Sean specializes in multiemployer health and welfare and retirement consulting. His expertise includes, but is not limited to, budgeting and cost projections, contribution rate strategy, strategic planning, benefit design, and cost control. He also assists clients with pricing and development of group health plan coverage, analyzing health claims experience, analyzing and negotiating vendor rates, and determining claim reserves, self-pay rates, and COBRA rates. He assists clients with strategic planning, benefit design, cost control, and general consulting.
Sean is the lead or co-lead consultant on several Taft-Hartley health & welfare and pension funds.
Publications and Presentations
Sean is a past speaker at the IFEBP Annual Conference and has published articles regarding various health and welfare plan topics, including:
"Delayed enforcement of certain provisions of the No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage Final Rule."
"CAA and other transparency measures: Timing and implications of surprise billing for plan sponsors."
"Multiemployer Alert: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – Federal COBRA Subsidy."
Professional Designations
Fellow, Society of Actuaries
Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS)
Education
BS, Statistics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Affiliations
Member, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP)
Past President, Northern California Chapter, International Society of Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS), 2020-2021
On April 28, 2020, the Departments of Labor and Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service jointly issued guidance extending certain deadlines related to COBRA continuation coverage.
