Tips on Getting Your Health Benefit Plans off to a Great Start!
With the new year comes new benefit plans. The Alliance wanted to provide some helpful tips on what can help employers, and employees, get off to a great start. For employers that are new to working with The Alliance or those that would like a refresher on what we do,...Who Stands for What (Part 2)? A Closer Look at President Trump’s Health Care Policy Positions
In October, my colleague John Zordani provided an outline of the leading Democratic presidential candidates’ positions on health care reform. While we still don’t know who the Democratic nominee for President will be, President Trump is expected to represent the...Employers May Be the Biggest Driver of Health Care Change
The Alliance is a purchaser of health care services on behalf of our employers. That means that The Alliance is not a typical payer or insurance plan but understanding what health insurance plans are doing is essential to continuing to learn and grow to help our...Wisconsin’s Governor Launches Task Force on Prescription Drug Pricing
Governor Tony Evers created the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug Pricing in response to a growing concern over rising drug prices. In announcing the task force, the Governor said, “Picking up a medication shouldn’t break the bank, but it often does for our...Working Together Gets Us Farther: A Recap on The National Alliance 2019 Annual Forum
One of the best things about being part of an employer cooperative is watching employers learn from and with each other. Attending the National Alliance 2019 Annual Forum took that to the next level by gathering health care purchasing coalitions together to discuss...The Alliance Roadmap to High-Value Health Care Core Driver Four: Benefit Plan Design
“A small group of empowered purchasers can change the system.” Members who attended The Alliance annual meeting this year heard these words of encouragement from Suzanne Delbanco, Executive Director of the Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR). Suzanne provided many...The Alliance Roadmap to High Value Care Core Driver Three: Provider Network Design
In the past few weeks, we’ve been featuring blogs that break down in greater detail the four core drivers on our roadmap to high-value health care unveiled at our annual meeting this year. Today, we take an in-depth look into the third driver, provider network design,...The Alliance Roadmap to High Value Care Core Driver Two: Payment Reform
At The Alliance 2019 Annual meeting earlier this year, we talked about the four core drivers on our roadmap to high-value health care. This blog takes a more in-depth look into the second driver, payment reform, and why it is a central piece of the work and mission of...
Employee-Owned Company Uses Education to Build the Bottom Line
You might expect employees who benefit from an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to quickly become good health care consumers. When employees save money by making smart health care choices, both the company and the employees (as owners) will benefit financially. But even employees who own the company need help understanding how their decisions impact health plan costs, according to the leaders of Trachte Building Systems, Sun Prairie, Wis.
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