MINUTES
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS COMMITTEE
April 18th, 2013
Members Present
Debbie Copp
Will Wayne
Aimee Franklin
Ron Kantowski
Vince Leseney
Jannie Porter
Suzanne Harrell
Don Clothier
Members Absent
Brenda Freese - Chair
Don Harrison
Suzanne Gilmore
Jerry Weber
Chad Johnson
Frances Wen
Alisa Dougless
Ex Officio Members
Les Hoven
Nick Kelly
Angela Hawpe
Tricia Rahal
Breion Rollins
Sarah Millsap
The meeting was called to order by Will Wayne at 1:33 pm.
I.
Approval of Minutes
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The March minutes were approved as written.
II. HMO Presentation/Discussion (Nick Kelly)
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Potential medical increases are 10% for PPO and 20% for HMO, however
poor claims experience could force the increases even higher. Because of
how the contribution strategy is set up, the employee cost for HMO may
increase significantly more.
What are our options? Some options are: eliminate the HMO plan
altogether; modify the existing plan design; modify contribution strategy.
Our Benefits Analysis team is continuing to analyze claims experience
data and premiums/cost as we all look for possible options/resolutions.
We will have Segal consultants join the May EBC meeting to go over
further details and renewal data.
III. Magellan Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Presentation
(Breion Rollins)
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Utilization continues to increase each year; 81% of participants report
improvement; 79% of participants indicate a reduction in depression
symptoms.
Due to low dependent participation, the Benefits team is planning
communications to target dependents.
Some possible enhancements to EAP include adding legal and estate
planning, financial guidance, etc., and are also offered through Magellan.
IV. Updates from Chief Human Resources Officer
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Les voiced the need to educate employees on the Affordable Care Act
(ACA) – the laws, changes, the Exchange, what OU is doing, and what
pertains to the employees specifically. It will be important to make the
education easy to understand.
V. Other Business
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A wellness calendar for all OU-related wellness events has been
requested and Breion Rollins will be working on getting one set up.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:29 p.m.