Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · HOUSTON, TX
THE METHODIST HOSPITAL
The filing calls this plan THE COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE BENEFITS PLAN OF THE METHODIST HOSPITAL.
THE METHODIST HOSPITAL of HOUSTON, TX files a Form 5500 with the U.S. Department of Labor disclosing its employee benefit plan. Its broker of record is MERCER HEALTH AND BENEFITS, LLC. Coverage is written through DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY and 11 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in May.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 74-1180155 · plan 501 · plan year 2024, filed Oct 8, 2025
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How this plan is funded
Both, as reported
The medical insurance contracts on the filing cover fewer than half the people in the plan, so the rest is paid another way.
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Benefits declared on this filing
Health: DELAWARE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA covers 8 of 32,088 participants (under 0.1%) on Schedule A.
Also declared: prepaid legal, severance, death benefits, other welfare.
Declared benefits are the plan’s own line 8b codes on Form 5500. “Not on Schedule A” means no insured contract for that line appears on this filing. That usually means the benefit is self-funded, or it sits under a different plan number.
Where a line has more than one insured contract, the carrier and the covered figure are the largest contract's by premium. The contracts are not added up: a pharmacy carve-out and the medical carrier beside it cover the same people.
Persons covered is the count the carrier filed for that policy at the end of its policy year, and it can include dependents. Participants is the plan's own count at the start of its plan year. The two count different people, so a covered figure can be larger.
Plan brief
Schedule A lists 19 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, covers 48,269 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $43,755,993, with $2,322,622 in disclosed broker commissions — about 5.3% of premium.
The health contract's policy period ended in May, while at least one ancillary line's policy period ended in December. The plan is on a split renewal cycle.
MERCER HEALTH AND BENEFITS, LLC is the broker of record on 4 of the 19 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
12 carriers appear on the filing, including DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, FIDELITY SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA | Disability | 28,455 | Jan 1, 2025 | $6,361,059 | $946,843 |
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA | Life | 31,169 | Jan 1, 2025 | $8,408,239 | $609,235 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 8,644 | Jan 1, 2025 | $2,715,356 | $225,375 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 7,246 | Jan 1, 2025 | $2,122,414 | $178,283 |
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA | — | 31,169 | Jan 1, 2025 | $1,457,780 | $108,675 |
| METLIFE LEGAL PLANS | — | 5,724 | Jan 1, 2025 | $1,108,371 | $104,361 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 11,028 | Jan 1, 2025 | $1,101,337 | $98,019 |
| LLOYDS OF LONDON | Disability | 8 | Jan 1, 2025 | $106,984 | $31,846 |
| DELAWARE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA | Health, Dental | 8 | Jun 1, 2024 | $199,242 | $18,760 |
| DELAWARE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA | — | 33 | Jun 1, 2024 | $5,694 | $854 |
| BERKLEY LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 77 | May 15, 2024 | $2,475 | $371 |
| DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY | Dental | 48,269 | Jan 1, 2025 | $16,002,962 | $0 |
| FIDELITY SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Vision | 47,626 | Jan 1, 2025 | $2,908,917 | $0 |
| EMPATHIA, INC. | — | 32,771 | Jan 1, 2025 | $696,045 | $0 |
| ALPHA DENTAL PROGRAMS, INC. | Dental | 4,964 | Jan 1, 2025 | $475,909 | $0 |
| PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY | Disability | 15 | Jan 1, 2025 | $43,457 | $0 |
| BERKLEY LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 109 | Nov 15, 2024 | $20,165 | $0 |
| FIDELITY SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Vision | 284 | Jan 1, 2025 | $19,587 | $0 |
| FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 131 | Sep 1, 2024 | — | $0 |
Covered = persons covered at policy year end, as filed on Schedule A for that policy — often certificates or one class, not the whole plan. Premium = the filing’s own premium/charges figure; “—” means not credibly reported.
Reported to OSHA
Reported to OSHA for 2025: 13,060 employees, 803 recordable cases, 7,144 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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