Joanie Verinder
Joanie Verinder is the Director, Service Strategist with The Phia Group, LLC. headquartered in Boston, MA although Ms. Verinder works from Allen, TX. Prior to beginning her journey with Phia, Ms. Verinder worked in the TPA industry for 27 years most notably with Imagine360 Administrators fka GPA. She was Imagine360/GPA’s go to health plan compliance person for 20+ years. Ms. Verinder is a Past President of both the Health Care Administrators Association and the Texas Association of Benefit Administrators. She currently serves as the Past President Liaison to the board of HCAA.
Ms. Verinder received a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) and a Master of Arts from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She also is a certificated paralegal and has received the HIPAA Professional designation from the Health Insurance Association of America, the PPACA Certified designation from the National Association of Health Underwriters, and the designation of Certified Self Funding Specialist from the Health Care Administrators Association.