Avoid a Headache with Health Care Benefits Auditing
Via The Columbia Daily Tribune in Missouri:
The city of Columbia might use the courts to recover the money spent to provide prescription drug benefits to hundreds of former employees, City Manager Bill Watkins said.
This case demonstrates the importance of auditing health plans as well as what can happen in the future when periodic audits are not performed. Other notable facts included in the article:
The city's Human Resources Director Margrace Buckler said in late 2009 her department had found 400 former employees were still enrolled in the prescription plan and $199,000 had been spent improperly.
Buckler said the employee responsible for updating the benefits database had retired.