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MC-29 Integrated Disability Management
CAS Ratemaking Seminar
March 12, 1999
Michael C. DolanPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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What Is the Product
• Combines Various Direct Coverages– Disability
• LTD• STD
– Workers Compensation– Healthcare– Other
• EAP
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What Is the Product
• Implied Coverages– Absenteeism– Sick Leave– Disease Management
• Implied Costs– Productivity– Training– Substitution Costs
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What Is the Product
• Other Items for Measurement– Morale
• Cuts Both Ways
– Retention– Implementation Costs
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Total Cost
• Total Costs of Individual Programs
• Replace ET + BT by E`T + (1- k) x BT
– Include Insured and Self-Insured Programs– Adjust for Measured Impacts of Synergies
• Expenses• Benefits - Percentage and Reductions That
Apply
• Adjust for Required Investments
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Cost Considerations
• Options– Add the Underlying Direct Costs
• Easiest• A First Approximation• Understates the Real Return• Ignores the Implied Savings
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Cost Considerations
• Options (continued)– Add Underlying Costs + Adjust Expenses
• Identify the Expenses by Line• Eliminate the Duplication• Add Additional Expenses
– Add Underlying Costs + Adjust for Expense and Benefit Synergies
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Expense Considerations
• Expense Synergies– Common Intake
• Healthcare & Workers Compensation• STD/LTD & Workers Compensation• STD & LTD• Healthcare and EAP
– Rational Database• Eliminate Multiple Sets• Better Analyses of Costs and Allocations• Available Staff
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Expense Considerations
• Expense Synergies (continued)– Inter-Cover Administrative Expenses
• Initial Set Up• Historical Information• Coordinated Employee Relations
– Compliance Reporting• Carrier• Regulatory• ERISA Compliance
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Expense Synergies
Synergy
• Common Intake
• Database
• Admin Cost
• Compliance
Proxy
• Count/Process
• Report Count, Transaction
• Counts/Process
• Complaints, Costs
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Benefits Synergies
STD LTD
Medical WC Med WC Indem
COST PRODUCTIVITY
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Synergies
• STD-LTD– Adjustments to Sum of Costs– Expense
• Set Up Cost• Prioritization
– Benefits• Early Case Management - Duration• Liability Acceptance
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Synergies
• STD-LTD Measurements– Equivalent to Early Intervention for WC– Leverage Early Case Management– Draw from WC Experience
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Synergies
• Medical-LTD– Adjustments to Combined Cost– Expense Savings
• LTD Case Management Relies on Medical Treatment
• Not Known Until After Treatment
– Benefits• Medical Treatment Can Be Aimed at RTW• Durations Managed as in WC
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Synergies
• Measurements– Durations by Disability as in WC– Studies on Impact of Medical on Indemnity
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Synergies
• WC - LTD– Adjustments to Combined Cost– Expense
• Some
– Benefits• RTW for WC Applied to LTD
– Setting Expectations for Employer/Employee
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Synergies
• Measurements– RTW Studies for WC– Early Intervention Studies for WC– Impact of Light Duty Return
• May Need to Adjust LTD Contracts
– Apply Adjustments to Termination Curves
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Synergies
• Others– Medical on WC Medical to Eliminate
Duplication– Impact on EAP Through Analysis– Utilization Tracking and Analysis
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Other Returns
• More Benefits– Duration Reductions Translate into
Productivity Savings• Determine Cost/Day from Temporary Hiring
• Estimate the Reduction Cost/Day on Production
• New Hire Training Costs/Day to Ramp Up
– Turnover Reduction Costs• Exit Interviews - Benefits Programs/Flexibility Cited
• New Hire Costs/Day to Ramp Up
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Other Returns
• Don’t Forget Other Costs– LTD Case Management - New Environment
• Aggressive RTW and Light Duty• Managing to WC Implied Duration• Leveraging Medical
– WC/LTD/Medical Case Management Integration
– Systems Design and Tracking Costs– Short- and Long-Term Costs