Employers are switching to self funded health plans quite rapidly, but the swing from fully insured to self funded health plans did not happen overnight. Health care costs have grown steadily for decades, but they have especially ballooned in recent years. 2022...
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...
The Alliance recently held an event with Dr. Jessica Grossmeier to cover the best practices employers can use to engage more healthy employees. After her presentation, Dr. Grossmeier answered questions from the audience. Then Alliance was joined by two employer...
Improving employee engagement in their health and well-being is one of the most important elements to employer health benefits. Why? You can make all the cutting-edge tools and programs on the market available to your staff, but if they don’t use them, it's all for...
Although the pandemic’s future is uncertain, employers are looking at new trends in employee benefits to get the most out of their health plans and support their employees like never before. Here’s this year’s new trends in employee benefits and what it means for...
The debate between fully insured vs. self insured health plans for employers is becoming clear. As enrollment numbers for traditional commercial plans steadily decline, self insured (or self-funded) plans continue to grow. What once was only for multinational...
Since the onset of the pandemic, price transparency has been one of the hottest healthcare trends, and we’ve kept close watch. (After all, Transparency isn’t just a healthcare trend, it’s one of our four core drivers of High-Value Health Care.) However, as 2021...
Boosting your employee mental health benefits this holiday season may be a good idea; although it's the time of year for Holiday cheer, there's a good chance that some of your employees are feeling stressed out right now. One in five people experience a mental...
Recently, one of our larger employer-members brought an issue to my attention that reminded me of the importance of proper primary care. This employer had a patient who required an ultrasound – which, if performed during an office visit, would be 100% covered by...
Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) make up nearly a quarter of the entire US population. It’s not surprising then that they are worth an estimated $3.4 trillion in future health care spending. But their participation in the...
