For Employers

SSDC utilizes its over 25 years experience with Social Security disability and Medicare programs to aid employers in reducing their retiree medical plan costs and in lowering their disability plan costs. By combining our customer’s needs and our knowledge, we have developed two sets of products that maximize results in each plan area. The packages are integrated to maximize cross-plan and related pension and other plan savings.

Retiree Medical Saving Programs - Medicare Management Services

The OMNIBUS Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1993 created a provision to allow group health plans to take a secondary position to Medicare under certain conditions. When an individual is identified who requires an updated Medicare primary payer status (generally in a retiree health plan), on average, an employer will save $8,000 in future annual medical plan costs. Retroactive savings can also be achieved through recovering medical payments that were made incorrectly under the employer’s medical plan. SSDC specializes in finding and developing these savings opportunities in the most efficient, cost-effective and beneficiary sensitive fashion.

SSDC offers a unique package of proactive Medicare management services that leverage technology, experience and customer service to reduce an employer’s retiree medical expenses while supporting individual retiree’s benefits. We work in partnership with employers, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration to identify under age 65 retirees and dependents who already are or can be eligible for Medicare.