Board of Aldermen 3-31-2020 Page 29
Larry Budreau, Human Resources Director
| recall you last asked | think what Smart Shopper and it is is an organization that is constantly mining the
data from Anthem so it knows what facilities have charged how much for certain procedures. And then
through a web portal and also with telephone assistance, when someone has to get an MRI for example, and
| did this before Smart Shopper, when | switched to the Health Savings Plan the first time | was ordered to
have an MRI, | participated in where it was going to be. Now | would call Smart Shopper, they would take a
look at the doctor’s order and they would look at facilities and say, “If you go to this facility, we will give you
$250.00 incentive”.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. And am | muted?
President Wilshire
No we can hear you.
Alderwoman Lu
Is that built into the price of the plan; is that service part of the plan?
Larry Budreau, Human Resources Director
| will answer part of this question; Director Kleiner may want to help with the budgeting piece. So the cost of
the plan is only a projection because we are paying claims as they come and we can only guess what they
are going to be. So we have guessed at kind of the high end, they projected the increases from last year’s
and this year we introduced this so we are ostensibly saving a little money from what was projected.
Alderwoman Lu
Excuse me, I’m not sure you understood. | am just asking about the cost of Smart Shopper. Is that paid for
by the cost of the high deductible plan?
Kim Kleiner, Admin. Services Director
No the Smart Shopper, we are realizing 70% of the savings and Smart Shopper is retaining 30% of the
savings. That is not incurred in the cost of the high deductible health plan; it is its own benefit.
Alderwoman Lu
OK alright, | think | understand. OK. And just last of all, Oh CBA strategy you mentioned, since | don’t know
it was quite awhile ago that you talked about the CBS Strategy but | was not clear on what you were referring
to. Charlie, Baker, Adam.
Kim Kleiner, Admin. Services Director
My apology for using the acronym in the first place; Collecting Bargaining. So we have a Strategy Team
between members of management for the City, HR, Legal, and the members from the Employer Boards,
whether it is you know a member of the Fire Commissioners and the Police Commissioners, so when | speak
of Employer Boards that is what | am referring to.
