Post by Logan on Mar 22, 2016 2:12:34 GMT -6
Public Employee Benefit Program strikes deal to significantly lower HMO premium increases
The Nevada Public Employee Benefit Program has cut a deal with its providers that keeps rates for most state workers flat while reducing the increase on HMO members to just a few dollars a month.
Participants raised serious concerns in January when they were told HMO costs could rise as much as $100 a month. And since the state’s benefits budget is set in stone until the 2017 Legislature, that cost would have been on the backs of the employees.
PEBP Board members including Jacque Ewing-Taylor said the increase was unacceptable and directed staff to negotiate a better deal.
Executive Officer Damon Haycock said the Consumer Driven Health Plan most state workers use saw costs rise 9.8 percent across medical, pharmacy and dental programs. But, he said, that increase was eliminated through the new pharmacy benefits contract the state negotiated.
Read more: www.nevadaappeal.com/news/21217473-113/public-employee-benefit-program-strikes-deal-to-significantly
The Nevada Public Employee Benefit Program has cut a deal with its providers that keeps rates for most state workers flat while reducing the increase on HMO members to just a few dollars a month.
Participants raised serious concerns in January when they were told HMO costs could rise as much as $100 a month. And since the state’s benefits budget is set in stone until the 2017 Legislature, that cost would have been on the backs of the employees.
PEBP Board members including Jacque Ewing-Taylor said the increase was unacceptable and directed staff to negotiate a better deal.
Executive Officer Damon Haycock said the Consumer Driven Health Plan most state workers use saw costs rise 9.8 percent across medical, pharmacy and dental programs. But, he said, that increase was eliminated through the new pharmacy benefits contract the state negotiated.
Read more: www.nevadaappeal.com/news/21217473-113/public-employee-benefit-program-strikes-deal-to-significantly