Valhalla’s role for clients is to provide advice, execution, and advocacy. We help clients reduce cost, manage risk, improve employee engagement, and enable more focus on strategic… Read more “Boutique Benefits Consulting and Data Solutions”
Author: jensholger78
Central-Pennsylvania Resident | Father to Camilla and Holger | Husband to Becca | Interests include #insurance, #finance, #lifescience, #healthcare, #leadership, #employeebenefits, #realestate | Penn State University and NYU Alumnus
Pennie Support
Valhalla Business Advisors help businesses and individuals navigate options for insurance. Jens and Stuart have unique experience leading health insurance operations in contexts that include general management… Read more “Pennie Support”
PEO Solutions | Where do these fit for growing organizations?
Over the past few months we have been reviewing HR and benefit solutions arising from the implementation of Professional Employer Organizations, otherwise known as PEOs. Over our… Read more “PEO Solutions | Where do these fit for growing organizations?”
High Cost Drugs & Bespoke Navigation Services
The American pharmacy landscape is complicated. Prices are influenced by all sorts of issues and incentives, including patent protection, competition, and incentive schemes involving rebates, drug manufacturers,… Read more “High Cost Drugs & Bespoke Navigation Services”
Simple Primer | Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Qualified High Deductible Health Plans (QHDHP)
We were asked during a recent meeting about the meaning of “those letters” on an illustration. The letters referenced were QHDHP and HSA. In follow-up, rather than… Read more “Simple Primer | Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Qualified High Deductible Health Plans (QHDHP)”
Group Health Insurance Alternatives | QSEHRA and ICHRA
The 24th KFF Employer Health Benefit Survey Results were posted on October 27, 2022. Click here to review the results. We always look forward to these survey… Read more “Group Health Insurance Alternatives | QSEHRA and ICHRA”
What precisely are we, as a self-funded plan sponsor, paying for?
Occasionally a question is posed by a client, “What is a reasonable administrative fee for our self-insured health plan.” Another question occasionally posed is, “What is a… Read more “What precisely are we, as a self-funded plan sponsor, paying for?”
Small Group Health Insurance
Small group plans are defined at the state level. In Pennsylvania, this applies to groups that employ fifty or fewer people. Also, these plans are “modified community… Read more “Small Group Health Insurance”
Large Group Health Insurance | Insured Plans
There are numerous differences for health insurance plan sponsors resulting from their plan size: the implications of various state laws, Affordable Care Act requirements (e.g. ESRP), compliance… Read more “Large Group Health Insurance | Insured Plans”
Why start a new firm?
meraki (adv.) [Pronounced -mA’raK-E] Greek To do something with soul, creativity or love; to put something of yourself into your work. “to [act] with meraki” When we… Read more “Why start a new firm?”