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School officials plan Medicare education, audit and billing changes to rein in health-care costs
Summary
Lynchburg City Schools' benefits consultant outlined a summer dependent-eligibility audit, the district's Jan. 1 switch to the HealthKeepers plan and an Anthem flat-billing agreement for 2027; staff will add a federally filed Medicare-education session to fall open enrollment.
Lynchburg City Schools finance and facilities members heard a presentation on Tuesday from Heath Thomas of Mark 3 about steps to curb rising health-insurance costs.
Thomas told the committee the district has contracted quotes for a dependent-eligibility audit this summer to identify employees with outside coverage and reduce improper premium expense. "The first thing that we are looking at is we've got no pricing for a dependent eligibility audit," he said, adding the audit would inform whether a policy change is warranted.
The consultant reviewed the district's move to the HealthKeepers network effective Jan. 1, 2026, and said…
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