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Employee Wellness Starts With The Boss!

Employee Wellness programs have grown to be a popular implementation throughout workplace communities, and they are certainly something we encourage at Varipro. In fact, we ...

Engaged Management — Making Self-Insurance Better Than Ever

At Varipro, one aspect of our services that we like to highlight is engaged management. We’ve also learned that engaged management is not always a ...

MSA — Careful Planning for HDHP Participants

High Deductible Healthcare Plans are great for small businesses or self-employed individuals to cut costs and increase profitability. Unfortunately, a common concern for HDHPs is ...

HDHP FAQ — Factors to Consider When Choosing a High Deductible Health Plan

A question that we commonly hear at Varipro is “If I want the lowest monthly premium possible I should just select an HDHP?”. So, we ...

Level Funding Creates a Company Atmosphere of Flexibility

A level-funded healthcare plan gives employers the benefits of a self-funded healthcare system, along with the consistency of a traditional healthcare plan. The significant difference ...

Self Insured Medical Plans — Are they worth the risk?

What is self-funded insurance? Self-funded insurance is when employers directly pay for employees health and workplace benefits, rather than buying coverage from an insurance company. ...

The Ins and Outs of Health Savings Accounts

What is an HSA? As HDHPs become more and more common, HSAs are becoming a popular tool for employers and employees. Health Savings Accounts coincide with ...

TPAs — Third Party Administrators are like Snowflakes

What exactly is a TPA? A TPA (Third Party Administrator) is an organization that manages a company’s employee healthcare plan and in some cases other ...

Cost Variance — A key tool for self-funded budgeting

What is Cost Variance? Cost variance, in the healthcare industry, is a budgeting term that represents the difference between a budgeted amount and the actual ...

Stop-Loss Insurance — The Hero of Self-Funded Healthcare

One of, if not the most common concern employers have when self-funding employee benefits is, “what if the cost becomes too high?”. It’s an entirely ...