Overview of the Plans

Comparison of Benefits Chart

Program Year 2019 (March 1, 2019 through February 29, 2020)

Lucas County offers three medical plan options for eligible employees and their eligible dependents for the 2018/2019 program year: Paramount Patient Center Medical Home Plan (PCMH), a 90/10 plan with a $10 PCP office visit co-pay and a $15 specialist office visit co-pay. Employees in the PCMH plan must meet with their participating physician, complete a physical exam and enter into a "Partnership Agreement" with their physician. Paramount Health Care (PHC), a 75/25 HMO plan with a $10 PCP office visit co-pay and a $15 specialist office visit co-pay; and the Lucas County Health Plan through the Frontpath Network, a 70/30 plan with a $10 PCP office visit co-pay and a $15 specialist office visit co-pay.  The benefit levels through each of these three plans are not the same. Please refer to the Lucas County Plan Documents for more details and the brief benefits comparison chart for comparative information on benefit levels.
  

*NEW* Effective March 1, 2018, employees who are enrolled in any one of the medical plans, will have a payroll deduction of $25.00 per single contract per month and $50.00 per family contract per month.  The payroll deductions will be taken pre-tax.  This means the actual amount taken out of your paycheck will be $11.54 per pay for a single plan and $23.08 per pay for a family plan.  The payroll deduction will remain in effect for a period of two years-March 1, 2018 through February 29, 2020.

For further details about each health plan, click the plan document links below.
  
  
Paramount Plan Document

Frontpath Plan Document