Board declines broker engagement, authorizes RFP for third‑party administrator for district health plan
Trustees debated hiring a broker/consultant to manage the district's self-funded health plan; a motion to retain a broker failed and the board instead voted to authorize administration to issue an RFP for a third-party administrator and pharmacy benefit manager.
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Trustees discussed several strategies to address rising claims and an annual plan shortfall. After hearing presentations and committee recommendations, a motion to hire a single broker/consultant (Gallagher) was put forward and failed after several trustees said the committee’s earlier ranking favored continuing internal levers and an RFP approach. Presenters including Sean Cove of OneDigital noted, “The claims are the claims,” emphasizing that high-cost claimants — cancer, dialysis and other chronic conditions — drive costs and that contracting choices address plan administration and pricing rather than eliminating claims.
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