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Potter County approves employee benefits renewals and extends broker agreement
Summary
The Commissioners Court voted 4-0 to accept insurance advisory committee recommendations to keep medical coverage structure with UMR/UnitedHealthcare, adopt pharmacy cost‑containment steps, move ancillary plans to Renaissance, and to approve a one‑year extension of Fairley Group consulting services.
Potter County’s Commissioners Court approved on July 28 the insurance advisory committee’s recommendations for fiscal‑year 2025–26 employee benefit renewals and authorized the county judge to sign the necessary documents as they become available.
County staff and the Fairley Group, the county’s benefits consultant, recommended continuing the county’s direct contract with Northwest Texas Hospital and retaining UMR as third‑party administrator wrapped with UnitedHealthcare. Fairley Group staff said the committee voted to accept a three‑year rate guarantee offered by UMR that would hold…
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