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
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...
How Advanced Laser’s Tena Hoag Saved Her Employees 50% on Primary Care Costs
Through self-funding and implementing a shared-site clinic that uses direct primary care, Tena Hoag, CFO of Advanced Laser, helped her organization save approximately 10% on their total health care costs in 2019. They then used those savings to reduce prescription...
Featured Insights on Self-Funding
The Four Best Benefits of Choosing a Level Funded Health Plan
Employers with healthy workforces are paying needlessly high health care costs, which is why many of them trust us to self-fund their health plans. After all, employers that choose self funding retain savings from things like unused care, utilizing custom provider...
Final Federal Transparency Rules That Plan Sponsors, As Fiduciaries, Need to Be Aware of
A lot has happened since the White House issued an executive order in June of 2019, which led to the Hospital Price Transparency Act. In November 2020, the Departments of Labor (DoL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury released the Transparency in...
How Employers Help Their Employees Avoid Balance Billing
We hosted employers for an action-packed hour to talk about how you can guide your employees to avoid costly balance billing. If you missed the webinar, you can view the recording or read on for a detailed recap of this important topic. Out-of-network claims...
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