{"id":3420,"date":"2018-02-09T21:58:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2018-02-09T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:58:15","slug":"the-one-list-of-tpas-that-plan-sponsors-should-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=3420","title":{"rendered":"The one list of TPAs that plan sponsors should ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the best hamburger out there? There is a burger fad out there with so many expanding chain and franchised restaurants, so there are many choices out there. I\u2019m sure there are thousands of places better than McDonald\u2019s, but there are more McDonalds restaurants than any burger fast food restaurant. The folks at McDonald\u2019s don\u2019t say they\u2019re the best burger out there, but they may say they\u2019re the most popular. Bigger doesn\u2019t mean better, popular doesn\u2019t mean better.<\/p>\n<p>So when it comes to choosing a third party administrator (TPA), the one list that plan sponsors should ignore is the list that shows the TPAs that are the biggest with most plans and\/or most assets under administration. These lists are great for bragging rights, but they\u2019re an awful idea for selecting a TPA. Finding the right TPA is like tailoring a suit, it\u2019s all about fit. Picking a TPA just because they have so many plans and\/or assets under administration is just silly.<\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why you should choose a TPA, just because they\u2019re big isn\u2019t a good enough reason.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='{title}' st_url='{url}' displayText='ShareThis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the best hamburger out there? There is a burger fad out there with so many expanding chain and franchised restaurants, so there are many choices out there. I\u2019m sure there are thousands of places better than McDonald\u2019s, but there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=3420\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='{title}' st_url='{url}' displayText='ShareThis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3421,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420\/revisions\/3421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}