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In The News
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Health leaders react to Fisher's comments", from Wisconsin Health News highlighting Dr. Elliot Fisher's thoughts on Madison area hospital expansions, on March 1, 2012.
- This article, "Insurance can determine patient destination", published in the Janesville Gazette on December 12, 2011, describes the broad choice Janesville area employers offer their employees and dependents through The Alliance.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars agrees that there are problems with certificate-of-need programs in "Health care needs aren't easily measured" in the Janesville Gazette on December 11, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars comments on the lack of objective data to justify the need for more health care facilities in "Janesville in midst of health care building boom" in the Janesville Gazette on December 11, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars explains four goals employers should consider as part of a strategic approach to managing health and health benefits, in "Value-Based Purchasing: How Employers Can Get Better Quality, Lower Cost Health Care", for Corporate Report Wisconsin on November 23, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Janesville residents get more options in health care" in the Wisconsin State Journal on November 25, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars contributed her expectations for premium increases to the article "Rate hike for the holidays", by Chris Rickert, in the Wisconsin State Journal on November 13, 2011.
- A number of Alliance members are featured in the November Corporate Report Wisconsin article Curbing Health Care Costs.
- Alliance President & CEO Cheryl DeMars discussed health care reform, controlling costs, the future of health care and more during a health care roundtable for the October 2011 issue of Corporate Report Wisconsin. Listen to the audio recording that is included in our Annual Report. The newsletter article is available on crwmag.com.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Meriter, UW Hospital feud could limit choices, raise costs" in the Wisconsin State Journal on July 17, 2011.
- Read about the success of The Alliance's employee wellness program in one of several "Working for Health Success Stories" featured by Thrive.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Hospital building blitz in high gear" in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 22, 2011.
- Columnist Kay Plantes refers to the presentation given by health care futurist and Alliance Annual Seminar speaker Joe Flower in her blog, The Broken US Healthcare System Can Heal, on May 18, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Meriter, UW hospitals argue over what's best for local health care", by Chris Rickert, in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 13, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Meriter cries foul over UW Health plans for East Side property" from the Wisconsin State Journal on May 7, 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is featured in this article on health care reform in Corporate Report Wisconsin.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars joined a panel discussion with WHIO and several other organizations at the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation's 5th Annual Dialogue on September 14, 2010. Read the white paper (.pdf) which was made available in March 2011.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars participated in a Health Care Reform Roundtable on March 1, 2011. Read the report by In Business magazine.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars spoke to Northern Illinois employers at the Miller Buettner and Parrott Annual Client Seminar in Rockford, Ill. Watch video coverage of this event broadcast by NBC affiliate Channel 13 WREX-TV.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in "Area Health Systems Jostle for Patients" in the Wisconsin State Journal on January 24, 2011.
- Learn how The Alliance is helping members navigate the changing health benefit landscape in this November/December 2010 Corporate Report article. Features President & CEO Cheryl DeMars and Board Member Wendy Culver of Mead & Hunt.
- Purchasing High Performance, a quarterly bulletin from the National Business Coalition on Health and the Commonwealth Fund features an article, Are You Ready for September 23rd? including perspectives from President & CEO Cheryl DeMars.
- Cheryl DeMars, president & CEO, served on a panel of speakers at the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation Dialogue Bending the Cost Curve, Wisconsin Style: How to Improve Wisconsin's Health Care Value. The panel discussion is highlighted in this WisBusiness.com article.
- Wisconsin State Journal editorial calls for legislation forcing hospitals and providers to disclose facility fees to patients ahead of care.
- Wisconsin State Journal article on facility fees features Cheryl DeMars, president & CEO of The Alliance.
- Cheryl DeMars, president & CEO of The Alliance, discusses facility fees in the InBusiness Madison "Open Mic" blog.
- Vikki Brueggeman, director of human resources for Alliance member Zimbrick Inc., is quoted in this article from the Wall Street Journal about facility fees.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in this Washington Post article about facility fees. Provides information on Assembly Bill 207 (AB 207) that would require disclosure of facility fees to patients, which is being supported by The Alliance. Read more about facility fees.
- President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is quoted in two inserts from HealthLeaders.
- The Alliance President & CEO Cheryl DeMars is featured in the October 2008 Capital Region Health Care report.
- In Business, September 2008
Don’t miss President & CEO Cheryl DeMars in the September 2008 issue of In Business. She is featured in their health care roundtable.
- “Pay for performance” compensates providers who deliver higher quality care by paying them more. Read about The Alliance’s pay for performance program in the Wisconsin State Journal.
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