a. Annual renewal negotiations of health and dental care contracts. b. The development of specifications and analysis and comparison of proposals received from offerors for establishment of new health and dental contracts. The analysis and comparison of proposals include areas such as access to providers including geographical access, open practices and board certification; satisfaction including physician turnover and grievances; plan management and member services; health care management including outcomes and physician education; health promotion and disease prevention including wellness, financial capacity including cost, rate guarantees, performance guarantees, and firm’s financial stability. Assistance with Requests for Proposals for other benefits. c. Proactively monitor the employee benefits market and provide recommendations on the competitive trends for benefits and what measures the County should take to contain cost increases. Those recommendations should be presented to County and CCPS Human Resources staff in a timely manner to allow for budgetary preparation. d. Research, analyze and provide projections on potential cost savings as a result of making benefit plan changes. e. An examination of the feasibility of alternat...e delivery systems including direct negotiation, outsourcing to the exchanges and long-range approach to full cafeteria plans (with credits). f. Development/refinement of wellness education and incentive programs
