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The TPA Briefing: December 2011 / January 2012


In this issue:

On My Mind: Growing and Expanding our Service Area

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By: Cheryl DeMars, President & CEO

As we've communicated in recent months, beginning January 1, 2012, our primary service area will be expanded to include eight northern Illinois counties, bringing the total number of counties in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa to 23. You can see which counties are included in...

Law Passed on Tax Treatment of Adult Dependents

Senate Bill 203, authored by Senator Van Wanggaard and Representative Pat Strachota with the help of The Alliance, was signed into law by Governor Scott Walker on Friday, November 4, 2011.

In her Own Words ... President & CEO Cheryl DeMars

In October, Alliance President & CEO Cheryl DeMars discussed health care reform, controlling costs, the future of health care and a number of other topics during a health care roundtable...

Building Our Cooperative

Please join us in welcoming the City of Beloit, Wis., to The Alliance cooperative. The municipality joined The Alliance in October. Read more about the City of Beloit and 13 more organizations that will join The Alliance in January.

Alliance Makes Donation to Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Food Bank

When you think of the holiday season, you may imagine gathering around a table to share a warm meal with loved ones. For most, it is hard enough to consider a holiday without food...

Do Employees Know what Questions to Ask if Their Doctor Suggests a Medical Test or Procedure?

The new QualityCounts® Outpatient Procedures and Tests report offers helpful questions to ask before scheduling medical tests or procedures. It also shows differences in the cost of procedures and tests at...

Study Examines Cost of Excess Weight and Chronic Illness

This piece quantifies the costs of when excess weight and other chronic health conditions and missed work. A new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® quantifies...

Employees Took A Health Risk Assessment — Now What?

Incentives are about getting people to do things they would not otherwise do. Like it or not, taking the steps to stay healthy and live longer fall under the category of...

Alliance Provider Update

find a doctor iconThe 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!

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Each month, The Alliance TPA Briefing delivers the latest news to third-party administrators about Alliance services, programs and events as well as information on health benefit trends, issues and ideas of interest to our mutual clients.

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Cathy Lanser, Editor
Cassie Bueno, Design
Carlene Boehmer, Manager of Claims & Customer Service

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