BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

County of Linn, Iowa

Directive Number:
Linn County Hospital and Medical
Statement Review Policy
Approval Date: Effective Date: Revision No: Policy Section & Number:

06/25/07 06/25/07 2 PM-011

Reference: 06/25/07; 09/25/02; Initially Adopted: Distribution:

11/17/1993 County Employee Handbook, Intranet

I. Purpose

The purpose of the policy is to provide an incentive for employees to review

hospital and medical statements for excess charges. This policy will save money
for the County and promote awareness of hospital and medical charges by the
employee. It is the policy of Linn County to encourage employees to review their
hospital and medical statements and pay them an amount equal to one-half (1/2)
to a maximum of $200 of the amount saved by the County as a result of their
review.

II. Scope

This policy is applicable to all regularly scheduled full-time and part-time Linn
County employees responsible to the Board of Supervisors; employees
responsible to an elected official, including the elected official and their deputies;
and dependents who subscribe to the group health plan and those employees or
dependents of former employees now on extended coverage.

III. Specific Policy Provisions

A. Employees or their dependents who find an error must submit the error to
the hospital or medical provider and receive a corrected statement
documenting the error within sixty (60) days of the billing date on the first
statement.

B. The original and corrected statement will be submitted to the Employment

Relations Office.

C. The Employment Relations Office staff will verify the error and subsequent
correction which resulted in a savings to the County.

D. The employee will be paid an amount equal to one-half (1/2) or a

maximum to $200 of the amount saved as a result of the employee’s
review and receipt of a corrected statement from the hospital or medical
provider.