Joint Committee on Healthcare Costs and Quality. BIW and LS6 are committed to ensuring that employees have access to cost effective, quality healthcare coverage. Because of their ongoing concern about the quality of healthcare and costs, the parties agree to a Joint Committee on Healthcare Costs and Quality. The Committee will have an equal number of representatives, including a co-chair, from each party. When appropriate, healthcare experts and representatives from BIW’s health plans will be invited to attend Committee meetings. Each party may have their benefits consultants and advisors attend Committee meetings. The Committee also will meet with healthcare providers to express the parties’ interest in obtaining quality healthcare at affordable prices. In furtherance of these objectives, any savings on the annual cost of healthcare will be passed on to employees. If annual per capita costs for healthcare decline between July 1 and June 30 of the following year, then employee’s weekly premiums will be reduced by 50% of the weekly equivalent decrease as of January 1. In a year or partial year where plan design changes occur, the claims experience incurred during the time frame that the previous plan design was in effect, will be actuarially adjusted to reflect the new plan design.
