HEALTH & WELFARE POOL

GENERAL ASSESSMENT FORMULA

FOR THE

PURMS JOINT SELF-INSURANCE AGREEMENT

Amended and Restated as of December 7, 2001

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.      Definitions For H&W General Assessment Formula  2

1.1.   Allowed H&W Claim   2

1.2.   Alternate ISL Method  2

1.3.   Assessment Formula  2

1.4.   Average Claims Frequency Ratio  2

1.5.   Benefits Check  2

1.6.   Claims Experience  2

1.7.   Claims Frequency Factor 2

1.8.   Claims Frequency Ratio  3

1.9.   Covered H&W Claim   3

1.10. Date of Membership  3

1.11. Debatable H&W Claims  3

1.12. Dependent Coverage  3

1.13. Dependents  3

1.14. Direct H&W Claims Costs  3

1.15. Eligible Employee  3

1.16. Eligible Employee Assessment Allocation  3

1.17. Eligible Employee Factor 3

1.18. Eligible Insured  3

1.19. Employee  4

1.20. Employee Demographic Categories  4

1.21. Employee Demographics  4

1.22. Fund’s Fiscal Year 4

1.23. H&W Assessments  4

1.24. H&W Assessment Share  4

1.25. H&W Claim   4

1.26. H&W Claims Costs  4

1.27. H&W Claims Experience  4

1.28. H&W Claims Experience Assessment Allocation  4

1.29. H&W Coverage  4

1.30. H&W General Assessment Formula  5

1.31. H&W Pool 5

1.32. H&W Pool Aggregate Stop Loss  5

1.33. H&W Pool Individual Stop Loss  5

1.34. H&W Pool Operational Costs  5

1.35. Incurred  5

1.36. Member Aggregate Stop Loss  5

1.37. Member Individual Stop Loss  5

1.38. Monthly H&W Assessment 5

1.39. Pool Recognized Aggregate Stop Loss Point 6

1.40. Pool Recognized H&W Claims  6

1.41. Post-Stop-Loss H&W Assessments  6

1.42. Post-Stop-Loss H&W Claims  6

1.43. PPO Charges  6

1.44. Primary ISL Method  6

1.45. Primary ISL Method Cross Check  6

1.46. Prior Monthly H&W Claims Experience  6

1.47. Prior Monthly H&W Premium   6

1.48. Recognized H&W Claim   7

1.50. Shared H&W Costs  7

1.51. Stop Loss Carrier 7

1.52. Stop Loss Coverage  7

1.53. Stop Loss Insurance  7

1.54. Stop Loss Point 7

1.55. Stop Loss Policy Year 7

1.56. Stop Loss Insurance Premium   7