Provider News & Updates
The Alliance Provider Newsletter: June 2019
The Alliance June Membership Update is Available for Download. Please keep this update with the full set of Alliance reports sent to you every third month. If you do not have the most recent full report dated April 2019, call Alliance Provider Relations at...
read moreFall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Are Available
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade rates hospitals on how well they protect their patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. These mistakes harm millions of Americans every year and it is estimated that 1,000 people per day will die due to preventable...
read moreThe Alliance Claims and Customer Service Year in Review: 2018
A reflection and review of our claims and customer service performance for 2018. Claims Repricing In 2018, The Alliance claims department entered and repriced over 819,900 claims. Our contracts require that clean claims are repriced within three business days of...
read moreCall for Nominations – Health Transformation Awards
The Alliance is now accepting nominations for individuals or organizations who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment and/or achievement in transforming health care. Specifically, award recipients must demonstrate their commitment to promoting change in the health...
read moreAlliance CEO Testifies to U.S. Senate on Employer Innovations that Reduce Health Care Costs
Cheryl DeMars, Alliance President and CEO, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28 to share how employers are improving health care affordability through innovation. Employers featured...
read moreCode Edit Enhancement
The Alliance is enhancing our code edits to create more consistency in the application of edits for providers. Since Alliance employers may use a TPA that best meets their needs, Alliance employers use more than 30 different TPAs, where each may apply distinctive...
read moreJanuary Membership Updates & Online Report
The Alliance January Membership Report is available for download. As a reminder this is a full report of all members in The Alliance. Full reports include an updated list of: Current employer members and their related purchaser or TPA. Employers accessing The Alliance...
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Are Conservative Approaches to Pain Management Included in Your Health Benefits Strategy?
If you want to reduce your health care costs in the area of orthopedics, it’s time to give chiropractic services a second look.
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Market Consolidation, Customized Direct Contracting and Geographic Expansion: What’s Ahead for The Alliance Network
In this second part of a two-part blog post, I’ll answer key questions about what’s ahead for The Alliance network and share my insights into how we are strategically seeking better ways to purchase high-value, safe health care for our members.
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Direct Contracting, Pricing and Bundles: What’s Ahead for The Alliance Network
Read the first of a two-part Q&A with vice president of network development and provider relations Kyle Monroe about what’s ahead for provider contracting at The Alliance.
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