Lake City Report -
Sept 17, 2010
Health insurance wk shop
Monday night
Columbia County, FL (Posted September 18, 2010 09:35
am)
by City Manager Wendell Johnson and
staff
From City Manager Wendell Johnson
Florida City and County Management Association
Training
Key City Staff members (City Manager,
Executive Director of Administration, and HR
Director) attended a
FCCMA sponsored training session this week
on “Health Insurance - understanding the rising
costs and what to do about it.”
The
Gehring Professional Services Group
officials presented the session which covered
two key issues: 1) The cost of Health Care
Benefits and the Impact on City Budgets and 2)
The impact of Health Care Reform.
Useful training topics covered during
the session were:
a.
Health care trends in Florida
b.
The Municipal Healthcare Environment
c.
Health Care Cost Cutting Strategies, including
case studies
d.
Health Care Reform including the “Patient
Protection & Affordable Care Act” and the
“Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act
e.
Health Care Changes which go into effect in 2010
f.
Health Care Compliance Notifications
The training was invaluable as the City is
presently in the process of evaluating employee
health care benefits and cost for the year 2011.
A workshop will be held this Monday at 6:30
p.m., September 20th, involving the City’s
Health Care Program – City Hall Council
Chambers.
The City Staff Report is available in pdf format
here.