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The Honorable Paul Osborne ' City of Decatur August 30, 2006 Page 3 � Claims Audit of Consociate Dansig's TPA services ❑ Do administrative procedures ensure efficient administration of the Plan? ❑ Are claims paid in accordance with Plan provisions? Please note that fees for these engagements are presented separately on pages 6 and IO of this correspondence. SEGAL'S APPROACH AND WORK PLAN We believe it is critical to the success of the project to employ a thought-based approach to ensure that the outcome meets the City's benefits and financial objectives and is in line with the organization's guiding principles. We will assist the City in articulating key issues, objectives, and desired outcomes. This will ensure recommendations are best positioned to achieve the specific results sought by the City. Finally, through our deep technical staff resources (including actuaries, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health plan directors, and other managed care experts), we will apply a level of actuarial and analytical rigor. h'ic� (JffJ/f�ftif�; We will begin this assignment by scheduling a meeting with City staff to initiate the relationship and to fully clarify the scope of the consulting engagement. At the kick-off ineeting, we will: . Confirm the goals and objectives of the consulting engagement; � Present a preliminary consulting plan based on our understanding of the engagement, and discuss the plan, project scope and timelines in detail; � Establish parameters for keeping City staff updated, adjusting the consulting plan to fit the City's specific needs; and � Identify data needed for the overall engagement. The kick-off ineeting will allow Segal to gain an understanding of the current structure, operations, and issues with the City's benefit programs, as well as staff opinions and observations about the future directions for the programs. Following the kick-off ineeting, we will update the consulting plan that will serve as the primary management tool for the engagement. We will also summarize the discussion and decisions made at the kick-off ineeting into a list of open issues to be addressed. We have found that this approach helps us to keep a short-view perspective on the day-to-day management of the project while maintaining a longer- view perspective on broader issues that need to be addressed going forward.