a. Provide routine group benefit and general health care consulting advice. b. Provide ongoing analysis and planning of new approaches, mandates, compliance and/or requirements to employee benefits. c. Ensure the City’s benefits offerings are in compliance with all Federal, State, and local laws. d. Develop and/or have already available tools necessary to monitor claims and cost trends, actuarial assumptions, and annual rate calculations under the self-insured medical and dental programs. e. Develop five-year rate projections for all health plans to meet City budgeting requirements. f. Develop quarterly loss ratio reporting for all self-funded plans. g. Perform annual rate analyses; develop, evaluate, and negotiate all insured plan renewals for each fiscal year. h. Prepare annual renewal letters for contracted vendors. i. Prepare, manage, and evaluate RFPs for employee benefits as required by the City. Make recommendations based on responses. j. Ensure accurate follow-through on all negotiated contractual arrangements made between the City of Portland and any administrators or insurance carriers utilized by the City. Monitor vendor performance guarantees as applicable.
