Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Dear Ohio Plan Members:

As many of you already know, 2008 marked the 20th anniversary of The Ohio Plan. We have seen many changes over the past twenty years, but what hasn’t changed is our pledge to continue to provide you with products and services specifically designed to meet the unique challenges and opportunities associated with public sector entities. In our continuing quest to meet those changing needs, The Ohio Healthcare Consortium was formed in 2007 in an effort to provide quality and innovative health care options for member employees and their dependents.

The creation of the healthcare consortium has necessitated operational changes to the organizational structure of The Ohio Plan. Effective January 1, 2009, there are now three new non-profit organizations. Two of the corporations will serve as the next evolutionary steps of the Ohio Government Risk Management Plan and the Ohio Healthcare Consortium. These two organizations are now known as, Ohio Plan Risk Management, Inc. (OPRM) and Ohio Plan Healthcare Consortium, Inc. (OPHC). The Board of Directors felt these changes were necessary since The Plan now has two distinctive lines of business and not all of our members have both the general liability and the healthcare products. The third non-profit corporation will be known as Ohio Plan, Inc. (OPI). This corporation will mirror the oversight function previously performed by the Board of Directors. The new Board of Trustees consists of eleven (11) members that include appointed and elected officials from member organizations.

The OPRM and OPHC organizations will each have their own separate Boards of Directors that will oversee the management and affairs of the two corporations. The Directors of the OPRM and OPHC will be appointed from the membership of the Board of Trustees.

These newly implemented organizational changes will in no way impact the products and services you have come to depend upon. The Board of Trustees of Ohio Plan, Inc. wish to acknowledge and thank you for your on-going support as we continue to explore ways in which to better meet the needs of our membership.

I wish you all the best in 2009.

Sincerely,

Jay A. Weiskircher
Chairman
Ohio Plan, Inc.
Board of Trustees