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Broker offers to audit county employee benefits; commissioners agree to share claims data for analysis
Summary
Ryan Secord of Hub International offered a nonbinding review of Marshall County's employee-benefit program and stop-loss options. Commissioners voted to provide claims, census and plan documents so the broker can produce a comparison and estimated savings.
Ryan Secord, a government-affairs consultant representing Hub International (and associated with the Henry Act Group in his presentation), briefed the Marshall County commissioners on potential cost-saving measures for the county’s self-insured employee-benefit program.
Secord described services including pharmacy cost containment, surgical-network alternatives and participation in a stop-loss consortium (VirtuHealth) and said his firm typically identifies six-figure savings opportunities for municipal clients after analyzing claims and plan documents. "We would be able to go through your data and in a couple weeks, come back and say, 'You're great' or show you dollar opportunities," Secord said.
A commissioner moved and the board voted to provide secured claims data, census information and current plan documents under a county letterhead release so the firm can perform a nonbinding analysis. County attorney (Cerisi) indicated no legal barrier to sharing the requested, de-identified information, and staff noted the process would be HIPAA-compliant and would not create a financial arrangement by itself.
Next steps: Human Resources and county staff will coordinate a secure transfer of the requested data to the broker under the county’s release form. The broker will return an analysis and dollar-value estimate to help commissioners decide whether to pursue contract changes.
