Award of Solicitation No. ITN-KM-24-100 – Pasco County Employee Wellness Centers – Marathon Health LLC – $42,800,000.00

38:39We're gonna move on to consent agenda. Um I've got two withdrawals and one to pull and discuss. Item C thirty is withdrawn, C thirty one is withdrawn, C twenty-seven is polled. Any other polls for the consent agenda? You have a motion to approve. Second. Second. Okay. And the motion will approve all except for item C twenty-seven and the withdrawals. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. Okay. And C

39:08twenty seven. Mr. Wait. Yes, I just pulled C twenty-seven. It

39:11was

39:11a $42 plus million dollar item. And um Yeah,

39:15so thank you. Uh Barbara Hitzman, HR Director for Pasco County. Uh the item is the award of the Wellness Center contract, and the reason that it is uh the $42 million is because it is a 10-year amount. So the average amount per year is approximately $3.5 million, which represents an increase from the current amount, but that is really because of several things. One, we have 33% additional

39:45members utilizing the clinic from that is actually a 12-month increase. We have over 8,000 members that are eligible to use the clinic. The clinic at this time, and so that is excellent because uh Jackie Carlton, who's our RN, who's really been you know part of that foundation of the center, has really been educating our employees about how to use the center more, and so that is being utilized, which is fantastic. Um, it does save us money in the health care plan. Remember, our average expenses for the health care plan exceed $50 million per year, and

40:15the wellness center has helped to consider. control those costs because they have direct for instance if you go to the wellness center then we're not billing insurance companies for the doctor visits. They also prescribe um prescription medication, generic kinds, no controlled substances obviously, but they do have a lot of generic medications in stock. Um and so that is uh the the reason for the amount. Um it was uh the ten year it's only a five year contract with a renewal and I want to point out very importantly that there is a ninety day out clause for any reason

40:46in this contract. And so if at any time we were not satisfied with this contract, we have the ability to pull and remove ourselves from uh the contract with Marathon. They are our existing provider, they've done a great job. We started this ITN process uh invitation to negotiate back in uh June, essentially May of actually twenty twenty four. And we have been out to bid since then and uh and Secured finally a contract with Marathon that we have before the board now. So

41:13Mr. Lyman? Is there is there while we're hearing, you know, it's great to hear the the the story behind the wellness centers. Is there a plug that you want to put to the in any of our team members that might be listening who may be apprehensive of using the centers or or maybe not have heard that we have them if they're listening online today?

41:34Yeah, um we send out a lot of information um and have a lot of information on our website, but I would definitely encourage the employees to use it because um and and we do cover it in orientation for all new employees and in fact it's one of the benefits that goes into effect as soon as you become a county employee. So even though you have to wait, you know, the first of the month following sixty days for your health insurance, the wellness centers are available to our employees on day one and that is extremely helpful. And the location There's three locations and part of this, part of the increase is to expand the hours of the Dade City Center. The Dade

42:05City Center is currently open Tuesday and Thursday, but we will be increasing that to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as part of this contract. And then we have a Land O' Lakes location that is in the Hap Clark Building on 41, that's open from 7 to 7 Monday through Friday and also has Saturday hours. And it also has new physical therapy services for our employees, which have been going very well. And then also the New Port Richey location is uh now on our campus on the West Side Government uh complex, and that's open from 7 to 7 Monday through Friday. And our utilization numbers are going

42:35way up and part of this uh increase is also an additional uh medical provider. So that's part of the

42:41I'm glad we part of the reason you're able to keep we've been able to keep health care. Barbara oh go ahead. Oh I'm sorry. Part I'm sorry Commissioner. Go ahead.

42:50But I think you've answered my question because I heard there was extended hours and there was gonna be a a new physician coming. So it was gonna help with the extra people we have that's needing that care. Right. There's more hours they can meet that. So I think it's a great system. I think it's worked good for the employees. Thank you.

43:14allow us to do since we are a self-funded healthcare plan is that does help us keep premiums lower for employees, which we've managed to do, I know, for the past past five years. Five years, yeah. Uh we've kept those premiums pretty pretty tight in terms of increases uh and low. So um Utilizing these healthcare centers, these wellness centers will help us continue to be able to do that.

43:34Yes, and we have additional uh services coming online, including registered dietitian services this coming year as part of this contract. And we really think that uh with the weight loss medications and things that we put into the centers, that that is really gonna help us control costs because obviously if we can get people healthier and you know Um it affects things like diabetes and uh cardiovascular issues.

43:56So Yeah. No smoking.

43:58Yes, exactly. We have a big smoker discount for non smoker discount if you're tobacco free and vaping free and all that.

44:07Did the did you close the one off of ridge?

44:10So the one yeah, the ri one on lemon, ridge and lemon, it just moved and so now it's right on the campus in the Liberty building uh on the yeah, right there on our campus. Okay. Yeah. Convenient. Yeah, it's uh great uh very very convenient.

44:24It's it's nice to have it right there. I uh I've used it frequently, I have allergies, so I use it quite a bit and they've uh done a good job. Yeah. Uh I think it's very important to get the word out for the employees, as as Mike said. The more we use that clinic, it helps keep the premiums down and the more we can save the better off it is. You mentioned one thing too about rehab as well.

44:43Yes.

44:43Does that rehab help us if we have any workman comp

44:46issues? Yeah, actually specifically that was one of the reasons that we brought it on board to save a couple hundred thousand dollars a year on workers comp and on health insurance. So we have an physical therapist now um on site uh at Hap Clark In Land O' Lakes, and she works four 10-hour days, and she's been, I think she's currently seeing around 20 or 25 patients, client, you know, our employees. And she does a phenomenal job, and uh, and that is available for our employees for both workers' comp, uh, because obviously we use our centers for occupational health, and the sheriff also uses

45:16that for occupational health for workers' compensation, and so we expect to save a couple hundred thousand dollars by bringing that service in. house. Great move.

45:24I have one last quick question. If you opt out of the insurance, can you still use the wellness center?

45:29Yes. Okay. Yep, that's a because we have a lot of military personnel that are on TriCare or Champus and so we also allow them any full time employee can go to the Wellness Center and any dependent that's on our healthcare plan. Thank you.

45:41Okay. Thank you.

45:44Okay.

45:45All in favour say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Aye. Thank you very much.

45:49Thank you.