Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Finance - Risk Management
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All districts.
Employee & Pre-65 Retiree Group Health Benefits for 2018-2019
Body
Information Contact: Larry Jacobs
Phone Number: 404/371-2050
PURPOSE:
To approve group health rates, administrative fees, premiums and stop loss insurance for the 2018/2019 plan year.
NEED/IMPACT:
To ensure the County is offering an affordable and valuable health plan for employees and retirees. The plan year for County employees and pre-65 retirees expires June 30, 2018.
The proposed healthcare costs and plan designs have been reviewed by the ERPS Committee.
Note the cost of the item(s) - if any; also note the fiscal year budget impact to include funding source.
RECOMMENDATION:Recommended Action
1. Recommend approval of the BlueCross proposed administrative/stop loss fee of $88.43 PEPM which is unchanged from the current rate.
2. No proposed increase in contributions for employees. Recommend approval of the proposed early-retiree contributions as follows: 8.90% increase for BlueCross plans and a 12.59% increase to the Kaiser plan.
3. Increase Kaiser Deductible from $500/$1,500 to $750/$2,250.
4. Accept the proposed Dental rates with a 0% increase over current rates.