HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 10-02-2001-8dORANGE COUNTY
' BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Oate: October 2, 2001
Action ggen e
Item No
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SUBJECT: Employee Health Insurance Renewal far 2002
DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING (YIN) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Drag 2002 Monthly Health Insurance Elaine Holmes, Personnel Olreclor
Rates E#ension 2550
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough ]32-8181
Chapel Hill 988-4401
Durham 688-]331
Mebane 336-22]-2031
PURPOSE: To censitler renewal of employee health insurance plans through the North
Caroline Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Health Insurance Trust end CIGNA
(formerly Healthsouroe) effeMive January 1, 2002.
BACKGROUND: In summery, the County has receivetl renewal rate quotations far employee
health insuranm effective January 1, 2002. The renewal rates are within the amounts budgeted
for health insurance far 2002. Additional information is provided below'
Current HeaIN Plans
Currently Orange County ofkre three health insurance plans: Blue Crass Personal Care Plan,
Blue Cmss Preferetl Provider Plan, antl CIGNA (formerly Healthsource). Both Blue Cross
plans are offered through the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC)
Health Insurance Trust The County entered into the lnterlocal Agreement with the NCACC
Heahh Insurance Trus[efledive January 1, 1996. The Blue Cross Preferred Provider Plan is a
type of tretlitional health insurance plan. The Blue Cross Personal Care Plen antl CIGNA are
health maintenance organizatlons (HMO's).
2002 Health Insurance Rates
The NCACC Health Insurance Trust and CIGNA renewal rate quotations effective January 1,
2002 for the current health plans are as follows'.
Hwlih Plan Increase Emplayaea Enrolletl
Blue Cross Personal Care Plan ].95% 43]
Blue Cross Preferred Pravitler Plan ] 95 % 45
CIGNA ~ 14.00% 154
The NCACC Trust atlvises the ~ 85 percent rate increase results from the increasing trend in
health insurance costs generally antl the County's own claims experience. This wmpares to
increases in past years as follows:
3001 - 3000 1999 1988 1987 1996
NCACCTrust 15.6% 4.5% 10%(PCPI p.3%
24%(PPO) 8.8%'-15.5%
CIGNA 105% 5%-14s%• 13% 2~<-3%' E.0% 24%
Cepenaing on w Braga ry0a.
County Contribution for Employee Health Inaurence
Attached are tM1e draft monthly health insurance rates for 2002. This shows the Total Coaq
County Cos[ and Employee Cost for each coverage type. In the past the County has
established its wntribution for employee health insurance as the'.
• F011 wstfor the individual employee only coverage
40 percent of the cost of tlepentlent coverage basetl on the Blue Croae Personal Care plan
rate. The County then has applied the dollar amount of the tlepentlent contribution
calculated on the Blue Cross Personal Care Plan rate to the Blue Croae Preferretl Provider
antl CIGNA plan rates.
The aHached rates have been calculated in this same manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost oRhe proposetl County contribution for intlivitlual coverage
and tlepentlent wverage is well whhin the amount butlgetetl for health insurance for 2001-02.
The County butlget for fiscal year 2001-02 prOVitles funding for up tc a 15 pement health
insurence increase effecOVe January 1, 2002. In dollars, this is about a $230,000 increase for
the Oscal year: The estimatetl atlditional general fund wst of the actual renewal rates for the
Osral year over the currant rates ie about $106,000. This is about $120,000 less than the
amount budgeted forfiacal year 3001-02.
RECDMMENDATION(St: The Manager recommends that [he BOaM
• Approve renewal of the County health insurence plans and authorize the Chair to sign the
implementing InterlOCal Agreement with the NCACC Health Insurance Trust, sublect to the
review of stag antl the County Attorney.
Approve the attachetl health insurance rates effective January i, 2002.
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Draft 2002 Monthly Hcal[h insuraure Ra[rs
Blve Cross Personal Care Plan (RMO)
Tutel Cost Paid by the
Coun Paid by the
ee
UIJ Nrn OIJ New Old New
Employee Only 323153 $24994 $23L9 $24994 50.00 $0.00
Employee/CNIdQeu) 446.Rfi 482A0 91]66 942.92 $129.20 $139.4A
Employeel9pou~e 488.31 52].16 134.24 360. d3 $1540] $16633
Employee/Family 6Y4.59 949.R4 416.]5 449.Y0 $299.R4 3299.94
Blu¢ Cross Preferred Provider Plan
Total Cost Paid by the
Coua Paid by [he
F,m to ee
Old New Ola New Old New
Employee Only $25450 $280.14 $259.50 8280.14 $0.00 $0.00
Emplayee/Child(een) 500.81 540.66 11].6fi 342.92 $163.11 $19'192
Employee/9pouae 54]51 591.Ofi 33414 360.83 $2112] $230.29
Employee/FamaY JJAAJ 84038 416]5 449.9p 536192 $39048
CIGNA RealMrare (HMO)
Total Cost Peid by the
Couu Paid by the
Em to ee
ota rvew oia new ola New
Employee Ovly 523 L00 $26134 $231.00 $26334 $0.00 $0.00
Employee/Q~iIJ(ren) 446.00 50844 31].66 142.92 $12634 $165.52
Emplayee/Spouse 48200 555.18 Ud 24 360.83 5152.]6 $194.15
EmPlcyee/FemlY fi81 UIl 9]6.62 41695 449.90 $26625 $328.]2
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