Paul Mueller

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Are you stuck in a stressful health insurance renewal cycle? HPS can help.

Renewal season can be a stressful time for brokers, particularly when dealing with smaller Fully Insured renewals. You spend a lot of time and effort preparing for renewals, and in the end, your

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New Providers to the HPS Network in 2020

HPS is proud to offer our members a broad, independent provider network. We are always looking to add new providers to grow our network to maximize benefits for our members. 

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Health Payment Systems Year in Review 2020

Throughout 2020, HPS was hard at work adding more ways for your clients to get the care they deserve while remaining within their budget. We want to share our 2020 highlights to showcase what HPS is

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Stop-Loss Insurance Carriers to Recommend to Your Self-Funded Clients

While there are many benefits of self-funded health insurance, employers are naturally worried about the inherent risks involved. That’s where stop-loss insurance comes in. Stop-loss insurance

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Third-Party Administrators to Recommend to Your Self-Funded Clients

Building an effective self-funded health insurance plan for your clients requires assembling an awesome team. One of those crucial team members is a third-party administrator (TPA). The TPA helps

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers to Support Your Self-Funded Clients

When it comes to building an effective self-funded insurance plan for your client, they need your help assembling the perfect team. Your client will need to select a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to

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How to Make Self-Funded Health Insurance Costs More Predictable for Your Clients

When it comes to self-funded health insurance, your clients look to you for help managing their costs. Maybe you’ve just introduced the idea of self-funding to a client, and they’re nervous about the

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When Are Your Clients Ready to Move from Fully-Insured to Self-Funded Insurance?

Self-funded plans are employer-provided coverage not purchased from a carrier (i.e., you pay the claims yourself). The employer assumes a higher risk, which is offset by a greater potential for

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The Basics of Stop-Loss Insurance

Many employers are curious about self-funded or level-funded insurance but are reluctant to learn more because they are concerned about the increased risk. With self-funded health insurance,

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Fostering the Digital Transformation in Health Insurance

The broker business relies heavily on relationships. Face-to-face presentations, lunches and meetings are at the heart of a broker’s business model. While many brokers were exploring digital tools

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