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PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST

The Public Hospital District Unemployment Compensation Trust (PHD UC Trust) is an organization of public hospital districts in Washington who have joined together to minimize unemployment compensation claim costs. Members of the Trust have seen significant savings over what they would pay as individual employers.

Membership is open to any Public Hospital District in Washington. Each member is credited with a pro-rata share of investment earnings on the Trust’s reserve and pays a pro-rata share of Trust expenses. United Claims Management—a subsidiary of the Washington State Hospital Association—provides the claims management services.

A board of six Trustees—who are administrators from member hospital districts—governs the Trust. In addition to overseeing all Trust operations, the Trustees approve the annual operating budget, set annual premium rates, and assure reserve adequacy through arranged actuarial studies.

Members of the Trust benefit from the security of a reserve pool of over $3 million which provides many advantages:

• Experienced professional claims management
• Payment of unanticipated high levels of claims charges
• Fixed yearly premium payments despite fluctuating claim costs
• Mitigation of the burden of large benefit charges by spreading payment over a longer period than allowed by the State
• Elimination of the necessity and expense of "stop loss" reinsurance

Feel free to contact any of the following Trustees to discuss the value the Trust offers to public hospital district members:

• Chairman Jean Roberts, Mark Reed Hospital, McCleary
• Warner Bartleson, North Valley Hospital, Tonasket
• Al Beach, Columbia Basin Hospital, Ephrata
• Eric Jensen, Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, Ellensburg
• Mike Lee, Morton General Hospital, Morton
• Jim Parrish, East Adams Rural Hospital, Ritzville

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