The Alliance® Blog
The Alliance works to provide its employer-members with key information so that they can be the best stewards of their healthcare plans. These blogs range in topics from strategies employers use to control costs, updates on crucial healthcare regulations that impact self-funded employers, and tips on how employers can best utilize their membership.
Self-Funding Insights, Health Policy Updates, Employer Stories, and More
5 Recommendations for Public Employers from a Self-Insured School District
The Alliance recently sat down with Michelle Golden, Executive Director of Human Resources and Public Relations at the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District, to ask what advice she would offer public employers that are making changes to their health benefits....
The Importance of Better Healthcare Data for Better Benefit Decisions
Does wading through data seem overwhelming or exhausting? The Alliance hosted a panel of experienced benefits professionals who said they used to feel this way – until they saw the immense opportunities better healthcare data could provide to make better benefits...
Are Out-of-Pocket Costs A Barrier to Care?
Consumer out-of-pocket spending on healthcare was projected to hit almost $500 billion in 2021 – and is expected to reach nearly $800 billion in 2026, according to healthcare market research group Kalorama Information. “Salary growth will continue to lag healthcare...
How Employers Can Encourage Healthcare Consumerism
Patients in healthcare are often confused by the healthcare system, unsure where to go or who to trust. In fact, 3 in 4 American patients leave the doctor’s office confused, and do more research, according to a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults. So, if they’re...
5 Ways Self-Funded Employers Can Change the Cost of Healthcare
As a trusted, objective partner for more than 300 self-funded employers and their consultants, The Alliance is improving access to high-value healthcare for more than 105,000 lives – and we’ve been doing it for more than 30 years. Our vast experience with...
Obesity in the Workplace: Learn Its Impact and How Employers Can Help Treat It
Obesity doesn’t just influence employees’ waistlines, but also employers’ bottom lines. That is why we at The Alliance want to help employers understand its causes and effects on health – and how their employees and businesses are impacted – to offer best...
