Health Plan Alliance News

Farewell Letter from Sara Neese, Alliance Chief Operating Officer

Health Plan Alliance
6/17/2019
Sara Neese retires from her position as Alliance chief operating officer on June 21 after 14 years of service.

Health Plan Alliance Announces Addition of LifeBalance Program to its Group Purchasing Organization

Health Plan Alliance
5/28/2019
LifeBalance is a discount network that offers health plan members savings and benefits at more than 20,000 recreational, cultural, well-being and travel-related businesses. Its offerings have shown to improve health plan member loyalty, engagement and well-being.

Medicare Advantage is nudging aside ‘old Medicare’ with a free ride, a warm meal, and a handyman

STAT News
4/3/2019
Private Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors services that aren't available through the traditional Medicare program.

Consortia MAOs Assess Flex Benefit Feasibility

RADAR on Medicare Advantage
3/25/2019
Adopting new benefit design flexibilities has the potential to improve health outcomes, but quantifying the value of these services and assessing whether they are right for a Medicare Advantage population may not be easy. That is why a group of Health Plan Alliance MA members pooled their resources to commission a study and a set of tools that they hope will enable them to incorporate new flex benefits into their designs as soon as 2020.

Pulse8 joins the Health Plan Alliance Group Purchasing Organization with its ground-breaking Formul8 solution for managing Pharmacy Costs

Pulse8
3/18/2019
Pulse8, part of Veradigm, an Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) business unit, the first – and ONLY one with a patent pending – healthcare analytics and technology company delivering complete visibility into the efficacy of Risk Adjustment, Quality Management, and Pharmacy Benefit Management programs, is excited to become the latest collaborating partner within the Health Plan Alliance Group Purchasing Organization (GPO).

FlexTech extends exclusive Health Plan Alliance GPO offer through March 31, 2019

Health Plan Alliance
1/21/2019
FlexTech is offering Alliance members an exclusive savings opportunity through the Alliance GPO. The deadline for this offer has been extended to March 31, 2019.

News Brief: Alliance Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Consortia

AIS Health | Radar on Medicare Advantage
12/7/2018
The Health Plan Alliance, which is comprised of more than 47 regional health plans in non-competing markets, has formed the Alliance Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Consortia to help evaluate new supplemental flexibilities granted by CMS and consider incorporating them into the 2020 MA plans offered by more than 20 Alliance members.

Health Plan Alliance Announces Formation of Consortia to Consider New Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits for 2020 Plans

Health Plan Alliance
12/3/2018
The Consortia will help evaluate the new supplemental benefit flexibilities and consider incorporating them into the 2020 Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offered by more than 20 Alliance members.

Medicare Players Team Up for 2020 Chronic Care Push

ThinkAdvisor
12/3/2018
Regional health carriers could make short-term long-term care Medicare Advantage plan benefits a lot more common in 2020. The 47 regional carriers in the Health Plan Alliance have joined with two consulting firms to form the Alliance Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Consortia.

Health Plan Alliance inaugurates the Cathy K. Eddy Health Care Leadership Lecture Series

Health Plan Alliance
5/1/2018
The lecture series was created in honor of Alliance founder and president, Cathy Eddy, and was unveiled on April 5 at a celebration honoring her career. Cathy Eddy retired from the Alliance on April 30.

Health Plan Alliance welcomes new member PreferredOne

Health Plan Alliance
4/26/2018
The Health Plan Alliance is expanding its community of provider-sponsored and independently-owned health plans. The organization today announced that PreferredOne, based in Golden Valley, Minn. joined the Alliance as its newest member.