Iberia Parish School Board Insurance Committee Meeting 10/14/2026

The Iberia Parish School Board Insurance Committee met October 14, 2026, to review 2027 health-plan renewals. For the partially self-funded commercial plan, staff presented four options involving Blue Cross/Louisiana Blue or UnitedHealthcare, their networks and pharmacy administrators, and stop-loss coverage. The discussion focused on a roughly $1 million stop-loss renewal increase and a conditional laser that could leave the district responsible for up to $1.05 million on a claimant’s specified high-cost therapy. Representatives discussed cost-containment measures, step therapy, claim notifications, and network pricing. The committee voted to defer the commercial-plan decision to a late-October meeting and requested that the broker compare the Blue Cross and UnitedHealthcare networks by applying their rates to prior claims; no commercial-plan option was selected at this meeting.

The committee also considered 2027 Medicare Advantage renewals. The presentation contrasted a Blue Cross option with a stated $131,652 annual increase, which would be passed to members, with a UnitedHealthcare option projected to reduce district costs by about $169,798 annually if member contributions stayed at their current levels. The committee approved the UnitedHealthcare option. The transcript does not identify a contract number or clearly state the vote count.