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Verification Reveals Ineligible Spouses

A manufacturer wanted to verify whether any of their 113 employees had enrolled a spouse who had other coverage available to them through employment. If so, the spouse would be ineligible for the manufacturer’s health plan through their “working spousal carve out” plan provision.

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Adjudication Inaccuracies Uncovered Through Claims Audit

As a result of this medical claims audit, the plan’s TPA agreed to initial overpayment amounts exceeding $56,000 and has initiated refund processes. Manual processor error was given as the cause for many of the identified issues.

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Eligibility Verification Achieves Over $150k in Savings

Looking to help combat rising health insurance costs, a construction company with 159 employees approached BMI to confirm that only eligible dependent children and spouses were enrolled in the company’s health plans.

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Repeat Claims Audits Produce over $200k in Savings

Since 2011, this city government engages BMI to conduct biennial audits to verify the accuracy of medical claims paid by their third-party administrator (“TPA”).

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Eligibility Verification Finds Unreported Employee Divorces

A school district with 259 employees approached BMI to conduct a dependent eligibility audit after discovering that an employee’s ex-spouse was incurring costs on their health plans.

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Claims Audit Reveals Underlying Issues

The TPA agreed to initial overpayment amounts exceeding $5,000, however, further investigation of claims samples by the TPA revealed an additional $150,000 in errant claims outside of those sampled through the audit.

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Over $180,000 Saved Following Ineligible Dependent Removal

A manufacturer with 358 employees approached BMI to conduct a dependent eligibility audit after suspecting ineligible dependents were enrolled on the plan causing costs to increase unnecessarily.

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Pre-Implementation Audit Prevents Costly Mistakes

A client within the healthcare sector approached BMI to conduct a pre-implementation audit after deciding to consolidate two different existing plans with a single third-party administrator (“TPA”) in order to verify whether the TPA’s system was set up appropriately according to each plan’s benefits.

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Millions Saved with Periodic Dependent Eligibility Audits

A previous audit by BMI led to the identification of over 100 ineligible dependents resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings.

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Subsequent Claims Audit Reveals Systemic Issues Continued

A large supermarket chain engaged BMI to verify whether issues uncovered in their last medical claims audit were ultimately fixed by their third-party administrator (“TPA”).

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Claims Audit Against Plan Design Reveals Inaccuracies

To ensure the accuracy of claims payments compared against their plan design, and to identify any other opportunities for cost containment, this large manufacturing and service provider engaged BMI to audit medical claims paid by their third-party administrator (“TPA”).

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Claims Audit Reveals Plan Build Mistakes and Processor Errors

A large manufacturer engaged BMI to audit medical claims paid by their third-party administrator (“TPA”) after concerns were raised about whether certain claims were being paid appropriately.

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Health Plan Fiduciary Duty Upheld Through Claims Audit

A not-for-profit health system engaged BMI to audit medical claims paid by their third-party administrator (“TPA”) to demonstrate fiduciary responsibility over the plan’s administration to ensure benefits were being paid appropriately on behalf of plan participants.

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Pre-Implementation Audit Uncovers Hidden Discrepancies

A client within the financial services industry approached BMI to conduct a pre-implementation audit after moving to a new carrier. Their primary objective was to verify whether the carrier’s system was set up appropriately to administrate their claims according to plan benefits.

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Dependent Verification Saves Employer over $1 Million

To help combat rising health insurance costs, this electric motor manufacturer and their employee benefits broker engaged BMI to verify whether 3,425 enrolled dependents were eligible for health plan benefits.

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Move to Self-Insured Medical Plan Prompts Beneficial Audit

A nationally recognized mobile application developer engaged BMI to audit medical claims paid by their third-party administrator (“TPA”) after moving to self-insured and making several plan design changes.

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Claims Audit Uncovers Thousands in Manual Errors

A leading global medical technology company engaged BMI to audit medical claims paid by their third-party administrator as part of their due diligence efforts.

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Trust, but Verify – Annual Claims Audit Finds Mistakes Continue

This organization engages BMI to conduct annual audits of medical claims paid by their third-party administrator to ensure claims are continuing to be paid correctly following their last audit.

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Medical & Rx Audit Yields Big Savings for Employer Group

At the recommendation of their consultant following concerns about the accuracy of claims adjudication, this employer group approached BMI to conduct an audit of medical and prescription drug claims paid by their third-party administrator. 

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