MINUTES EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS COMMITTEE August 15th, 2013 Members Present Brenda Freese Chair Ron Kantowski – Debbie Copp Jannie Porter Don Clothier Vince Leseney Suzanne Harrell Members Absent Don Harrison Jerry Weber Frances Wen Alisa Dougless Chad Johnson Aimee Franklin Will Wayne Suzanne Gilmore Ex Officio Members Les Hoven Nick Kelly Angela Hawpe Tricia Rahal Breion Rollins Sarah Millsap The meeting was called to order by Brenda Freese at 1:35 pm. Approval of Minutes The July minutes were approved as written. 2014 Renewal Update and revised the rate BlueCross and BlueShield reviewed OU’s renewal increases based on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It was determined that ACA would only cause a 3.5% increase instead of 4.0%, as originally expected. Thus, the renewal increases went from 9.5% to 9.0% on the PPO/HCA and 13.5% to 13.0% on the HMO.
MINUTES EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS COMMITTEE August 15th, 2013 Members Present Brenda Freese – Chair Debbie Copp Ron Kantowski Jannie Porter Don Clothier Suzanne Harrell Vince Leseney Members Absent Don Harrison Jerry Weber Frances Wen Chad Johnson Will Wayne Alisa Dougless Aimee Franklin Suzanne Gilmore Ex Officio Members Les Hoven Nick Kelly Angela Hawpe Tricia Rahal Breion Rollins Sarah Millsap The meeting was called to order by Brenda Freese at 1:35 pm. Approval of Minutes The July minutes were approved as written. 2014 Renewal Update BlueCross and BlueShield reviewed OU’s renewal and revised the rate increases based on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It was determined that ACA would only cause a 3.5% increase instead of 4.0%, as originally expected. Thus, the renewal increases went from 9.5% to 9.0% on the PPO/HCA and 13.5% to 13.0% on the HMO.
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