Employee Benefits Committee Information

Mission and Objectives

The Washington County Employee Benefits Committee will take a thoughtful, methodic approach to achieving and maintaining a benefits package that meets the needs of employees while being financially sustainable for the County.  The primary objectives of the Committee are:

• Contain the cost of the Washington County Employee Benefits Plans

• Assist in the development and maintenance of a benefits package that is flexible and meets the needs of County employees.

• Assist in educating County employees about their benefits package.

• Assist in eliciting feedback from County employees regarding their benefits package.

Current Committee Members

David Ainslie	Angi Duyck	Tammy McVean
David Bailey	Susan Field	Jerry Stark
David Bellwood	Amanda Garcia-Snell	Sara Stevenson
Don Bohn	Kim Knudeson	Dawn Vandehey
Mike Brunner	Tracie Krevanko	Alex Vidal
Karen Crawford	Valerie McCraw	Judy Walker
		Charlie Weaver

 

General Information

Glossary of Common Benefit Terminology

 

Meeting Minutes

No Meeting May 2011

Meeting Minutes April 19, 2011

Handouts

• Wellness and Productivity Overview
  

Meeting Minutes March 15, 2011

Handouts

• Current and Renewal Rates, 3/3/11

Meeting Minutes  February 24, 2011

Handouts

• Current and Renewal Rates, 2/24/11
• Updated Group Experience, January 2011
  

Meeting Minutes January 18, 2011

Handouts

• Washington County Group Experience, November 2010
• Federal Healthcare Reform Information
  

No Meeting December 2010

Meeting Minutes November 16, 2010

Handouts

• Providence Rate Comparisons and Plan Design Options
• Providence Group Experience, September 2010
• Providence Group Utilization
• Kaiser Permanente Group Experience
  

Meeting Minutes October 19, 2010

No Meeting September 2010

• "Washington County Open Option Plan Comparison, updated 4/8/2010"
• "Washington County Kaiser Benefits Summary, 4/20/2010"
• "Washington County Rate Renewal, FINAL, updated 4/20/2010"
• "Glossary of Benefits Terminology"
• "Benefit Plan Design Survey, April 2010"
• "Your Benefit Summary: Alternative Care Plan"
• "American Specialty Health (ASH): Acupuncture"
• "American Specialty Health (ASH): Chiropractic"
• "American Specialty Health (ASH): Naturopathy"
• "Providence Health Plans: Utilization Report-Open Option Analysis"
• "Washington County Voluntary Life Insurance Group Policy#100258 Rates"
• "Mercer: Federal Healthcare Reform Update 4/20/2010"
• "Voluntary Benefits: Primary Carriers and Products"

• "Washington County Open Option Plan Comparison, updated 4/8/2010"
• "Washington County Rate Renewal, as of 3/16/2010"
• "Washington County Rate Renewal, FINAL, updated 4/13/2010"

• "Monthly Employer/Employee Rate Comparison"
• "Plan Option Pricing"
• "Washington County Employee Benefits Survey Results, December 2009"
• "Washington County Employee Benefits Survey Comments, December 2009"

• "Washington County Rate History 2007-2009"
• "Exploring Account-Based Strategies"
• "Account-based Health Plans"

• "DRAFT-Washington County Benefits Survey"
• "Carriers to Receive RFP"
• "Washington County-Marketing Timeline"

• "2009-2010 Rates"
• "Monthly Health Costs (per EE/month)"
• "Plan Option Pricing"
• "Washington County Insurance Committee Wellness Strategies"

• "Healthcare 101 Basic Concepts"
• "Washington County: Comparison of 2009/2010 PPO/HMO Plans"
• "PPO Plans-Plan Design"
• "Monthly Employer/Employee Rate Comparisons"
• "Kaiser: Medical/Rx Experience"
• "Providence: Medical/Rx Experience"
• "Providence Health Plans"
• "Kaiser Membership"
• "The Rising Cost of Healthcare"
• Additional Resource "Key Concepts"
• Additional Resource "The Lund Report"

Meeting Minutes August 18, 2009