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Staff Levels/Reorganization: Develop a method of regularly evaluating staffing levels to ensure that staffing is consistent with programmatic needs. Each water management district continues to evaluate its organizational structure and staffing levels as it focuses on core missions. SWFWMD continues to evaluate and implement opportunities to achieve staffing efficiency. Each vacancy is subject to review up through the SWFWMD’s executive management team to assess whether it is appropriate to refill, reallocate or eliminate each position. The District has developed means to perform staff skill assessments, establish cross-training and succession planning, as well as reorganize functions as needed to align with the SWFWMD’s mission, vision, values and goals. Staffing levels are also reviewed through the budget development process as part of the SWFWMD’s budget efficiency efforts. 169
Health Insurance: Report of the feasibility study of strategies to realize cost savings, while maintaining benefit levels. In recent years, the Governor has directed water management districts to evaluate their health insurance plans with the goal of identifying potential for savings. In August 2011, when the Governor approved the Districts’ fiscal year 2011-12 budget, the Governor provided specific direction in this regard. The Governor’s letter approving the Districts’ budget included a memorandum with items all water management districts were to address in the coming year. (1) The memo specifically provided that water management districts were to analyze health insurance, including an “[e]valuation of [a]ggregated [b]enefit [p]lan [s]avings.” (2) In response, representatives from all water management districts participated in a series of meetings in which the districts’ health insurance plans were discussed. Each water management district had its own health insurance plans with distinct features. Four of the five districts had plans that were fully insured through <strong>Florida</strong> Blue. One district self-insured its plans, which were administered through Cigna. The Districts’ plans had different plan years, contribution strategies, and levels of benefits. Each difference contributed to the complexity of the assignment. Ultimately, the water management districts commissioned two outside consultants to study methodologies by which the water management districts may be able to reduce healthcare costs. The first study, completed by Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. focused on utilizing a self-funded approach. The second study, completed by Siver Insurance Consultants, focused on creating a pool (self insured or insured) for all of the water management districts, except for SFWMD . The Gallagher report, dated May 21, 2012, analyzed the consolidation of the health insurance plans for all five water management districts in <strong>Florida</strong>. In its analysis, the Gallagher report made the following assumptions: (1) the districts would utilize a self-funded approach; (2) only four of the plans currently offered by the districts would continue to be used after the consolidation; and (3) participants would generally select a health plan that is closest to their current plan; and (4) the districts would utilize a stop loss deductible of $250,000. Using these assumptions, the Gallagher report found that the districts would be able to achieve a consolidated savings of $1.6 million to $2.7 million during the first year. The primary drivers for these savings were the reduction of administration and profit charges in the plans that are currently fully insured (all except SFWMD) and the reduction in benefit value that SFWMD would experience due to plan design changes. Although the report concluded that the districts would achieve significant savings in total, some water management districts were expected to have increased costs. Comparing the conservative to the aggressive approach, the report estimated SJRWMD would have increased costs in the range of $129,000 to a decrease of $59,000; SRWMD would have increased costs in the range of $206,000 to $185,000; NWFWMD would have increased costs in the range of $21,000 to a decrease of $11,000; SWFWMD would have a decrease in costs in the range of $813,000 to $1,016,000. SFWMD, currently self-insured, would have a decrease in costs in the range of $1,178,000 to $1,757,000. Excluding SFWMD from the Gallagher assumptions/estimates, the consolidated annual savings would be in the range of $457,000 to $901,000. The report noted that the smaller districts may have challenges with the consolidation. Specifically, the report questioned whether the smaller districts could afford to be at risk for such a high stop loss deductible. The Silver report looked at the savings that could be achieved by creating a self-insured pool for all of the water management districts, except for SFWMD. The Siver report concluded that the four districts could achieve a consolidated annual savings of almost $1,000,000 in the first year. However, the report also concluded that the cost savings for some districts would be more substantial than for others, and that if claims are more than projected, short term costs could be higher. 170
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Southwest Florida Water Management
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