Thursday, December 21, 2006
The School Board has approved a appraise that will see the district shopping out its current health care package to three to four insurance provider in an attempt to get the biggest hit for their collective buck.
On Tuesday the panel voted generally in favor of authorizing Superintendent Bob Champlin to prepare an RFP, an appeal for proposal that would be sent to health insurance providers seeking quotes on plans for all school district employees.
School Business Administrator Ed Emond said the move came as a suggestion from Rick Jones, an insurance consultant who is leading a similar procedure for municipal employees under the directive of the City Council.
If we can get improved pricing, “We are mainly going out to see“said Emond.
Emond said the RFP will be based on the present insurance package being offered and
It would be the same plans in a competitive process.
Laconia School District currently has health insurance through the N.H. Local Government Center's Health Trust, administered during Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Emond uttered hope that the RFP process will give district officials more perception on whether their benefits are properly coated out.
He said the RFP will go out to the current provider and three other, unnamed outfits recommended by Jones. Health insurance benefits are a hot topic for school officials as they develop the 2007-2008 budgets.
Last month Emond told the board that the district's health insurance charge would be going up by 25 percent, a year after they went up by 39 percent. He said the increase would interpret into a $740,000 jump in such costs.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, a task force comprising region officials, union representatives and staff members met to begin discussing how they might manage health insurance costs.
On Tuesday the panel voted generally in favor of authorizing Superintendent Bob Champlin to prepare an RFP, an appeal for proposal that would be sent to health insurance providers seeking quotes on plans for all school district employees.
School Business Administrator Ed Emond said the move came as a suggestion from Rick Jones, an insurance consultant who is leading a similar procedure for municipal employees under the directive of the City Council.
If we can get improved pricing, “We are mainly going out to see“said Emond.
Emond said the RFP will be based on the present insurance package being offered and
It would be the same plans in a competitive process.
Laconia School District currently has health insurance through the N.H. Local Government Center's Health Trust, administered during Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Emond uttered hope that the RFP process will give district officials more perception on whether their benefits are properly coated out.
He said the RFP will go out to the current provider and three other, unnamed outfits recommended by Jones. Health insurance benefits are a hot topic for school officials as they develop the 2007-2008 budgets.
Last month Emond told the board that the district's health insurance charge would be going up by 25 percent, a year after they went up by 39 percent. He said the increase would interpret into a $740,000 jump in such costs.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, a task force comprising region officials, union representatives and staff members met to begin discussing how they might manage health insurance costs.
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