On My Mind: Another Benefit of Cooperative Membership: Allocated Equity
By:
Cheryl DeMars, President & CEO
The benefits of cooperative membership are many. This January, they added up to more than $421,000 in allocated equity returned to members and former members of The Alliance. Alliance Standard Equity members and former members during 2003 to 2006 received checks earlier this month. Due to the careful stewardship of resources...
Alliance Value-Based Benefit Design Pilot
The Alliance Value-Based Benefit Design Pilot is well underway. As a reminder, the pilot is helping us determine members' biggest needs in implementing value-based benefit design solutions and how we might help...
The Alliance Claims and Customer Service Year in Review: 2011
As a new year begins, we look back on our claims processing and customer service metrics for 2011. The Alliance applies our discounted rates and passes them on to providers for more than 740,000 claims...
New Guidance on W-2 Reporting Requirements
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued new guidance for employers to follow in complying with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement that they report the value of health benefit coverage on...
Please welcome the following members who joined The Alliance on January 1, 2012:
- Piggly Wiggly®
- Williams McCarthy, LLP
- Blackhawk Insurance Cooperative
Help Employees Access QualityCounts and Find a Doctor with One Click from Your Intranet
With QualityCounts®, your employees can access important information about the quality, safety and cost of hospitals and other facilities that participate in The Alliance network. And, when...
Survey Explores the Value of HSA-Qualified Plans
Each month The Alliance highlights health care and benefit management news for employers in News You Can Use, with a link to take you to the original story or report.
A new study examines how employers using health savings accounts (HSAs) are generating...
What Did You Miss on The Alliance Member Forum on LinkedIn?
A recap of the news shared recently on The Alliance Member Forum on LinkedIn:
The Alliance encourages employers to distribute the monthly
Provider Update listing (.pdf) to their employees.
See which providers we've added in northern Illinois.Just a reminder: Always check the
online provider directory for the most current provider information!