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Board approves transfers to bolster county health insurance fund and cover inmate medical shortfall
Summary
The board approved a $1.61 million increase to the county’s self-insured health insurance fund and a $618,769 appropriation to cover an inmate medical shortfall, after staff described trends and jail medical cost drivers.
The Rockingham County Board approved two budget actions to address emerging shortfalls in county-managed healthcare expenditures.
County manager Lance Messler told the board the county budgets approximately $7.9 million for medical and prescription coverage and about $570,000 for dental. Because the county is self-insured and current claims were trending higher than expected, Messler requested increasing the health insurance fund by $1,610,000 from fund balance to cover projected claims through June…
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