Howell’s audit services produce proven financial savings, verify accuracy of carrier records by identifying ineligible plan participants and ensure carrier or third party claim payment accuracy.

 Claim Audit (Self-Funded Only)

• Identify measurable cost savings.
• Confirm payment and records accuracy.
• Ensure systems and processes are in plan that will optimize claim paying performance.
• Fulfill due diligence and fiduciary responsibility.
• Identify human misinterpretation of plan language.
• Enhance administrator’s understanding of the plan.
• Confirm internal administrator policies do not prevail of plan language.
• Create a sentinel effect.

Dependent Eligibility Audit

• Decrease overall health care costs.
• Save administration time and money.
• Realize immediate measurable results.
• Ensure plan participant understanding of eligibility requirements.
• Improve the renewal process with accurate enrollment records, documentation and communications.
• Identify anywhere from 2-10% of dependents who are ineligible.
• Reduce compliance risk under Sarbanes-Oxley, ERISA and DOL