Case Studies
The Alliance works with its members to put together case studies that showcase their experiences with self-funding. These topics range from finding success in controlling costs, how to empower employees to take ownership of their health, and how employers have used their claims data to make good financial and health care decisions.
Self-Funding Case Studies
Walker Forge: Transforming Health Care for their Employees and Their Bottom Line
Walker Forge has done some incredible things since they decided to take charge of their employees' health benefits and become self-funded five years ago, including creating a clinic where employees and their covered family members can receive free care. But that is...
A Repeat Success: How One Employee Made a Big Difference in Her Coworkers’ Health – and Then Did It Again
Transforming health care takes vision, determination, and often a “why not” attitude. In this case, it began in 1991 with a part-time secretary working in occupational health. Over the next 13 years, Traci Rothenburger, now Clinic Manager at Nordic PrivateCare,...
Driving Value: Creating a Mobile Health Clinic En Route to $4 Million in Savings
The Alliance awarded Matt Ohrt, VP of HR and Medical Services at Merrill Steel, with a Health Transformation Award on Oct. 1, 2020, in recognition of significantly improving his community’s access to high-value health care by creating an on-site and mobile clinic....
The WHIO: Improving Health Care in Wisconsin with Award-Worthy Work
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization, or WHIO, as it's known, is a non-profit data and information resource established in 2008 that helps employers, providers health insurers, and the Wisconsin state government improve the quality and control the cost of...
Featured Insights on Self-Funding
What is Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance?
While most employers offer health insurance, do you ever wonder why? So what is employer-sponsored health insurance? What is employer-sponsored health insurance? Employer-sponsored health insurance is an insurance plan funded by an employer. Employers care about...
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...
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