St. Joseph County to audit health insurance claims and catch billing errors
BMI Audit Services, a health care benefits auditing firm in
BMI submitted a higher bid than those received by two other firms. But County Commissioner President
The county is projected to spend roughly
"This is just a common best practice that we typically perform," he said.
By correcting billing mistakes, officials think the audit could result in savings that would be significantly more than the audit's cost.
Commissioners had been urged by County Auditor
Commissioners considered doing such an audit about year ago, Kostielney noted, but the effort was postponed because of an effort led by the
During the meeting,
"In this particular situation we don't have any issues," Scott said. "But it was felt it would be a good time to do an audit."
County officials recently uncovered an unrelated problem, however, that caused a
The issue, which has called attention to the role county officials and R&R play in financial decisions, stemmed from the auditor's office's failure to account for the cost of retirees when calculating the budget for health benefits. As a result of the error, the fund has been sharply under-budgeted each year since 2014.
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