The Alliance® Blog
Self-Funding Insights, Health Policy Updates, Employer Stories, and More
Advanced Primary Care: The Solution to Primary Care’s Problems
Recently, one of our larger employer-members brought an issue to my attention that reminded me of the importance of proper primary care. This employer had a patient who required an ultrasound – which, if performed during an office visit, would be 100% covered by...
Employers Hold the Key to Payment Reform: 2021 Fall Symposium Recap
“The health care market isn’t working. There’s an imbalance of power,” Suzanne Delbanco, Ph.D., said to begin the 2021 Fall Symposium & Annual Meeting. Delbanco, former Leapfrog Group founder and president, is now the Executive Director for Catalyst for Payment...
New Federal Transparency Rules and Regulations for Plan Sponsors
A lot has happened over the past two years in relation to price transparency; executive and Congressional actions have led to new federal rules and regulations for health systems, benefit administrators, and plan sponsors. These rules have promise to make public...
How Employers Can Advocate for Health Policy Changes in Health Care
There’s been a lot of talk about how the health care landscape is shifting due to new federal price transparency rules, but the key to those changes has been advocacy from the business community. Transparency will create better information for consumers and...
How Self-Funded Employers Use High-Value Health Care to Control Costs
The health care landscape is changing, and employers are driving that change through High-Value Health Care. As a recent PBGH-KFF survey recently uncovered, 87% of employers believe that the current health care system is unsustainable, and now the government is...
