Animal this closed its doors. Oh, and turned off its lights so this is in the event that we are all right. Thank you other questions from the board about this item im ready to entertain a motion. Thats the difference of the churns or insurance program. Its been properly seconded to adapt this as discussions hearing none were ready to vote in favor of the motion please signify by i. I. All opposed nay its so adapted thank you, commissioner for staying and giving me 5 minutes. Thank you very much well see you next time. All right. So were now ready to undertake any remaining items under the agenda we were at decision item 8. 8. Were going guilty of negligence gun on this item since it has my name attached to it we heard the controller and director of finance pamela talk about sing nicaraguans the budget with the general budget process to that he said i think any discussion of education or items for volunteering text evaluation should be incorporated into the 205 discussions and hence i a
Saying i its carried unanimously is there any other items the only action. Those were the only action items 11 well go to 11 since we have quorum. Item 11 aforementioned item reconciliation of retiree shiners Program Funds am 11. Amiably chief executive officer im make this really quick. Thank you. Okay this is the reconciliation that we need to do on the early Retirement Insurance Program fund the end of the program this program was started with the Affordable Health care act to provide Financial Assistance to employer base cal plans and make coverage available to early retirees we have to all the programs the Program Writers or requires that all funds received must be spent that i january 1st, you as you recall in june 2013, the boards approved distributing the funds bans a premium percentage paid to all members and also a policy that the funds will be applied to the maim paid by the member if the member paid zero premium theyll innovate receive fund in june 2013, the board agreed to
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You found through your friend if you wish but the reimbursement is not as much or you can do this and we have proves of boo outcome and quality that match the very same thing that the high permitted provider is providing at least in the initial round they loud people to make a choice and tried to encourage folks through their Physician Network to go to the network theyve identified for those procedures but if a person said im absolutely not comfortable with that they fixed the Reference Price as the reimbursement and youll have to bear the resting for oourts if you disdecide to do it go ahead this is the Reference Price. So a list of doctors that were checked outer as a group. Yeah. Were really talking about the concept and the concept i understand the concept. And how it actually molesters. Quite frankly our colleagues with blue shield might have a better way to articulate it by the concept of a facility of john meyer or whatever in terms of you go there or the list of those ten facil
With an audit that occurs are there questions from the board. So we spent the whole Early Program do we have to do some reporting or subject to anti audit. Subject to audit. The office the entity that animal this closed its doors. Oh, and turned off its lights so this is in the event that we are all right. Thank you other questions from the board about this item im ready to entertain a motion. Thats the difference of the churns or insurance program. Its been properly seconded to adapt this as discussions hearing none were ready to vote in favor of the motion please signify by i. I. All opposed nay its so adapted thank you, commissioner for staying and giving me 5 minutes. Thank you very much well see you next time. All right. So were now ready to undertake any remaining items under the agenda we were at decision item 8. 8. Were going guilty of negligence gun on this item since it has my name attached to it we heard the controller and director of finance pamela talk about sing nicaragua