06-07-07 Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Board Meeting

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There are all sorts of names for them but essentially, what kinds of programs electronically, thru the web, what kind of programs will they bring specifically to the City of La Porte's employees and retirees. In many cases this becomes a pledge of money. We might say we want these particular things. The City of La Porte has one of the most successful Health Fair's and we might want to ask them to support that activity in some manner. Weare deploying programs thru some of the companies that provide expertise to our participants in each illness field such as Diabetes, High Risk Maternity, Cardio Vascular, Oncology and other topics. These people are more than happy to do that kind of work for us because even though we are self funded and hold the risk it puts them in a far better light making sure our people are well educated. Flexible Spending Account: This is for active employees that would like to set aside money during the year to pay for deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance and etc. We like to combine the administration of that plan together so that an individual would only have to submit one claim with a part of it being paid potentially by the Medical Plan and the remainder being paid by the Flexible Benefits Program. Other Vendors: There will be some other vendors that will be associated with the Medical Plan Administration and we look at that in the evaluation. Additional comments Neal Welch: I will tell you it is a lot of work. The first time you see the evaluation sheet you will kind of want to say, "This is not what I do for a living." That is why we are here to help get you thru the process. In your case you can get as involved, engaged or disengaged as you want. Part of the reason we do an RFP versus a Bid is because when we ask for proposals it gives us a chance to do a better job of getting down to a point where we can ask for a Best And Final Offer (BAFO) with multiple vendors. In that BAFO we are able to ask for the best value for the dollars the City spends. Question Sammy Jacobs: I was looking at that when we were discussing the Pharmacy part. Are we going to go back and look at the Pharmacy part to see if we can purchase on a multi-month basis like we had at TML?