Provider News & Updates
New Employee Benefits Trends in 2021 Shaped by COVID-19
Most employers have recognized the strain that the pandemic has placed on their employees and renewed their health benefits plans without significant changes to cost-sharing and network plan design. Efforts to improve delivery systems and networks to improve outcomes,...
High-Cost Claims and Stop-Loss Insurance: How Self-Funded Employers Can Mitigate Significant Losses
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...
COVID-19 Vaccination Management For Employers: Webinar Recap
The Alliance and Business Health Care Group (BHCG) hosted a webinar with several content experts to discuss employee communication strategies, policy and procedures, and other employer considerations regarding COVID-19 vaccination. This is a recap of the virtual...
Add Value to Pharmacy Benefit by Driving Out Waste
As fiduciaries, plan sponsors have a responsibility to provide proper oversight of what their pharmacy benefit plan spends money on. Plan sponsors may feel their fiduciary duty is met by conducting regular competitive bidding of key vendors. While this is important,...
The Rights & Responsibilities of Plan Sponsors as Fiduciaries
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (NAHPC) hosted a great webinar detailing the rights and responsibilities of Plan Sponsors as fiduciaries. To help better educate our members on this important topic, we’ve summarized our key takeaways for you,...
A Repeat Success: How One Employee Made a Big Difference in Her Coworkers’ Health – And Did It Again
The Alliance awarded Traci Rothenburger, with a Health Transformation Award on Oct. 1, 2020, in recognition of significantly improving her employees’ access to high-value health care by creating an on-site direct primary care clinic. The Alliance created a case...
What Are The Benefits of Hosting a Vendor Summit?
As you begin the new year, you’re probably reassessing your benefit plan and vendor partners to help improve your employees’ health and wellbeing. If you want to enhance your employee experience, reduce spending waste, and improve vendor efficiency, consider holding...
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 health...
Opportunities for Employers to Lead – Stopping the Spread of COVID-19 Webinar Recap
The Alliance, Business Health Care Group (BHCG), and WEA Trust and Health Tradition Health Plan were pleased to host a webinar with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute on Dec. 10. The webinar featured Dr. Jon Meiman, Chief Medical Officer...
WHIO: Improving Health Care in Wisconsin with Award-Worthy Work
The WHIO received a Health Transformation Award from The Alliance on October 1, 2020 for significantly improving transparency and high-value health care in Wisconsin. The Alliance created a case study that captures WHIO’s award-worthy work. This blog article is a...