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Edinburg CISD board directed staff to pursue international pharmacy option to curb rising health-plan costs
Summary
After a detailed presentation of rising medical and pharmacy claims, district insurance staff recommended an international pharmacy program to reduce specialty drug spending; the board directed staff to draft procurement documents and return to a workshop for vendor review.
Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District trustees heard a briefing Tuesday on sharply rising medical and pharmacy claims and voted to give staff direction to pursue an international pharmacy program and related procurement work.
Dustin Garza, the district’s insurance manager, told the board the district’s total paid claims have climbed steadily since 2018 and that the plan has been strained by a recent cluster of very high-cost claimants that drove stop-loss reimbursements higher in 2022–23. “When we're not bringing in enough premium dollars to cover the expenditures, that's where we've seen the fund balance shrink over time,” Garza said.
Garza and staff presented figures the district tracks…
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