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.
The Alliance Roadmap to High-Value Care First Core Driver: Providing Actionable and Transparent Health Information
This blog is part one of a four-part blog series that aims to go deeper into each of these four core drivers on the Roadmap to High-Value Health Care, as explained at The Alliance 2019 Annual meeting. The goal is to provide transparency, helping employers get more...Who Stands for What? Breaking Down the Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Health Care Proposals
Health care is already looming large as an issue in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. The broad field of Democratic presidential candidates is advancing a full range of policy proposals, from single-payer to a public option to public-private hybrids. The...
Our Drive Toward High-Value Health Care
The Alliance Annual Meeting served as the launchpad for our Roadmap to High-Value Health Care, featuring real-life examples from employers that use the flexibility and data The Alliance provides to move the needle on quality and cost.
Our Ruby Slippers: The Power of Alliance Membership
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cheryl DeMars, president and CEO of The Alliance, took the stage at Disrupt Madison to talk about how employers can join together to “disrupt” health care and create positive change. This speech was a prelude to the unveiling of The Alliance’s...When It Comes to Surprise Bills, Congress Should Side with Consumers
Cathy Mahaffey is CEO of the non-profit Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, Wisconsin’s largest individual market carrier serving 20 counties in Eastern Wisconsin. If you follow health policy or political news, you may have heard mention of “surprise bills,” a...Health Care Policy Returns to Center Stage in Washington D.C.
House and Senate members have returned from their summer recess, which started at the beginning of August and ran through Labor Day. Let’s take a look at the major health care policy matters that are on deck for consideration before lawmakers return once again to...How to Increase the Value of Employee Health Benefits Through Self-Funding
Brakebush Brothers Inc., headquartered in Westfield, Wis., uses self-funding to look for opportunities to lower the cost and increase the value of their employee health benefits. Many of these opportunities arise because Brakebush is willing to challenge the status...Oral Health and Chronic Conditions: The ‘Racer’s Edge’ in Cost Management
It’s no secret that chronic diseases are one of the key drivers behind escalating healthcare costs. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension account for 75% of the U.S. healthcare spend – and...Subscribe to The Alliance Blog
