TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the renewal of contracts with Great-West Life, the City's Third Party Administrator for the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and the Point of Service
(POS) group health plans; Aetna for term life insurance coverage; PacifiCare for the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) group health plan; Delta Dental for the fee-for-service dental plan; PacifiCare Dental for the closed-panel dental plan; and Union Mutual Life Insurance Company (UNUM) through Larry Lambert & Associates Insurance Services for the long-term care benefits; to continue the City's self-funded, in-hospital indemnity program administered by Great-West Life; and
Authorize City Manager to execute any subsequent amendments necessary to maintain current benefit levels and remain in compliance with state and federal laws on all plans. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
As set forth in the various Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Long Beach and its employee organizations, the City Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from each of the employee organizations, has met and submitted its advisory recommendations (attached) for health, dental and Life insurance programs. These recommendations are for the
2005-2006 benefit year, from December 1, 2005, to November 30, 2006, for active employees; and for the period February I, 2006, to January 31, 2007, for retired employees. The Committee recommends that the contracts be renewed with: Great-West Life, the City's Third Party Administrator for the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and Point of Service (POS) Plans; with Pacificare for the Health Maintenance
Organization (HMO) Plan; with Delta Dental for the Fee-for-Service Dental Plan; and with Pacificare for the Closed-Panel Dental Plan. The Committee further recommends continuing the City's In-hospital indemnity program at the rates proposed in the attached report and renewing the long-term care be...
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