Consulting Services, Employee Benefits

The City of St. Petersburg is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide consulting services for the city's group benefit program (e.g., health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, employee assistance program, accidental death and dismemberment and flexible spending accounts). The city considers consulting services to include: assisting the city in obtaining the most complete coverage at the most reasonable cost, analyzing plan utilization, determining the annual costs and developing future projections for the city's self-funded group health plan, researching and proposing changes in plan design and in new plan development, providing analysis regarding the effect of the city’s Health and Wellness Center on group health program costs, providing actuarial services for the self-funded group health program and Medicare Part D reimbursement, assisting with the review and analyzing of group benefit program proposal requests and providing analysis and guidance on compliance with federal and state laws, regulations and best practice.