Former employees of Montgomery County Public Schools could be owed millions of dollars after a report found that they forfeited prepaid health insurance premiums when leaving the Maryland school system.
Former employees of Montgomery County Public Schools could be owed millions of dollars after a report found that they forfeited prepaid health insurance premiums when leaving the Maryland school system.
Anywhere from $3 million to $13.5 million in overpaid premiums were kept from retiring and departing staff at Montgomery County Public Schools over the course of two-plus decades, according to a new report from the county’s Office of Inspector General.
The overpayments were neither refunded to eligible employees nor remitted to health insurance providers.
The OIG said that the practice has been going on for at least 22 years, and that the school system first became aware of it about seven or eight years ago.
“A senior manager estimated that refunds due to individual retirees would likely range from $200 to $900 depending on the insurance plan they selected,” the report reads.
Over the last three years, the OIG said an average of 683 employees either retired or resigned from working with Montgomery County schools.
Those numbers helped shape