High-Cost Claims and Stop-Loss Insurance: How Self-Funded Employers Can Mitigate Significant Losses

by Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D. | Mar 30, 2021 | Members & Employers

If you have a self-funded health plan, stop-loss insurance (also known as reinsurance) can help protect your organization from high-cost claims – unpredictable claims that are considered catastrophic to the plan. Certain forms of cancer, premature birth, and kidney...

How to Save Your Employees 50% on Primary Care Costs

by Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D. | Nov 3, 2020 | Members & Employers

Tena Hoag received a Health Transformation Award from The Alliance on October 1, 2020 for significantly improving her employees’ access to high-value health care and transforming the way health care is delivered. The Alliance created a case study capturing Tena’s...

What RAND Corporation’s Hospital Price Transparency Project (RAND 3.0) Means For Employers

by Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D. | Sep 22, 2020 | Members & Employers

On Sept. 18, RAND Corporation and the Employers’ Forum of Indiana released the National Hospital Price Transparency Study (RAND 3.0), which aims to help employers understand the costs they’re paying for hospital services. Employers can use this data to empower their...

How COVID-19 Is Changing The Cost of Health Care

by Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D. | Jun 16, 2020 | Members & Employers

Primary care has always been the first line of defense in caring for patients and offering the most value for our health system overall. However, its effectiveness has suffered over time, due, in part, to a lack of care coordination, health care access for patients,...

Pave Your Own Path: Reducing Prescription Drug Prices Recap

by Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D. | May 19, 2020 | Health Policy, Members & Employers

Last month, The Alliance was pleased to host National CooperativeRx CEO Josh Bindl, for a webinar where he discussed all things prescription drugs. Missed the webinar? You can view it here.  The High Price We Pay  Bindl opened his presentation with a plain and simple...