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Boone said he thought that anytime the board could "tighten up" it should.
EMPLOYEE GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE: Carolyn Harris and Susan Blumenstein
advised that health claims had escalated in the past few months. They mentioned that they had
comprehensively studied various plans and options for the county. Group Health Administrators
(GHA) from Charlotte, N.C., seems to be a viable administrator for the plan. GHA has been in
operation since 1982. References were checked and nothing of concern was found. Hams and
Blumenstein proposed that the specific stop loss be increased from $50,000 to $100,000.
Blumenstein said that at least one claim this year exceeded $50,000. With the new administrator,
employees would still be able to choose between the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) or the
Personal Care Plan (PCP -- or HMO). As enrollment stands now, about 30% of employees are on
the PPO plan and the other 70% are with the PCP or HMO plan.
Blumenstein and Harris recommended that the Board approve GHA as the organization to
administer the county's health insurance plan. The following rates have been proposed for 98-99.
Group Health Administrators
$100,000 Stop Loss
Employee
Emp/Spouse
Emp/Child
Family Total
One Rate Enrolled 459
42
36
63 600
Premium 170.75
447.18
324.98
513.00 1,694,089
County pay (180.00)
(180.00)
(180.00)
(180.00) (1296000)
Balance (9.25) 267.18 144.98 333.00 449,038
County Supp. (40.44) (40.44) (50,955)
Fund Balance
Supplement - (61.74) - (12.56) (40,618)
357,465
Employee Pay (9.25) 165.00 144.98 280.00 357,471
Current Rate 123.00 123.00 240.00
Increase 42.00 21.98 40.00
UPDATE ON MECK NECK LEGISLATION: The county manager mentioned that
Representative Beverly Earle had introduced the Meck Neck legislation in the House (HB 1383),
and Senator T.L. "Fountain" Odom had introduced it in the Senate (SB 1222).
Approved:
% Cliark to the Board
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