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2011 Budget Amendment 1C008: From the Interim Director, Employee Benefits Division, submitting an informational report regarding dependent eligibility audits. (Referred to the Committees on Finance and Audit and Personnel.) (04/11: Follow-up report requested.) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)
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COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE
DAS - Division of Employee Benefits
Inter-Office Communication
Date : May 2, 2011
To : Supervisor John Thomas, Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo, Chair, Personnel Committee
From : Gerald J. Schroeder, Interim Director - Employee Benefits Division
Subject : Informational report from the Interim Director, Employee Benefits
Division, regarding dependent eligibility audits.
In the 2011operating budget, the Department of Audit and the Employee Benefits Division were tasked with developing the process for an audit of dependent benefits eligibility and releasing an RFP to an external administrator to conduct the audit on the County’s behalf.
The Employee Benefits Division, working in conjunction with the Director of Audits, provided an update on the progress of this RFP in the March and April committee cycles, indicating the pending actions by the State would impact the timing of the RFP release, the completion of the audit, and the potential return on this investment. However, in the continued absence of certitude on when the State law will take effect, the Benefits Division is proceeding with this project.
A draft RFP has been completed and reviewed by the Employee Benefits Division and the Department of Audit. The RFP allows for flexibility in the scope of the audit to include proposals for a one-time audit of dependent record, as well as ongoing eligibility verification services. The tentative timeframe in the RFP allows time for the completion of the medical RFP and time to evaluate the effect of SB10 on this project. It also allows the audit project to levera...
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