A. Project Objective Brown and Brown is assisting our client, Minneapolis Public Schools (“The District”), in seeking proposals from organizations wishing to provide Medical Benefit Plan Administration, Stop Loss, Network Management, and Pharmacy Benefit Services. Minneapolis Public Schools or Special School District Number 1 (SSD #1) is a school district that is coterminous with the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. With authority granted by the state legislature, the school board makes policy, selects the superintendent, and oversees the district's budget, curriculum, personnel, and facilities. Students speak ninety different languages at home and most school communications are printed in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. The District covers over 70 school programs at 65 sites, with approximately 28,000 students and 3,000 teaching staff. The District intends to select one or more organizations to provide the necessary Medical Benefit Plan Administration, Stop Loss, Network Management, and Pharmacy Benefit Services. To facilitate the submission and evaluation of proposals, this proposal provides additional background information regarding The District that is relevant to the proposal of these services. RFP Primary Objective 1: Seeking proposals for a Medical Benefit Plan Administrator in accordance with the Health Insurance Transparency Act (HITA). RFP Primary Objective 2: Gain a thorough understanding of your organizations capabilities in order to select and implement a Medical Benefit Plan Administrator, Stop Loss provider, Network Manager and Pharmacy Benefit Administrator that will meet the needs of the district for the next 5 years or more. RFP Primary Objective 3: To select a Medical Benefit Plan Administrator, Stop Loss provider, Network Manager and Pharmacy Benefit Administrator with a product strategy and delivery/implementation history that will meet the District’s needs (both for current use and future additional functionality). The selected providers will assist The District: o Improve network efficiency, user experience, and administration of the medical and pharmacy program o Access proven tools and managed care services that work to control claims costs o Access quality, meaningful and timely data analytics o Be well positioned for future changes in the market o Provide superior service and quality of care to The District’s staff and employees o Work together with other District vendor partners to create efficiencies in managing employees’ wellbeing
