appear to be “gold" and
“platinum" level plans under the new insurance exchange. That would
suggest our current plans are the better plans that will be offered.
A special meeting will be scheduled for Tuesday, February 26th to
discuss options with employees. The meeting will be at 5:00 pm at
the Courthouse. Ms. Schaub reported she has submitted the County’s
information to Blue Cross for a quote.
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2) Property inventory: This will be
held for discussion in March.
3) Public Information Officer: This
will be held for discussion in March.
4) Committee responsibilities: This
will be held for discussion in March.
5) Public information regarding raffle
requests: This will be held for discussion in March.
Insurance Administrator Report:
Nothing to report.
Legislative:
1) Executive Session minutes: No
action was taken.
2) Pending legislation: No action was
taken. Appointments:
1) Sports Commission appointments – No
action was taken.
Recognitions:
1) None
Raffles:
1) LO 12-13 20 – West Lincoln-Broadwell PTO
2) LO 12-13 21 – Humane Society of Logan County
3) LO 12-13 22 – Eagles Auxiliary #2708
4) LO 12-13 23 – Lake Fork Community Center Sale
5) LO 12-13 24 – New Holland Volunteer Firemen
A motion was made by Mr.
Bateman, seconded by Mr. Hepler, to approve the raffles as
presented. Motion passed.
A motion was made by Mr.
Anderson, seconded by Mr. Bateman, to approve the bills as presented
for payment. Motion passed. A
motion was made by Mr. Bateman, seconded by Mr. Anderson, to
adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting ended at 6:39 pm.
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