Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation will authorize the Department of Human Resources to modify their contract with Brown & Brown of Massachusetts, LLC for the provision of employee benefit audit and market check services to reflect the assignment of the new name Claims Technologies Incorporated, a division of Brown & Brown Insurance Services, Inc. and federal tax ID number change. This modification will reflect a company name and federal tax ID change for the contract and purchase order with Brown & Brown of Massachusetts; LLC established by the Department of Human Resources. Claims Technologies Incorporated, a division of Brown & Brown Insurance Services, Inc. is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
A revised Business Associate Agreement is being provided.
The Department of Human Resources is also requesting to increase funding for the current contract term by $25,000.00. This increase in funding will pay for a fraud, waste and abuse analysis of the pharmacy plan using data from 2023. Claims Technologies Incorporated, a division of Brown & Brown Insurance Services, Inc. has recently hired a fraud expert and offered this new service to the Department of Human Resources. Claims Technologies Incorporated, a division of Brown & Brown Insurance Services, Inc. has pharmacy data for 2023 as they are currently auditing the pharmacy plan for the same time period and the scope of work provides a thirty (30) day turnaround time for this analysis. This turnaround time is of value to the Department of Human Resources as we will be going out to bid for a medical and pharmacy vendor in 2025. This fraud, waste and abuse analysis of the pharmacy plan was not included in the original scope as it was not available when the original contract was signed earlier this year. It is not in the best interest...
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