A buddy of mine has been out of work for over a year. He’s a plan administrator who worked for several third-party administrators (TPAs) and he let me now that several changes were affecting a TPA I ...

Third party administrators, or TPAs, help insurance companies with claims, billing and other tasks. TPAs are most common with plans that companies offer employees, called group health insurance.

We purchase a health insurance policy from the general insurance companies, but then, we also have a TPA i.e. a third-party administrator provided by the insurance company. These TPAs are registered ...